Kanagawa (Japan) (original) (raw)

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image by Kazutaka Nishiura, 23 March 2015

• Description of the flag
• Sports Association
• Municipal flags of Kanagawa

See also:

• Kanagawa Prefectural National Sports Festival (Kokutai) Flag
• Japanese Subdivisions
• Japan

Description of the flag

White with red device looking like stylized Latin letter M. Proportions 7:10.
Željko Heimer, 31 May 1996

Red stylized Kanji character of Ka of Kanagawa on white field. Kanagawa has famous sea port Yokohama which has been long used as a main entrance into Japan thus Japanese national colors red and white were chosen for a prefecture flag. Adopted 3 November 1948.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 6 May 1998

The prefecture emblem was adopted on Nov 3rd 1948 by Announcement but there is no flag law.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 23 March 2015

Sports Association

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image by Tomislav Šipek, 9 October 2023

Here is flag of Kanagawa Sports Association.
Tomislav Šipek, 9 October 2023

The Association adopted the Kanagawa Sports Flag to commemorate the 10th National Athletic Meet to be held in Kanagawa Prefecture. The flag was designed by Takehiko Miyanaga (a member of the Japan Advertising Artists' Association), who lives in the prefecture. The colors red (zeal), yellow (health), and blue (sports color, big sky, and power of youth) represent the sports spirit of unity and improvement. This sports flag was adopted in October 1955. The symbol mark of this sports flag was adopted to be the mark of this association at the board of directors meeting on November 9, 1971.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 9 October 2023

Municipal flags of Kanagawa