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Kato City (Hyōgo prefecture - Japan)

加東市

image by Zachary Harden, 16 August 2017

City Flag
Tojo
Takino
Yashiro

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City Flag

The flag of the city of Kato is white with mark.
Source: https://www.city.kato.lg.jp/assembly/index.html
Tomislav Šipek, 16 January 2014

The city emblem and the flag were adopted on Mar 20th 2006 by Notice No 1. The white flag has a green, a white two color city emblem in the center. The city emblem is a stylized K of Kato. The three white figures symbolize merged three towns. It represents an image of the garden city which has a vigor of the citizen living together with green nature. The flag proportion is 2:3.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 25 June 2014

Tojo Town / 東条町

image by Tomislav Šipek, 21 January 2014

The flag of the former town of Tojo was blue with mark. The town is now, from 2006, part of the city of Kato.
Source: http://www.gappei-archive.soumu.go.jp/db/28hyougo/2818kato/chouinnsiki.htm
Tomislav Šipek, 21 January 2014

The design is based on the hiragana character と “to”; the circle represents peace and Lake Tojo, while the diamond symbolizes the town’s prosperity.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 15 October 2026

Takino Town / 滝野町

image by Tomislav Šipek, 21 January 2014

The flag of the former town of Takino was white with mark. The town is now, from 2006, part of the city of Kato.
Source: http://www.gappei-archive.soumu.go.jp/db/28hyougo/2818kato/chouinnsiki.htm
Tomislav Šipek, 21 January 2014

The design is based on the katakana characterタ “Ta,” symbolizing the merger of the two towns, the harmonious unity of the residents, and the town’s prosperity.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 15 October 2026

Yashiro Town / 社町

image by Tomislav Šipek, 21 January 2014

The flag of the former town of Yashiro was blue with mark. The town is now, from 2006, part of the city of Kato.
Source: http://www.gappei-archive.soumu.go.jp/db/28hyougo/2818kato/chouinnsiki.htm
Tomislav Šipek, 21 January 2014

The letter “Y” is stylized to represent the three-layered diamond, the emblem of Saho Shrine.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 16 October 2026