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image by Pascal Gross, 5 May 1998
Last modified: 2006-09-23 by phil nelson
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image by Pascal Gross, 5 May 1998
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Yellow stylized Katakana character of Mi (ミ) of Miyazaki on light
green field. The emblem is shaped like a step symbolizing progress of
Miyazaki. Yellow stands for the sun. Adopted 1964-12-22.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 6 May 1998
Green flag with yellow slanted rectangles (parallelograms?) reminding of ZZ Top sign. 5:7
This flag is in Smith 1980 marked as state flag on land.
Željko Heimer, 8 December 1996
The character pronounced "Mi" consists of three equal length
horizontal strokes, one over the other. Here, they are offset and given enough
breadth that they have a pleasing appearance. By the way, the green of the
background is "midori", also with the same first character.
Bruce Ward, 8 December 1996
Prefectural flag
The green and yellow colors represent the prefecture's abundant greenery and sunshine. The three horizontal strokes represent the katakana syllable "mi" the first syllable of Miyazaki. They also resemble a staircase, symbolizing progress.
researched by Dov Gutterman, 13 March 1999
![[Miyazaki city flag]](../images/j/jp-45-mz.gif)
image by Eugene Ipavec, 17 November 2005
On a dark blue field, the character Miya of Miyaaki, the outer circle representing peace, the central elements representing union. The yellow in the mark represents both sun and peace.
Source: Miyaaki website
Phil Nelson, 24 August 2006
![[Nichinan city flag]](../images/j/jp-45-ni.gif)
image by Eugene Ipavec, 17 November 2005
According to the municipal website , the flag was adopted on March 1st 1980.
Cerulean blue two stripes mean sky and sea. White represents peace.
Fire-red of the emblem symbolizes passion of the citizen. Emblem is stylized
nichi of nich-nan in kanji and stands for unity and harmony.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 14 October 2005
![[Nobeoka city flag]](../images/j/jp-45-nb.gif)
image by Eugene Ipavec, 17 November 2005
The flag of Nobeoka city can be seen on the city website:
The page says:
Insignia of Nobeoka
(established March 28. 1934)
The outer ring is Nobeoka's 'No'
and the inner part is the 'be' in Japanese.
The symbol as a whole appears as the character for 'oka'.Flag of Nobeoka
(established July 20. 1979)
Colors:Background -- Purple
Insignia ---- White
Olivier Touzeau, 18 October 2005
The proportions are 100:142
Nozomi Kariyasu, 18 November 2005