Saitama (Japan)

埼玉県

Last modified: 2005-02-19 by phil nelson
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by Pascal Gross, 5 May 1998

• Description of the flag
• Iruma city flag

See also:

• Japanese Subdivisions
• Japan

Description of the flag

16 red ornamental beads on white field. Saitama means ornamental bead and 16 beads in circle represent sun, development and strength. White stands for purity and friendship. Adopted 1 September 1964.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 6 May 1998

White flag with red circular emblem consisting of 16 drops (or half ying-yangs, if you wish). Proportions 2:3.

This flag is in Smith 1980 marked as civil and state flag on land.
Željko Heimer, 8 December 1996

by Phil Nelson