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Oyama City [Tochigi prefecture Japan]

小山市

Last modified: 2023-06-03 by zachary harden
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[Oyama]
image by Eugene Ipavec, 3 December 2005


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The Flag

Oyama city in Tochigi adopted its flag on 13 October 1971.
proportion:7:10
field: purple; emblem: white; size of emblem is 5/8 of height; a stylized kanji O of Oyama which stands for harmony and developement.
Source: Oyama website (in Japanese)
Nozomi Kariyasu, 19 November 2005

The kanji O is (small). Oyama can literally mean small mountain, or hill. The emblem shows a mountain shape in a circle, the circle standing for harmony of the citizens and the mountain shape/arrow for the (rapid) development of the city.
Jonathan Dixon, 9 December 2005