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# Fukushima City [Fukushima prefecture Japan]

## 福島市

Last modified: 2026-08-29 by zachary harden
Keywords: fukushima | katakana: fu | kanji: ma |
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image by Kazutaka Nishiura, 19 October 2009

- The Flag
- Iino

See also:

- Fukushima
- Japanese Subdivisions
- Japan

## The Flag

The city flag was adopted on June 4th 1924 by Prefecture Notice No. 28. The light brown flag charged with white city emblem in the center. The flag proportions are 2:3.
The city emblem is composed of nine (KU) katakana FU フ outside and four (SHI) katakana MA マ inside. It symbolizes the city is greatly developing over surrounding area.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 19 October 2009

## Iino Town / 飯野町

image by Tomislav Šipek, 16 September 2014

The flag of the former town of Iino was maroon with mark. The town is now, from 2008, part of the city of Fukushima.
Source: http://t-aso.at.webry.info/200706/article_1.html
Tomislav Šipek, 16 September 2014

The design is based on the hiragana charactersいいの “ii no” , with the four petals symbolizing the unity and development of the merged town and three villages.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 28 July 2026