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Kanoya City (Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan)

鹿屋市

Last modified: 2015-01-03 by zoltán horváth
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[Kanoya]
image by Tomislav Šipek, 25 March 2013


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The Flag

Flag of Kanoya is white with logo.
Sources: http://www.e-kanoya.net/
http://www.e-kanoya.net/htmbox/kikaku/kb_index.html
https://www3.e-reikinet.jp/kanoya/d1w_reiki/418902500161000000MH/418902500161000000MH/418902500161000000MH.html
http://www.nifs-k.ac.jp/pr/2010/10/001599.html
http://kiea.ne.jp/sub_e1/living/ep2.htm
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kanoya_Kagoshima.JPG
Tomislav Šipek, 08 February 2013

The city emblem and the flag were adopted on May 15th 2006 by Notice No 160 and 161. The white flag has a blue, a red , a yellow and a white four color flag emblem in the center which is different from the city emblem of simlply stylized katakana カノヤ Kanoya. The blue color stands for the southern country’s clear sky, the sea and Osumi Peninsula, the red circle for a developing city with katakana city name in yellow inside.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 14 September 2014


Previous Flag

[Kanoya]
image by Tomislav Šipek, 13 September 2013

The old flag of the city of Kanoya, until mergering on 2006, was white with mark.
Sources: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB:Kanoya_Kagoshima_chapter.JPG
http://www.e-kanoya.net/info/gappei/co/tyoin/syomei1.html#iin
http://www.e-kanoya.net/info/gappei/co/tyoin/index.html
Tomislav Šipek, 05 April 2013


City Emblem

[Kanoya]
image by Nozomi Kariyasu, 23 December 2014

Most of Japanese municipalities use their emblem in the municipal flag however 13 municipalities don't use the emblem but specially designed charge in the flag.
The city emblem was adopted on Feb 16th 1933. The city emblem is a stylized katakana カノヤ kanoya.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 23 December 2014


Kihoku Town / 輝北町

[Kanoya]
image by Tomislav Šipek, 13 September 2013

The flag of town of Kihoku is white with mark. The town is now, from 2006, part of the city of Kanoya.
Sources: http://warp.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/242591/www.town.kihoku.kagoshima.jp/kihoku05/kihoku33.htm
http://warp.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/242591/www.town.kihoku.kagoshima.jp/kihoku01/kihoku01.htm
http://www.geocities.jp/ez_kagoshima/kanoya.html
Tomislav Šipek, 08 April 2013


Kushira Town / 串良町

[Kanoya]
image by Tomislav Šipek, 13 September 2013

The flag of town of Kushira was white with mark. The town is now, from 2006, part of the city of Kanoya.
Source: http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/senri0220/folder/298701.html?m=lc
Tomislav Šipek, 08 April 2013