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![[Miyazaki]](../images/j/jp-45.gif)
image by Kazutaka Nishiura, 28 March 2015
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Yellow stylized Katakana character of Mi (ミ) of Miyazaki on light
green field. The emblem is shaped like a step symbolizing progress of
Miyazaki. Yellow stands for the sun. Adopted 1964-12-22.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 6 May 1998
Green flag with yellow slanted rectangles (parallelograms?) reminding of ZZ Top sign. 5:7
This flag is in Smith 1980 marked as state flag on land.
Željko Heimer, 8 December 1996
The character pronounced "Mi" consists of three equal length
horizontal strokes, one over the other. Here, they are offset and given enough
breadth that they have a pleasing appearance. By the way, the green of the
background is "midori", also with the same first character.
Bruce Ward, 8 December 1996
Prefectural flag
The green and yellow colors represent the prefecture's abundant greenery and sunshine. The three horizontal strokes represent the katakana syllable "mi" the first syllable of Miyazaki. They also resemble a staircase, symbolizing progress.
researched by Dov Gutterman, 13 March 1999
The construction sheet for the flag is at the prefecture website. The flag has a ratio of 10x14 and the green background color is 11-16-6 (Munsell, I believe) and the yellow color is 8-19-6 (once again, Munsell I believe). Zachary Harden, 13 September 2009
The prefecture flag was adopted on Dec 22nd 1964 by Notice No 838.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 28 March 2015
![[Ōita]](../images/j/jp)45.gif)
image by
Nozomi Kariyasu, 28 March 2015
The prefecture emblem was adopted on Jan 14th 1912 by Notice No 1. The emblem is
stylized kanji 日向 Hyuga old name of Miyazaki which represents an image of the
prefecture which grows in three ways for improvement.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 28 March 2015
Police flag
![[Miyazaki police flag]](../images/j/jp-45pol1.gif)
image by Kazutaka Nishiura, 9 October 2009
Fringed flag
![[Miyazaki fringed police flag]](../images/j/jp-45pol.gif)
image by Kazutaka Nishiura, 9 October 2009
The flag was adopted on Nov 20th 1979 by Miyazaki Prefecture Police
Orders No. 20
The moss green flag with gold fringe charged with a gold sun and rays
surrounded by a prefecture flower crinum (はまゆう) of white and green
with its name in green.
Source: Prefecture website
Nozomi Kariyasu, 9 October 2009
![[Miyazaki Sports Association]](../images/j/jp@45sa.gif)
image by Tomislav Šipek, 9 October 2023
Here is flag of Miyazaki Perfectural Sports Association.
Tomislav Šipek, 9 October 2023
The topography of Miyazaki Prefecture is represented by a diamond shape, within which the leaf of the prefectural tree, the phoenix, is abstracted, and the color is green, the symbolic color of Miyazaki Prefecture.
The flag was designed by Masakatsu Miyafuku
and adopted on Apr 28th 1982.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 10 October 2023