Omaezaki City [Shizuoka prefecture Japan]

御前崎市

Last modified: 2014-09-13 by zoltán horváth
Keywords: shizuokai | omaezaki | letter: o | katakana: o |
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image by Arnaud Leroy, 2 August 2007
Source: city hall

• The Flag

• Shizuoka Prefecture
• Japan

The Flag

Omaezaki city adopted its emblem on 1 August 2004; adoption date of flag: 1 April 2005 by Notice No 24 (link in Japanese)
Flag proportion: 2:3
colour of field: white
color of emblem: blue and orange; width of the emblem: 3/5 flag height; shifted 1/100 towards hoist.
blue stands for sea and orange for sun. A Latin script O of Omaezaki and katakana O オ.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 1 January 2006

The emblem as a whole is a letter O and a katakana o オ. The blue stands for the ocean and the orange for the sun. The figure formed by the white background, heading towards the sun, represents leadership, showing the image transmitted to the world with passion by the co-operating citizens.

Specifications are given for the colours in the emblem:

• Blue C90%,M30%; DIC181; Pantone 7461C
• Orange M60%,Y100%; DIC161 Pantone 716C

Jonathan Dixon, 13 February 2006