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Tomislav Šipek, 01 July 2014
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Kazo si adopted
its emblem 5 July 1955; a stylized hiragana Ka か. No flag legislation but they have a flag: flag proportion: 2:3; colour of field: white;
colour of emblem: dark blue; height of emblem: 3/5 flag height.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 20 October 2006
The white flag with blue emblem used since 1955 was abolished. The new emblem
was adopted on Nov 21st 2010 by Notice No387 and the new flag was adopted on Dec
6th 2010 by Notice No 405. The white flag has a blue, a green and an orange
three color city emblem in the center. The city emblem is a stylized kanji 加 Ka
of Kazo. The four curved lines symbolize the former one city and three towns and
the center part does an image of bright and vivid citizen. The blue color stands
for rich rivers, the green color for the fields and the orange color for a great
cultural heritage of the city. The circle represents further development and
prosperity of the city. The flag proportion is 2:3.
http://www.city.kazo.lg.jp/cont/s151000/d011100/hpg000007758.html
http://www.city.kazo.lg.jp/reiki_int/reiki_honbun/r384RG00000864.html
Nozomi Kariyasu, 06 June 2014
The flag of the city of Kazo is already reported, but it was old flag. New one,
from 2010, is also white with new mark.
Source:
http://www.folk.co.jp/news/%E5%B9%B3%E6%88%9023%E5%B9%B4%E5%BA%A6%E5%8A%A0%E9%A0%88%E5%B8%82%E7%94%B7%E5%A5%B3%E5%85%B1%E5%90%8C%E5%8F%82%E7%94%BB%E6%8E%A8%E9%80%B2%E4%BA%8B%E6%A5%AD%E6%89%80%E8%A1%A8%E5%BD%B0.html
Tomislav Šipek, 30 June 2014
The city emblem was adopted on Nov 21st 2010 by Notice No 387 and the flag
was adopted on Dec 6th 2010 by Notice No 405. The white flag has a green, a
blue, an orange three color city emblem in the center. The city emblem is
a stylized kanji 加 Ka of Kazo. The four arcs symbolize the former one city and
three towns. The green color stands for a field, the blue color for an abundant
river, the orange color for great cultural assets of the city, the circle
for a development and a prosperity of the city. It represents an image of the
citizen who does well and lives vividly. The flag proportion is 2:3. The height
of the emblem is 3/5 of the height of the flag.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 30 June 2014
Thanks to Mr. Kariyasu, here is the corrected municipal flag.
Tomislav Šipek, 01 July 2014
image by Eugene Ipavec 26 October 2006
image by Tomislav Šipek, 09 July 2014
Old flag of the city of Kazo is already reported but I found purple mark.
Sources:
http://www.geocities.jp/gentle_singer_k/KIsDiary3.HTML
http://hatokincyan.no-blog.jp/photos/hatokin/photo_9.HTML
Tomislav Šipek, 09 July 2014
image by Tomislav Šipek, 09 July 2014
The flag of the former town of Kisai was white with mark. The town is now,
from 2010 part of the city of Kazo.
Sources:
http://hatokincyan.no-blog.jp/photos/hatokin/photo_9.HTML
http://www.hiranao.com/activityreport1003.html
http://www.hiranao.com/activity/images/pic_100307_2w400.jpg
Tomislav Šipek, 09 July 2014
image by Tomislav Šipek, 09 July 2014
The flag of the former town of Kitakawabe was white with mark. The town is
now, from 2010, part of the city of Kazo.
Sources:
http://hatokincyan.no-blog.jp/photos/hatokin/photo_9.HTML
http://www.hiranao.com/activity/images/pic_100314_1w400.jpg
Tomislav Šipek, 09 July 2014
image by Tomislav Šipek, 09 July 2014
The flag of the former town of Otone was white with mark. The town is now,
from 2010, part of the city of Kazo.
Sources:
http://hatokincyan.no-blog.jp/photos/hatokin/photo_9.HTML
http://www.hiranao.com/activity/images/pic_100314_2w400.jpg
Tomislav Šipek, 09 July 2014