Ofunato City (Iwate Prefecture, Japan)

大船渡市

Last modified: 2023-06-03 by zachary harden
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image by Tomislav Šipek, 17 October 2014

• The Flag
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• Iwate Prefecture
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The Flag

The flag of the city of Ofunato is purple or blue with mark.
Sources: http://www.city.ofunato.iwate.jp/www/contents/1343269331704/index.html
http://ofjc2006.exblog.jp/i1/5/
http://ofjc2006.exblog.jp/7057654/
http://theatre-workshop.co.jp/news/2008/123.html
Tomislav Šipek, 17 October 2014

The city emblem was adopted on Dec 25th 1952 by Notice No 32 but there is no flag law. The purple flag has a white city emblem in the center. The city emblem is a stylized kanji 大 O of Ofunato in a form of waves and a mountain. It represents the city surrounded by beautiful mountains and rich sea.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 17 October 2014

Flag Variant

image by Tomislav Šipek, 17 October 2014