Kochi (Japan)

Kōchi, 高知県

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

• Description of the flag

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Description of the flag

The emblem is a combination of wine red colour stylized Katakana character of Ko (コ) of Kochi and Kanji character of To of Tosa old name of Kochi on wine red colour field. In the emblem circle stands for peace and cooperation and upright sword shape for improvement. Adopted 15 April 1953.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 6 May 1998

Brown flag with two white semicircles and a drop-like shape. 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