Kitagawa Village (Kochi Prefecture, Japan)

北川村

Last modified: 2023-06-03 by zachary harden
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image by Tomislav Šipek, 29 October 2013

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The Flag

The flag of the village of Kitagwa is green with mark.
Source: http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/k6a_t_gt/11213464.html?from=relatedCat
Tomislav Šipek, 29 October 2013

The emblem the kanji 北 ( kita, north) and 川 ( gawa, river) of the name Kitagawa. The 川 forms a circle, signifying a single united entity, while the 北 shows rapid progress in the form of a great bird (see  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peng_%28mythology%29) with wings spread.
Jonathan Dixon, 29 October 2013

The village emblem was adopted in 1890 but there is no flag law. The green flag has a white village emblem in the center. The village emblem is stylized kanji 北川 Kitagawa. The circle symbolizes an integration and the wings do a surge like a big bird.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 21 September 2014