Hiroshima (Japan)

広島県

Last modified: 2005-02-26 by phil nelson
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by Pascal Gross, 5 May 1998

• Description of the flag
• Shoubara city flag

See also:

• Japanese Subdivisions
• Japan

Description of the flag

White stylized Katakana character of Hi (ヒ) of Hiroshima on wine red field. The emblem represent harmony, cooperation of people and progress. Adopted 1968-07-16.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 06 May 1998

Red-pinkish field, white emblem. Proportions 7 : 10.

Jan Oskar Engene, 03 May 1996

Symbol of the prefecture

The symbol of the prefecture is a schematic representation of the first (Japanese) letter of the word Hiroshima. Its roundness symbolizes the harmony and unity among the prefectural citizens. The overlapping roundness of these pictograms symbolizes the vigorous development of Hiroshima Prefecture. (Decided on July 16, 1968)

http://www.hiroshima-cdas.or.jp/pref/hiroshima/gaiyou/htmleng/eintro.htm

(This is, of course, the symbol on the flag)
researched by Dov Gutterman, 15 March 1999

by Phil Nelson