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Sakawa (Kochi Prefecture, Japan)

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[Flag of Sakawa]
image by Tomislav Šipek, 31 October 2013


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The flag of the town od Sakawa is blue with mark.
Source: http://www.town.sakawa.kochi.jp/gikai/
Tomislav Šipek, 31 October 2013

Some history and the emblem are explained at http://www.town.sakawa.kochi.jp/life/dtl.php?hdnKey=693
The town was developed by a daimyo's minister named Fukao during the Edo period as a castle town and a town of learning. In the emblem, the top part is a crown (garland), as an appropriate image for a place of education and a place born of an imperial hero. The three lines at the bottom left show the kawa (川 川 river) of the name Sakawa.
It is said to be appropriately symbolise the town's rapid advancement, the residents' welfare and increase in health, and making a rich, bright, liveable, peaceful home.
Jonathan Dixon, 31 October 2013