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Ome si (Oume) (Tokyo, Japan)

青梅市

Last modified: 2006-08-12 by phil nelson
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[Ome si]
image by Eugene Ipavec, 3 April 2006


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Description of the flag

Oma city adopted its emblem on 1 October 1951

flag proportion: 2:3

colour of field: dark purplish-blue

colour of emblem: white diameter of emblem: 3/5 flag height, a stylized kanji O 青 in the shape of flying bird in plum shape 梅=plum.

Source: Oma website
Nozomi Kariyasu, 10 March 2006


The emblem features a stylised kanji O 青 (blue/green) in the shape of a flying bird arranged on the shape of an ume (梅 "Japanese plum", /prunus mume/) flower, symbolising active development/growth.
Jonathan Dixon, 1 July 2006

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