Chichibu City [Saitama prefecture Japan]

秩父市

Last modified: 2026-09-05 by zachary harden
Keywords: saitama | chichibu | kanji: chichi |
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image by Eugene Ipavec 30 November 2005

• City flag
• Arakawa
• Otaki

See also:

• Municipalities of Saitama Prefecture
• Saitama
• Japanese Subdivisions
• Japan

City flag

Chichibu city in Saitama has a flag adopted on April 1st 2005. Proportion: 2:3. White flag bearing red emblem and its size 3/5 of width.
Source: Chichibu website
Nozomi Kariyasu, 17 November 2005

Flag and emblem adopted on 1 April 2005 by Notice No, 170; a stylized kanji Chichi 父.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 21 October 2006

Arakawa Village / 　荒川村

image by Tomislav Šipek, 07 July 2014

The flag of the former village of Arakawa was white with mark. The village is now, from 2005, part of the city of Chichibu.
Source: http://www.saitama-np.co.jp/f_mailmag/chichibu/saitama-np/0504/
Tomislav Šipek, 07 July 2014

A white flag featuring the town emblem, which is a stylized version of the kanji character for “rough” (荒).
Nozomi Kariyasu, 15 August 2026

Otaki Village / 大滝村

image by Tomislav Šipek, 07 July 2014

The flag of the former village of Otaki was white with mark. The village is now, from 2005, part of the city of Chichibu.
Source: http://www.saitama-np.co.jp/f_mailmag/chichibu/saitama-np/0504/
Tomislav Šipek, 07 July 2014

A white flag featuring the village emblem, which is a stylized design of the kanji character “大” and the katakana character “タキ.”
Nozomi Kariyasu, 18 August 2026