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Kazo City [Saitama prefecture Japan]

加須市

image by Tomislav Šipek, 01 July 2014

The Flag
Previous Flag
Kisai
Kitakawabe
Otone

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The Flag

Kazo si adopted its emblem 5 July 1955; a stylized hiragana Ka か. No flag legislation but they have a flag: flag proportion: 2:3; colour of field: white; colour of emblem: dark blue; height of emblem: 3/5 flag height.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 20 October 2006

The white flag with blue emblem used since 1955 was abolished. The new emblem was adopted on Nov 21st 2010 by Notice No387 and the new flag was adopted on Dec 6th 2010 by Notice No 405. The white flag has a blue, a green and an orange three color city emblem in the center. The city emblem is a stylized kanji 加 Ka of Kazo. The four curved lines symbolize the former one city and three towns and the center part does an image of bright and vivid citizen. The blue color stands for rich rivers, the green color for the fields and the orange color for a great cultural heritage of the city. The circle represents further development and prosperity of the city. The flag proportion is 2:3.
http://www.city.kazo.lg.jp/cont/s151000/d011100/hpg000007758.html
http://www.city.kazo.lg.jp/reiki_int/reiki_honbun/r384RG00000864.html
Nozomi Kariyasu, 06 June 2014

The flag of the city of Kazo is already reported, but it was old flag. New one, from 2010, is also white with new mark.
Source: http://www.folk.co.jp/news/%E5%B9%B3%E6%88%9023%E5%B9%B4%E5%BA%A6%E5%8A%A0%E9%A0%88%E5%B8%82%E7%94%B7%E5%A5%B3%E5%85%B1%E5%90%8C%E5%8F%82%E7%94%BB%E6%8E%A8%E9%80%B2%E4%BA%8B%E6%A5%AD%E6%89%80%E8%A1%A8%E5%BD%B0.html
Tomislav Šipek, 30 June 2014

The city emblem was adopted on Nov 21st 2010 by Notice No 387 and the flag was adopted on Dec 6th 2010 by Notice No 405. The white flag has a green, a blue, an orange three color city emblem in the center. The city emblem is a stylized kanji 加 Ka of Kazo. The four arcs symbolize the former one city and three towns. The green color stands for a field, the blue color for an abandunt river, the orange color for great cultural assets of the city, the circle for a development and a prosperity of the city. It represents an image of the citizen who does well and lives vividly. The flag proportion is 2:3. The height of the emblem is 3/5 of the height of the flag.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 30 June 2014

Thanks to Mr. Kariyasu, here is the corrected municipal flag.
Tomislav Šipek, 01 July 2014

Previous Flag

image by Eugene Ipavec 26 October 2006

image by Tomislav Šipek, 09 July 2014

Old flag of the city of Kazo is already reported but I found purple mark.
Sources: http://www.geocities.jp/gentle_singer_k/KIsDiary3.HTML
http://hatokincyan.no-blog.jp/photos/hatokin/photo_9.HTML
Tomislav Šipek, 09 July 2014

Kisai Town / 騎西町

image by Tomislav Šipek, 09 July 2014

The flag of the former town of Kisai was white with mark. The town is now, from 2010 part of the city of Kazo.
Sources: http://hatokincyan.no-blog.jp/photos/hatokin/photo_9.HTML
http://www.hiranao.com/activityreport1003.html
http://www.hiranao.com/activity/images/pic_100307_2w400.jpg
Tomislav Šipek, 09 July 2014

Kitakawabe Town / 北川辺町

image by Tomislav Šipek, 09 July 2014

The flag of the former town of Kitakawabe was white with mark. The town is now, from 2010, part of the city of Kazo.
Sources: http://hatokincyan.no-blog.jp/photos/hatokin/photo_9.HTML
http://www.hiranao.com/activity/images/pic_100314_1w400.jpg
Tomislav Šipek, 09 July 2014

Otone Town / 大利根町

image by Tomislav Šipek, 09 July 2014

The flag of the former town of Otone was white with mark. The town is now, from 2010, part of the city of Kazo.
Sources: http://hatokincyan.no-blog.jp/photos/hatokin/photo_9.HTML
http://www.hiranao.com/activity/images/pic_100314_2w400.jpg
Tomislav Šipek, 09 July 2014