Municipalities of Aomori (Japan)

Last modified: 2014-05-30 by zoltán horváth
Keywords: aomori | swastika | hirosaki | misawa |
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• Aomori
• Hirosaki
• Misawa

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• Aomori Prefecture

Hirosaki City

弘前市

by Phil Nelson
Source: Toshi no hata to monshou [nkg87]

The city emblem was adopted on Nov 15th 2006 by Notice No 470 but there is no flag law. The white flag has a black city emblem in the center. The city emblem is a Buddhist swastika which was a war insignia of the former Hirosaki Domain lord Tsugaru family. It represents a condignity and a happiness.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 28 May 2014

Misawa City

三沢市

image by Arnaud Leroy, 2 May 2007
Source: Flickr website

The city emblem was adopted on Nov 25th 1958 and the flag was adopted on Sep 1st 1988 by Notice No 46. The green flag has a gold city emblem in the center. The city emblem is three = Mi stylized katakana サ Sa of Misawa. The three arrows symbolize the pineneedles of the city's resources. The green color stands for an abandunt nature, pine trees bringing a calm and a plenitude, the gold color for an invariable brightness and a beauty. The flag proportion is 2:3.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 28 May 2014