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# Kitakata City [Fukushima prefecture Japan]

## 喜多方市

Last modified: 2026-08-29 by zachary harden
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image by Tomislav Šipek, 12 September 2014

- The Flag
- Previous Flag
- Takasato
- Yamato

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- Fukushima
- Japanese Subdivisions
- Japan

## The Flag

Kitakata City abolished its green flag adopted in 1968 and adopted the white flag on Jul 12th 2006 by Notice No 70 with the green and red new city emblem.
Sources: http://www3.e-reikinet.jp/kitakata/d1w_reiki/418902500070000000MH/418902500070000000MH/418902500070000000MH.html
http://www.city.kitakata.fukushima.jp/shimin/gyosei/14902/14945/17943/015720.html
Nozomi Kariyasu, 03 June 2014

The new flag of the city of Kitakata is white with mark.
Source: http://www.minpo.jp/pub/topics/jishin2011/2012/10/post_5282.HTML
Tomislav Šipek, 08 September 2014

The city emblem and the flag were adopted on Jul 4th 2006 by Notice No 66 and 70. The white flag has a green and a red two color city emblem in the center. The city emblem is a stylized kanji 喜 Ki of Kitakata. The red color stands for a creation of the history and the tradition, the green color for a harmony with the nature and the coexistence. It represents an image of the citizen who seeks for a rich and healthy farming mountain villages and a vigorous life, a tourist city and freely jumps into the bright future. It also represents a soar of the city and the citizen. The flag proportion is 2:3. The height of the emblem is 3/5 height of the flag.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 08 September 2014

Thanks to Mr. Kariyasu here are corrected its flag.
Tomislav Šipek, 12 September 2014

## Previous Flag

image by Eugene Ipavec, 12 December 2005

image by Eugene Ipavec, 13 December 2005

Emblem adoption: August 19 1961 (Notice No. 39)
flag adoption: November 21 1968 (Notice No. 56)
flag proportion: 2:3
field: dark green
emblem: Japanese light orange (hada iro); a stylized hiragana Ki き.
Source: Kitakata website (emblem) and (flag)
Nozomi Kariyasu, 10 December 2005
[Editorial note: source pages no longer available]

The stylised hiragana ki き forms a circular shape with points at the top and bottom, and wings ("airfoils"?) at the top. The 'wings' represent progress, while the circle represents harmony/reconciliation. The light orange colour is literally "skin colour".
Jonathan Dixon, 25 January 2006

image by Tomislav Šipek, 16 September 2014

If I understand the dimensions of the former flag of Kitakata should look like this.
Source: jp-07-kk.html
Nozomi Kariyasu, 16 September 2014

## Takasato Village / 高郷村

image by Tomislav Šipek, 16 September 2014

The flag of the former village of Takasato was white with mark. The village is now, from 2006, part of the city of Kitakata.
Source: http://www.gappei-archive.soumu.go.jp/db/07huku/0711kitakata-shi/dayori/14th/dayori-14th.pdf
Tomislav Šipek, 16 September 2014

The design is based on the katakana character タ “Ta”; the rings symbolize peace and development, while the circular shape represents moving forward into the future.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 30 July 2026

## Yamato Town / 山都町

image by Tomislav Šipek, 16 September 2014

The flag of the former town of Yamato was white with mark. The village is now, from 2006, part of the city of Kitakata.
Source: http://www.gappei-archive.soumu.go.jp/db/07huku/0711kitakata-shi/dayori/14th/dayori-14th.pdf
Tomislav Šipek, 16 September 2014

The design combines the kanji character 山 for “mountain” and the katakana character ト “to” into the shape of a gear, symbolizing the town's relentless development and friendship.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 31 July 2026