Shinjuku ku (Tokyo, Japan)

新宿区

Last modified: 2006-07-22 by phil nelson
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Description of the flag

White coat-of-arms on dull blue field.

Stylized Kanji character SHIN 新 in a diamond shape which has been long believed a symbol of steadiness. The coat-of-arms represents Shinjuku's will to steadily develop for the future.

Coat of arms adopted 15 March 1967.

Flag unlegislated.

Nozomi Kariyasu, 24 March 1999