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# Yokote City (Akita Prefecture, Japan)

## 横手市

Last modified: 2026-08-01 by zachary harden
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image by Zachary Harden, 19 December 2017

- The Flag
- Masuda

See also:

- Akita Prefecture
- Japan

## The Flag

The flag of the city of Yokote is white with mark.
Source: http://www.city.toyooka.lg.jp/www/contents/1369978832006/index.html
Tomislav Šipek, 24 September 2014

The city emblem and the flag were adopted on Oct 1st 2005 by Notice No 111. The white flag has a green, a blue and an orange three color city emblem in the center. The city emblem is a combination of a stylized hiragana よ Yo and Y. The green color stands for a countryside, the blue color for the fresh streams and the orange color for the harvests. It represents an image of the garden city which has fresh and fine people, an abundant nature, a rich heart and dreams.
The flag proportion is 7:10. The height of the emblem is 96/140 the height of the flag height.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 24 September 2014

Thanks to Mr. Kariyasu here is corrected flag. [Ed.: further fixed based on specifications found by editor.]
Tomislav Šipek, 25 September 2014

## Masuda Town / 増田町

image by Tomislav Šipek, 29 September 2014

The flag of the former town of Masuda was blue with mark. The town is now, from 2005, part of the city of Yokote.
Source: http://www.kaneda-k.com/garelley/2005/gar29/index.html
Tomislav Šipek, 29 September 2014

The design is based on the katakana character マ “Ma,” symbolizing the merger of the three towns and the town’s prosperous development.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 23 July 2026