Japanese names written with kanji
小倉 are read by Japanese as either 'Ogura' (most surnames, the Hyakunin Isshu poet, etc.) or 'Kokura' (the historical city). When Chinese speakers borrow these names, they pronounce them by Mandarin readings of the same characters — Xiǎocāng. The atomic-bomb history note: Kokura was the original primary target on August 9, 1945, but cloud cover saved it; the bomb was dropped on Nagasaki instead.
