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![[Sakura]](../images/j/jp-09-sk.gif)
image by Eugene Ipavec, 7 December 2005
Sakura city in Tochigi adopted its flag on March 28 2005.
proportion: 7:10
field: white
emblem: cherry petal in pink in right part
background in blue in left part
Stylized hiragara Sa (さ) of Sakura in white and city name in black in
lower fly
size of emblem is 4.8/10 of width.
Sources:
http://www.city.tochigi-sakura.lg.jp/reiki_int/reiki_honbun/ar12600031.html (in Japanese)
Sakura website(in Japanese)
Nozomi Kariyasu, 19 November 2005
![[Nikko]](../images/j/jp-09-sk-ki.gif)
image by Tomislav Šipek, 31 July 2014
The flag of the former town of Kitsuregawa was white with mark. The town is
now, from 2005, part of the city of Sakura.
Sources:
http://warp.da.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/259404/www.gappei-uk.jp/
http://www.gappei-archive.soumu.go.jp/db/09toti/0903sakura-shi/gappeisaisyuu/contents/01_saishin/chouin.htm
Tomislav Šipek, 31 July 2014
The design features a stylized version of the kanji character “喜” (ki), symbolizing progress, with the kanji character ‘川’ (kawa), representing a merger, placed inside the katakana character “キ” (ki).
Nozomi Kariyasu, 08 August 2026
![[Nikko]](../images/j/jp-09-sk-uj.gif)
image by Tomislav Šipek, 31 July 2014
The flag of the former town of Ujiie was red with mark. The town is now, from
2005, part of the city of Sakura.
Sources:
http://warp.da.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/259404/www.gappei-uk.jp/
http://www.gappei-archive.soumu.go.jp/db/09toti/0903sakura-shi/gappeisaisyuu/contents/01_saishin/chouin.htm
Tomislav Šipek, 31 July 2014
A maroon flag featuring the town’s white emblem at the canton. The design is based on the katakana character ウ “U”; the circle symbolizes the town’s development, while the protrusion at the top represents progress.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 10 August 2026