List of municipal flags of Kantō region

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List of Japanese municipal flags
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[edit] Flag of Ibaraki Prefecture Ibaraki Prefecture

Flag Municipality Description
Chikusei It symbolizes Mount Tsukuba and the rivers of the city.
Hitachi The circle is the kanji 日 (hi). The inside is the kanji 立 (tachi), representing a flower.
Hitachinaka Ocean waves and winds with the letter H.
Kamisu The hiragana か (ka) representing a flying bird.
Kashima The katakana カ (ka), representing ocean waves.
Koga The kanji 古 (ko).
Mito 水 (mizu), the first kanji of 水戸 (Mito). The inside are three (mi) katakana ト (to).
Toride The katakana トリテ (torite). テ (te) becomes デ (de) when written with dakuten.
Tsuchiura The kanji 土 (tsuchi), representing a flower, as well as waves on the Lake Kasumigaura.
Tsukuba The two hiragana つ (Tsu).

[edit] Flag of Tochigi Prefecture Tochigi Prefecture

Flag Municipality Description
Ashikaga The kanji 足 (ashi) inscribed on the ancient sacred mirror. It is a reference to the legend on Kojiki that says the city was governed by Ashikami no Kamami Wake no Miko, the son of Yamato Takeru.
Kanuma The katakana カヌマ (Kanuma).
Nasushiobara The letters N and S.
Nikkō Five of the letter N, representing the five municipalities merged in 2006 to form the current city.
Oyama The kanji 小 (o), representing a small mountain (oyama).
Utsunomiya The kanji 宮 (miya). It represents a carapace of a turtle, as the Utsunomiya Castle was alternatively called the Kamegaoka Castle, literally "the Castle on the Turtle Hill".

[edit] Flag of Gunma Prefecture Gunma Prefecture

Flag Municipality Description
Isesaki The hiragana い (i), representing two magatama (ornamental beads).
Kiryū Princess Tree flower and leaves. Kiryū literally means "Princess Trees grow".
Maebashi The outlined circle, originally used as the Matsudaira clan horse flag.
Ōta Based on the abstract Nitta clan symbol. The modern symbol incorporates the city name in hiragana.
Takasaki The two 高 (taka) in the seal script kanji.

[edit] Flag of Saitama Prefecture Saitama Prefecture

Flag Municipality Description
Ageo The katakana ア (a).
Asaka The katakana アサカ (Asaka), representing a bird.
Chichibu The 父 (fu), the second kanji of 秩父 (Chichibu).
Fujimi Mount Fuji surrounded by the three (mi) lines.
Fujimino The letter F.
Fukaya The katakana フカヤ (Fukaya).
Higashimatsuyama The three katakana マ (ma). The symbol as a whole represents the kanji 東 (higashi), as well as the kanji 山 (yama).
Iruma 入 (i), the first kanji of 入間 (Iruma), symbolizing an eagle.
Kasukabe The 春 (haru), the first kanji of 春日部 (Kasukabe).
Kawagoe The kanji 川 (kawa), and katakana コエ (koe). コ (ko) becomes ゴ (go) when written with dakuten.
Kawaguchi The kanji 川口 (Kawaguchi).
Kōnosu The katakana コウノス (Kōnosu).
Koshigaya Four (shi) of the katakana コ (ko). The inside is the kanji 谷 (ya). Ten rings represent the ten municipalities merged in 1954 to form the current city.
Kumagaya The katakana クマ (kuma). The symbol as a whole represents the kanji 谷 (ya).
Misato City The three (mi) pairs of the katakana サト (sato).
Niiza The katakana ニ (ni) and ザ (za).
Saitama The letter S.
Sakado The katakana サカ (saka), representing a bird.
Sayama The katakana サ (sa), surrounded by the kanji 山 (yama).
Sōka The three kanji 艸 (sō) and the katakana カ (ka). (The kanji used for the city name is different.) They represent the three municipalities merged in 1955 to form the current city.
Toda The hiragana と (to) and 田 (ta), the second kanji of 戸田 (Toda).
Tokorozawa A yam (tokoro) surrounded by the three katakana ワ (wa). In Japanese, "three" is san, which sounds close to za.
Warabi The katakana ラビ (rabi), inside a ring (wa).

[edit] Flag of Chiba Prefecture Chiba Prefecture

Flag Municipality Description
Abiko The katakana ア (a), symbolizing the Lake Tega.
Chiba The kanji 千 (chi), based on the star and the crescent, the Chiba clan symbol.
Chōshi Four (shi) of the kanji 丁 (chō). The kanji used for the city name is different.
Funabashi The kanji 舟 (funa).
Ichihara The symbol represents harmony and solidarity. It also looks like the kanji 市 (ichi), although it's not officially explained as such.
Ichikawa The kanji 市川 (Ichikawa).
Kamagaya The katakana カマガヤ (Kamagaya).
Kashiwa The hiragana かしわ (Kashiwa).
Kimitsu The hiragana キ (ki) representing wings.
Kisarazu The kanji 木 (ki), representing a port.
Matsudo The katakana マツド (Matsudo), representing the Sun.
Mobara The hiragana も (mo).
Nagareyama 流 (nagare) in the seal script kanji, representing the Edogawa River.
Narashino The kanji 習 (nara).
Narita The letter N.
Noda The hiragana の (no).
Sakura Bit rings placed like sakura (cherry blossom). The symbol was originally used by the Sakura domain.
Tateyama The katakana タテ (tate) and the kanji 山 (yama).
Urayasu The letter U.
Yachiyo The hiragana や (ya).

[edit] Flag of Tokyo Tokyo Metropolis

Flag Municipality Description
Adachi 足 (ashi), the first kanji of 足立 (Adachi). This is the official municipal flag. There also is the different "symbol flag". [1]
Akishima The kanji 昭 (aki) with the four (shi) katakana マ (ma).
Aogashima The letter Aogashima. All of these alphabets are incorporated. It is also the map of the island and the volcano.
Arakawa The circle is the katakana アラ (ara). The triangle inside is the kanji 川 (kawa).
Bunkyō The kanji 文 (bun).
Chiyoda The kanji 千 (chi), the hiragana よ (yo), and the kanji 田 (da). It also represents a crane.
Chōfu The hiragana ち (chi).
Chūō The kanji 中央 (Chūō). The symbol represents the parapets of the Nihonbashi Bridge and the Kyōbashi Bridge.
Edogawa The katakana エ (e), representing a pigeon.
Fuchū The kanji ふ (fu) and the kanji 中 (chū). The center line represents the Tama River.
Hachijō The kanji 八丈 (Hachijō), symbolizing a bird.
Hachiōji The kanji 八 (hachi) and 王 (ō).
Higashikurume The hiragana ひ (hi).
Higashimurayama The katakana ヒ (hi) and ム (mu), representing a pigeon.
Hino The kanji 日 (hi).
Itabashi The katakana イタ (ita) and the four (shi) katakana ハ (ha). ハ becomes バ (ba) when written with dakuten, making the rebus of Itabashi.
Katsushika The katakana カ (ka).
Kita The kanji 北 (kita).
Kodaira The kanji 小平 (Kodaira).
Koganei The kanji 小 (ko), representing sakura (cherry blossom).
Kokubunji The katakana コク (koku) surrounding the kanji 分 (bun).
Kōtō The kanji 江東 (Kōtō) inside the symbol.
Kōzushima The hiragana こ (ko) representing the Izu Islands and the flow of the Kuroshio Current.
Machida Two of the katakana マ (ma). As a whole, it represents the kanji 田 (da), as well as a bird.
Meguro The kanji 目 (me).
Mikurajima The symbol represents ocean waves and the island.
Minato The hiragana み (mi).
Mitaka The kanji 三 (mi) and the hawk (taka).
Miyake The kanji 三 (mi). A small circle represents the island surrounded by the Kuroshio Current.
Musashino The katakana ムサシノ (Musashino).
Nakano The kanji 中 (naka) and the hiragana の (no).
Nerima The katakana ネ (ne), representing a horse hoof. In Japanese, "horse" is ma.
Niijima The kanji 新 (nii).
Nishitōkyō The symbol represents innovation and creativity.
Ogasawara The kanji 小 (o), representing Bonin White-eyes.
Okutama The kanji 奥 (oku).
Ōme The kanji 青 (ao) over ume (plum, 梅), making the rebus of 青梅 (Ōme).
Ōshima The map of the island and the volcano. The triangle represents fumes.
Ōta The kanji 大田 (Ōta).
Setagaya The three kanji 世 (se).
Shibuya The kanji 渋 (shibu).
Shinagawa The kanji 品 (shina).
Shinjuku The kanji 新 (shin).
Suginami The kanji 杉 (sugi).
Sumida The symbol is composed of the katakana ス (su).
Tachikawa The kanji 立 (tachi).
Taitō The kanji 台東 (Taitō).
Tama The kanji 多 (ta), representing a pigeon.
Toshima Village The hiragana と (to), representing the island.
Toshima Ward A chrysanthemum with the kanji 豊 (to) inside.

[edit] Flag of Kanagawa Prefecture Kanagawa Prefecture

Flag Municipality Description
Atsugi The hiragana あつぎ (Atsugi), representing three ayu. As a whole, the symbol represents (again) the hiragana あ (a).
Chigasaki The katakana チ (chi).
Ebina The katakana エビナ (Ebina).
Fujisawa The katakana フジ (fuji).
Hadano The katakana ハタノ (hatano), symbolizing wings. タ (ta) changes to ダ (da) when written with dakuten.
Hakone The katakana ハコ (hako), representing Mount Hakone.
Hiratsuka The kanji 平 (hira).
Isehara The katakana イセ (ise).
Kamakura Bamboo leaves and a gentian, originally used as the Minamoto clan symbol.
Kawasaki The kanji of 川 (kawa).
Odawara The symbol represents ocean waves and a flower.
Sagamihara The three katakana サ (sa). The katakana ハラ (hara) in the center.
Yamato The kanji 大 (dai) and the inscribed kanji 和 (wa), making the name 大和 (Yamato).
Yokohama The katakana ハマ (hama).
Yokosuka The symbol represents a mariner's compass. The inside are the katakana ヨコ (yoko) styled like the Miura clan symbol.
Zama The katakana ザマ (Zama).