Amakusa City (Kumamoto prefecture, Japan)

天草市

Last modified: 2015-01-03 by zoltán horváth
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image by Tomislav Šipek, 09 August 2013

• The Flag
• Hondo

• Kumamoto Prefecture
• Japanese Subdivisions
• Japan

The Flag

The flag of the city of Amakusa is white with symbol.
Sources: http://bp.kumanichi.com/photo/archives/list?words=小学生
http://www.city.amakusa.kumamoto.jp/reiki/reiki_honbun/r351RG00000003.html
http://www.city.amakusa.kumamoto.jp/one_html/pub/default.asp?c_id=7
Tomislav Šipek, 09 August 2013

The city emblem and the flag were adopted on Mar 27th 2006 by Notice No 1 and No 2. The white flag has a green, a blue and a light blue three color city emblem in the center. The city emblem is a stylized katakana ア A of Amakusa in a form of an island and waves. The waves symbolize the vigorous citizen and the city’s development. Three colors represent Japan’s treasure island with rich nature Amakusa City.
The flag proportion is 2: 3. The height of the emblem is 65/100 height of the flag.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 03 December 2014

Hondo City / 本渡市

image by Tomislav Šipek, 01 October 2013

The flag of former city of Hondo was blue with mark.
Tomislav Šipek, 22 August 2013

The former Hondo City became a part of Amakusa City on Mar 27th 2006.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 31 December 2014