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![[Fukuoka]](../images/j/jp-40.gif)
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by Pascal Gross, 5 May 1998
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White plum flower emblem on light blue field. Plum is a prefecture flower
and the emblem stands for harmony and progress of people. Adopted 10 May 1908.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 6 May 1998
Blue field, white emblem. Proportions 2 : 3.
Jan Oskar Engene, 3 May 1996
image by Zachary Harden, 11 September 2009
Another prefectural flag is the flag of Traffic Safety.
The only information I can pull from the text is that it
was adopted in Showa 37 (1962). Th flag is a mixture of 7 green and white bars,
with a yellow cross in the middle. It can be seen on the
Prefectural
website.
Zachary Harden, 11 September 2009
image by Kazutaka Nishiura, 23 October 2009
The city emblem was adopted in Oct 1909 by Notice No 14 but no flag law.
The white flag is charged with blue city emblem in the center.
The flag proportions are 2:3
The city emblem is KU =nine stylized katakana フ FU representing Fukuoka.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 23 October 2009
![[Kasuga city flag]](../images/j/jp-40-ks.gif)
image by Eugene Ipavec, 17 November 2005
The flag features the city symbol in white on a green field. Adopted in November 1962, the symbol appears to have become effective 20 January 1963 and features "turtle coffins".
Source: Kasuga website
Phil Nelson, 24 August 2006
![[Onojyo city flag]](../images/j/jp-40-oj.gif)
image by Eugene Ipavec, 17 November 2005
![[Okawa city flag]](../images/j/jp-40-ok.gif)
image by Olivier Touzeau, 9 October 2005
From the Okawa city website:
Olivier Touzeau, 9 October 2005Municipal Flag
The design was decided in 1979 through a public vote. The background color is a brilliant light blue, which symbolizes water and a clear sky. The city symbol and city tree "paulownia" are arranged in white in the center of the flag. This symbolizes the vital and fresh city, Okawa.