Ichikai Town [Tochigi prefecture Japan]

市貝町

Last modified: 2023-06-03 by zachary harden
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image by Tomislav Šipek, 28 July 2014

• The Flag

• Tochigi Prefecture

The Flag

Ichikai town in Tochigi adopted its flag on November 28 2003.
proportion: 2:3 ; field: dark blue; emblem: white; size of emblem is 3/5 of width. A stylized kanji Ichi (市) of Ichikai
which stands for peace and development.
Sources
http://www.town.ichikai.tochigi.jp/reiki_int/reiki_honbun/ae12404321.html (in Japanese)
Town of Ichikai (in Japanese)
Nozomi Kariyasu, 19 November 2005

The emblem on the flag was adopted on the same date (notice 29). It is a stylised kanji Ichi 市 (market) forming a circle and a dove, representing harmony, (and something to do with a motto - people of peace(?))
Jonathan Dixon, 19 December 2005

Minor correction of the town flag of Ichikai.
Source: http://ageage-family.at.webry.info/201202/article_4.HTML
Tomislav Šipek, 28 July 2014

The town emblem and the flag were adopted on Nov 23rd 2003 by Notice No 29 and 32. The blue flag has a white town emblem in the center. The town emblem is a stylized kanji 市 Ichi of Ichikai in a form of a pigeon and a circle. It represents a peace and the town’s motto a conformity of the people. The flag proportion is 2: 3. The height of the emblem is 3/5 of the height of the flag.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 28 July 2014