List of municipal flags of Chūgoku region
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| List of Japanese municipal flags | |||||||
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| Hokkaidō | Tōhoku | Kantō | Chūbu | Kansai | Chūgoku | Shikoku | Kyūshū |
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Tottori Prefecture
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Kurayoshi | The katakana クラ (kura) and the kanji 吉 (yoshi). |
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Sakaiminato | The hiragana さ (sa), representing waves in a port. |
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Tottori | The circle and the lozenge are from the Tottori Domain symbol. The inside is the 鳥 (tori) in the seal script kanji. |
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Yonago | The kanji 米 (yona). |
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Shimane Prefecture
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Hamada | 田 (ta), the last kanji of 浜田 (Hamada). It symbolizes ocean waves, representing beach (hama). |
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Izumo | The 出 (i), the first kanji of 出雲 (Izumo). |
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Masuda | The katakana マスダ (Masuda). |
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Matsue | The kanji 松 (matsu). |
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Ōda | The kanji 大 (ō). |
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Okinoshima | The letter O symbolizing ocean waves. |
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Tsuwano | 石 (ishi), the first kanji of 石見 (Iwami). The city is in the former Iwami Province. |
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Okayama Prefecture
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Kurashiki | The katakana クラ (kura), representing wings. |
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Okayama | The kanji 岡 (oka) in the center. The symbol as a whole represents mountains (yama). |
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Tsuyama | The symbol was originally used by the Tsuyama Domain. It is commonly known as the Kendai, the sword (ken) shaped kanji 大 (dai). |
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Hiroshima Prefecture
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Etajima | The letter E, symbolizing ocean waves. |
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Fukuyama | The kanji 山 (yama). It symbolizes a bat, as the place was formerly called Kōmoriyama, literally "Bat Mountain". |
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Hatsukaichi | The kanji 廿日 (hatsuka). |
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Higashihiroshima | The hiragana ひ (hi) representing birds. |
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Hiroshima | Based on the flag used by the Hiroshima Domain. The curves represent the flows of the rivers of the city. |
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Kure | The nine (ku) katakana レ (re), surrounding the kanji 市 ("city"). They also represent the nine mountains around the city. |
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Mihara | The kanji 三 (mi). |
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Miyoshi | The letter M. |
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Onomichi | The meaning of the old symbol, announced in 1898, is not clearly known. It is generally believed that the upper red represents Mukaishima Island and the lower red represents the city on Honshū. |
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Yamaguchi Prefecture
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Hagi | The grid pattern is used on the walls of the castle. It also incorporates the letter H. |
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Hōfu | The katakana ハウ (hau) and the four (shi) katakana フ (fu), making the rebus of ハウフシ (Hōfu-shi), the former spelling of the city name. |
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Iwakuni | The petals of sakura (cherry blossom) represent the arches of the Kintai Bridge. |
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Shimonoseki | The hiragana しも (shimo), representing a fuku (puffer fish). |
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Shūnan | The four し (shi), the first hiragana of しゅうなん (Shūnan). It also represents the four municipalities merged in 2003 to form the current city. |
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Suōōshima | The letters S and O, representing the four municipalities merged in 2004 to form the current town. |
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Ube | The katakana ウヘ (Uhe). ヘ (he) becomes ベ (be) when written with dakuten. |
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Yamaguchi | The kanji 山口 Yamaguchi. |
