Sumida Ward (Tokyo, Japan)

墨田区

Last modified: 2015-01-03 by zoltán horváth
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The Flag

White coat of arms on dark violet field. The coat of arms is composed of three Katakana character SU (ス). Coat of arms adopted 15 May 1957. Flag unlegislated.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 25 March 1999

For Sumida ward I found two variants: blue and purple.
Sources: http://ose.blog.so-net.ne.jp/archive/c55532-1
https://www.city.sumida.lg.jp/sumida_news/20130518.html
http://www.city.kanuma.tochigi.jp/news/detail.13.22643.html
http://kougetsu.exblog.jp/12637125/
Tomislav Šipek, 24 June 2014

Sumida ward says both purple color are within allowance. The color of the left flag is not called blue, but bluish purple (紫紺) in Japan still purple color.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 26 June 2014

Flag Variant

image by Tomislav Šipek, 24 June 2014