Arakawa Ward (Tokyo, Japan)

荒川区

Last modified: 2023-06-03 by zachary harden
Keywords: arakawa | ku | tokyo | katakana: a | katakana: ra | kanji: kawa |
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image by Tomislav Šipek, 18 June 2014

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Description of the flag

White coat of arms on dull purple field.
The coat of arms is composed of stylized Katakana character A (ア) and RA (ラ) in a circle form and Kanji character KAWA 川 in the center. The circle represents harmony.
Coat of arms adopted May 2 1950.
Flag unlegislated.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 21 March 1999

The flag of the City of Arakawa is reported, but I found only green one, not purple. Does anybody know more about it?
Sources: https://www.city.arakawa.tokyo.jp/kucho/shashin/h22/201007.html 
http://www.komei.or.jp/km/arakawa-kikuchi-hidenobu/2012/03/
Tomislav Šipek, 18 June 2014

Tomislav discovered the fact.
The image of the purple flag was drawn with wrong information. I got a confirmation from Arakawa Ward government today who have used green flag with a white emblem from the beginning. The image of purple flag should be replaced by Tomislav new image of a green flag.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 19 June 2014

Previously Reported Flag

by Pascal Gross