Hofu City (Yamaguchi, Japan)

防府市

Last modified: 2014-09-27 by zoltán horváth
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image by Tomislav Šipek, 15 November 2013

• The Flag

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The Flag

The flag of the city of Hofu is white with mark.
Source: http://www.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp/weeklynews/2005/405.html
Tomislav Šipek, 15 November 2013

The city emblem was adopted on Nov 11th 1937 by Notice No 109 and the flag was adopted on Dec 28th 1937 by Notice No 122. The white flag has a blue city embelm in the center. The city emblem is stylized katakana ホウフ Hofu. The circle stands for a solidarity of the citizen and the four triangles for a power of surge of the developing city. The flag proportion is 2: 3.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 16 September 2014