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zachary harden
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![[Higashikurume si]](../images/j/jp-13-hk.gif)
image by Eugene Ipavec, 17 March 2006
Higashikurume city adopted its emblem on 1 October 1970 by Notice No. 1. flag proportion: 2:3. colour of field: purple. colour of emblem: white diameter of emblem: 3/5 flag height, a stylized hiragana Hi ひ
Source: Higashikurume city
Nozomi Kariyasu, 3 March 2006
The hiragana hi ひ is stylised in a geometrical/"mechanical" way, to
form a broken circle with both ends turning out in the top right quadrant.
It seems that the ends of the circle are intended to present an image of
outward-focus and a city expanding.
Jonathan Dixon, 1 July 2006