Last modified: 2014-09-27 by zoltán horváth
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image by Tomislav Šipek, 25 September 2014
These four towns were merged on March 22nd 2005 to become a newly born city
"Kita Akita = North Akita".
The new city is holding public competition for its city emblem.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 24 October 2005
The flag of the city of Kitaakita is white with mark.
Source:
http://www.komei.or.jp/km/kitaakita-takeda-hiroto/2012/01/
Tomislav Šipek, 24 September 2014
The city emblem and the flag were adopted on Oct 3rd 2005 by Notice No 44.
The white flag has a green and an orange two color city emblem in the center.
The city emblem is a stylized hiragana き Ki of Kitaakita in a form of the nature in harmony
with the people.
The green color stands for Akita cedar and an abandunt nature,
the curved line for a warmth and an affluence, the flying form for an exponential
development to the future.
The flag proportion is 2:3.
The height of the emblem is 136/200 of the height of the flag.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 24 September 2014
Thanks to Mr. Kariyasu here is corrected flag.
Tomislav Šipek, 25 September 2014
image by Eugene Ipavec
Source: Taknosu
website
The Aikawa town emblem is a stylized hiragana
"a" "i " (あい) which represents development.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 24 October 2005
image by Eugene Ipavec
Source: Taknosu
website
The Ani town emblem is a stylized katakana "a
" (a = ア) in shape of mountains and "ni" (ni = ニ)
in shape of river. The circle stands for peace.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 24 October 2005
image by Eugene Ipavec
Source: Taknosu
website
The Moriyoshi town emblem is a stylized katakana
"mori" (⽴り) of Moriyoshi and the circle stands for
peace, wings for progress.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 24 October 2005
image by Eugene Ipavec
Source: Taknosu
website
The Takanosu town emblem is a stylized hiragana
"ta" (た) of Takanosu in shape of falcon (taka in Japanese)
wings and the circle stands for harmony.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 24 October 2005