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Kanagawa (Japan)

神奈川県

image by Pascal Gross, 5 May 1998

Description of the flag

See also:

Municipal flags of Kanagawa
- Aikawa
- Atsugi
- Ayase
- Chigasaki
- Ebina
- Fujino
- Fujisawa
- Hadano
- Hakone
- Hayama
- Hiratsuka
- Isehara
- Kaisei
- Kamakura
- Kawasaki
- Kiyokawa
- Odawara
- Manazuru
- Matsuda
- Minami Ashigara
- Miura
- Nakai
- Ninomiya
- Oi
- Oiso
- Sagamihara
- Samukawa
- Shiroyama
- Yamakita
- Yamato
- Yokohama
- Yokosuka
- Yugawara
- Zama
- Zushi
Japanese Subdivisions
Japan

Description of the flag

Red stylized Kanji character of Ka of Kanagawa on white field. Kanagawa has famous sea port Yokohama which has been long used as a main entrance into Japan thus Japanese national colours red and white were chosen for a prefecture flag. Adopted 3 November 1948.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 6 May 1998

White with red device looking like stylized Latin letter M. Proportions 7:10.
Željko Heimer, 31 May 1996

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