Takanezawa Town [Tochigi prefecture Japan]

高根沢町

Last modified: 2023-06-03 by zachary harden
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image by Tomislav Šipek, 29 July 2014

• The Flag
• Construction Sheet

• Tochigi Prefecture

The Flag

Takanezawa town in Tochigi adopted its flag on December 25 1959.
proportion: 2:3
field: dark blue
emblem: white
Stylized kanji Taka of Takanezawa in the shape of bird which stands for development. The upper part of emblem represents mountains and the lower part the three rivers in the city.
size of emblem is 3/5 of width.
Source: Takanezawa website (page in Japanese)
Nozomi Kariyasu, 19 November 2005

The kanji Taka is 高 (tall). My understanding is that the lower (circular) part also represents harmony among the townspeople. The emblem was adopted at the same time as the flag.
Jonathan Dixon, 12 December 2005

For town of Takanezawa just minor correction of dimension.
Source: http://www.yumesen.jp/2010/01/post-477.shtml
Tomislav Šipek, 29 July 2014

Construction Sheet

image by Eugene Ipavec, 26 November 2005