Iwate (Japan)

岩手県

Last modified: 2005-02-26 by phil nelson
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by Pascal Gross - 1998-05-05

• Description of the flag

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Description of the flag

White emblem on blue field. The emblem is stylized Kanji character of Iwa of Iwate which symbolizes advanced progress. Adopted 1965-03-06.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 6 May 1998

Blueish (tourquoise?) flag with white 'hexagonal' symbol reminding of two crowns (or a snow drop). 2:3~
Proportions of the flags are given from W. Smith 1980. Interestingly some of the flags there are marked as state flags while this one has no markings. I am not quite sure how to interpret the meaning of missing markings.
Željko Heimer, 16 November 1996