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![[Ome si]](../images/j/jp-13-om.gif)
image by Tomislav Šipek, 01 July 2014
Oma city adopted its emblem on 1 October 1951, flag proportion: 2:3, colour of field: dark purplish-blue, colour of emblem: white diameter of emblem: 3/5 flag height, a stylized kanji O 青
in the shape of flying bird
in plum shape 梅＝plum.
Source: Oma website
Nozomi Kariyasu, 10 March 2006
The emblem features a stylised kanji O 青 (blue/green) in the shape
of a flying bird arranged on the shape of an ume (梅 "Japanese
plum", /prunus mume/) flower, symbolising active development/growth.
Jonathan Dixon, 1 July 2006
For city of Ome just minor mark correction.
Sources:
http://oume.seikatsusha.me/blog/2010/01/13/3466/
http://www.city.ome.tokyo.jp/shisei/koho/24/240101/240101p02-04.html
Tomislav Šipek, 26 June 2014
