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![[flag of Yanaizu]](../images/j/jp-07-sm1.gif)
image by Tomislav Šipek, 16 September 2014
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Shimogo town flag and emblem adopted: April 29 1980 (Notice No. 27)
flag proportion: 2:3
field: Japanese lavender (fuji iro)
emblem: white, a stylized hiragana Shimo しも; height of the
emblem: 3/5 of flag height
Source: Shimogo
website (page in Japanese)
Nozomi Kariyasu, 10 December 2005
The stylised hiragana shimo しも form a broken circle with two
horizontal lines on the left, similar to the Euro sign. The emblem symbolises the citizen's harmony and unity, and the
steady (progress ?) of the town's strength.
Jonathan Dixon, 31 January 2006
The flag of the town of Shimogo is already reported, but I found darker
purple flags.
Sources:
http://www.election.ne.jp/kanke/96059.html
http://www.myu.ac.jp/site/info/shimogo-kyotei.html
(Fuji-iro color
http://ikjeld.com/en/news/35/wisteria-color-fuji-iro )
Tomislav Šipek, 12 September 2014
They confirm the color of the flag is Fuji-iro shown in their website.
http://town.shimogo.fukushima.jp/category/town/about/introduction-about/
Nozomi Kariyasu, 12 September 2014
Thanks to Mr. Kariyasu, here are corrected flag.
Tomislav Šipek, 16 September 2014
![[flag of Shimogo]](../images/j/jp-07-sm.gif)
image by Eugene Ipavec, 12 December 2005
Construction sheet
![[flag construction sheet of Shimogo]](../images/j/jp-07'sm.gif)
image by Eugene Ipavec, 12 December 2005