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Kumagaya City [Saitama prefecture Japan]

熊谷市

Last modified: 2026-09-12 by zachary harden
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[flag of Kumagaya si]
image by Eugene Ipavec 26 October 2006

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The Flag

Kumagaya si adopted its emblem on 1 October 2005 by Notice No 1; a stylized katakana Kuma クマ and kanji Ya 谷. No flag legislation but they have a flag: flag proportion: 2:3; colour of field: white; colour of emblem: red; diameter of emblem: 3/5 flag height.
Source: Kumagaya website
Nozomi Kariyasu, 20 October 2006

Konan Town / 江南町

[Yorii]
image by Tomislav Šipek, 09 July 2014

The flag of the former town of Konan was white with mark. The town is now, from 2007, part of the city of Kumagaya.
Sources: http://202.250.75.105/shicho/odekakesityo/koremade/h18/12_1_2_3gatu.html
http://www.kumagaya-bunkazai.jp/eventtheme/h190102.htm
Tomislav Šipek, 09 July 2014

The katakana characters コウナン “Kounan” have been stylized to symbolize the merger of the two villages and their rapid development.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 17 August 2026

Menuma Town / 妻沼町

[Yorii]
image by Tomislav Šipek, 09 July 2014

The flag of the former town of Menuma was white with mark. The town is now, from 2005, part of the city of Kumagaya.
Source: http://www.city.kumagaya.lg.jp/photo_news/H17/2005_9_10.images/heisi_menuma.jpg
Tomislav Šipek, 09 July 2014

The design combines the hiragana character め“me” and the kanji character for “woman” 女 to symbolize the development of agriculture, commerce, and industry.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 17 August 2026