Chuo ku (Tokyo, Japan)

中央区

Last modified: 2006-07-22 by phil nelson
Keywords: chuo | ku | tokyo | nihonbashi bridge | kyobashi bridge | bridge railing |
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White coat of arms on orient blue field.

Stylized ornamental top of railing of Nihonbashi bridge and Kyobashi bridge located in Chuo-ku.

From the past time the bridges are said to be birth place of culture and economy and also a symbol of communication and transportation.

The small disc in the center indicates Chuo-ku is located in the center of Tokyo as well as that of Japan.

Coat of arms adopted 31 July 1948.

Flag unlegislated.

Nozomi Kariyasu, 26 March 1999