Kagoshima City (Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan)

鹿児島市

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image by Kazutaka Nishiura, 12 October 2009

• The Flag
• Kiire
• Koriyama
• Matsumoto
• Sakurajima
• Yoshida

• Kagoshima Prefecture
• Japanese Subdivisions
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The Flag

The city flag was adopted on Sep 1st 1971 by city Notice No 140. The white flag is charged with the black city emblem and red Sakurajima island. The flag proportions are 2:3.
The city emblem is composed of stylized kanji 市 SHI = city and former Satuma Clan lord the Shimazus family crest of cross in a circle. The arrows facing in four directions indicate a developing city in all directions.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 20 October 2009

Kiire Town / 喜入町

image by Tomislav Šipek, 13 September 2013

The flag od former town of Kiire was white with mark. The town is now, from 2004, part of city of Kagoshima.
Sources: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kiire_Kagoshima_chapter.svg
http://www.city.kagoshima.lg.jp/_1010/shimin/7siseijouhou/7-1aramasi/gappei/0005178.html
Tomislav Šipek, 09 April 2013

Koriyama Town / 郡山町

image by Tomislav Šipek, 13 September 2013

The flag of former town of Koriyama was white with mark. The town is now, from 2004, part of the city of Kagoshima.
Sources: http://www.city.kagoshima.lg.jp/_1010/shimin/7siseijouhou/7-1aramasi/gappei/0005152.html
http://www.city.kagoshima.lg.jp/_1010/shimin/7siseijouhou/7-1aramasi/gappei/0005178.html
Tomislav Šipek, 09 April 2013

Matsumoto Town / 松元町

image by Tomislav Šipek, 13 September 2013

The flag of former town of Matsumoto was white with mark. The town is now, from 2004, part of city of Kagoshima.
Sources: http://www.city.kagoshima.lg.jp/_1010/shimin/7siseijouhou/7-1aramasi/gappei/0005178.html
http://www.city.kagoshima.lg.jp/_1010/shimin/7siseijouhou/7-1aramasi/gappei/0005151.html
Tomislav Šipek, 09 April 2013

Sakurajima Town / 桜島町

image by Tomislav Šipek, 13 September 2013

The flag of former town of Sakurajima was white with mark. The town is now, from 2004, part of city of Kagoshima.
Sources: http://www.city.kagoshima.lg.jp/_1010/shimin/7siseijouhou/7-1aramasi/gappei/0005178.html
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sakurajima_Kagoshima_chapter.JPG
Tomislav Šipek, 09 April 2013

Yoshida Town / 吉田町

image by Tomislav Šipek, 13 September 2013

The flag of town of Yoshida was white with mark. The town is now, from 2004, part of the city of Kagoshima.
Sources: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yoshida_Kagoshima_chapter.JPG
http://www.city.kagoshima.lg.jp/_1010/shimin/7siseijouhou/7-1aramasi/gappei/0005178.html
Tomislav Šipek, 08 April 2013