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Yakushima Town (Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan)

屋久島町

image by Tomislav Šipek, 17 September 2014

The Flag
Kamiyaku

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The Flag

The flag of Yakushima town is white with symbol. The town was founded on 2007 from merger of the towns of Kamiyaku and Yaku.
Sources: http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/mitake0141/34798418.html
http://www.yakushima-town.jp/d1w_reiki/419902500002000000MH/419902500002000000MH/419902500002000000MH.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Yakushima,_Kagoshima.png
Tomislav Šipek, 29 March 2013

The town emblem and the flag were adopted on Oct 1st 2007 by Notice No 1 and No 2. The white flag has a green, a light green and a blue three color town emblem in the center. The town emblem is a stylized Y of Yakushima. The green color stands for the earth and Mt.Miyanouradake, the blue color for the Pacific Ocean. The emblem depicts an island floating in the sea. It represents an image of the people enveloped with an abandunt nature who respects an eternal nature, and the historic culture and makes a leap forward into the future.
The flag proportion is 2:3. The height of the emblem is 3/5 of the height of the flag.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 14 September 2014

Thanks to Mr. Kariyasu, here are corrected flag.
Tomislav Šipek, 17 September 2014

Kamiyaku Town / 上屋久町

image by Tomislav Šipek, 16 September 2013

Flag of former town of Kamiyaku was white with mark. The town is now, from 2007, part of town of Yakushima.
Source: http://373news.com/_kikaku/gappei/news.php?storyid=1973
Tomislav Šipek, 10 April 2013