Mitaka City (Tokyo, Japan)

三鷹市

Last modified: 2015-01-03 by zoltán horváth
Keywords: mitaka | si | tokyo | kanji: mi | kanji: taka | hawk |
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The Flag

Mitaka city adopted its emblem on 1 January 1967 by Notice No. 1. Flag proportion: 2:3, colour of field: dark violet, colour of emblem: white diameter of emblem: 3/5 flag height, kanji Mi 三 and Taka meaning a hawk.
Source: Mitaka website
Nozomi Kariyasu, 10 March 2006

The emblem was the one chosen as the Mitaka town emblem as the result of a public competition on 18 August 1942. It consists of three concentric arcs, with a figure of a hawk at the bottom completing the circle. The three arcs signify the three Edo period jurisdictions in the Mitaka area: Setagaya, Nogata and Fuchuu. The hawk indicates a place of hawks during the Edo period. The emblem combines the mi 三 (three) and taka 鷹 (hawk) of Mitaka in a circle, a design hoping for the people's peace and harmony.
Jonathan Dixon, 4 July 2006

For city of Mitaka I found two variants of purple. The second one is maybe doubtful.
Sources: http://www.city.mitaka.tokyo.jp/c_service/001/001813.html
http://kosaien.sakura.ne.jp/daily_report/archives/houjin/ 
Tomislav Šipek, 26 June 2014

Mitaka City confirms they now use a bluish purple flag.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 30 June 2014

Thanks to Mr. Kariyasu, here is correction of flag.
Tomislav Šipek, 01 July 2014

Flag Variant

image by Tomislav Šipek, 26 June 2014