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![[flag of Narita]](../images/j/jp-12-nr_2006.gif)
image by Tomislav Šipek, 13 October 2023
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Narita si adopted a new emblem on Apr 29 2006: a stylized English N of Narita in red/black.
No flag legislation but they use following flag: proportion: 2:3; colour of field: white;
colour of emblem: red/ black; height of emblem: 3/5 flag height.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 16 September 2006
It seems that the mark should still be gray instead of black; city law does confirm it needs to be grey.
Tomislav Šipek and Zachary Harden, 13 October 2023
![[former flag of Narita]](../images/j/jp-12-nr.gif)
image by Eugene Ipavec, 30 April 2006
Narita city in Chiba Prefecture adopted its emblem on 7 May 1954. A stylized kanji Nari 成.
No flag legislation but they use above flag in practice: flag proportion:
2:3; colour of field: purple; colour of emblem: white; diameter of emblem:
3/5 flag height.
Source: Narita website
(page no longer available)
Nozomi Kariyasu, 29 April 2006
The emblem drawn by Eugene features the kanji nari 成 inside a
circle surrounded by six interlocking arcs looking like the petals of a
flower.
It is described in an article in a publication celebrating 50 years of
Narita City. The six petals stand for six villages, representing the merger of (one town and?)
six villages. The emblem was designed by Hiroshi/Yutaka/... Shuugo, and
chosen from 97 submissions. The article includes 3 of the other designs
and their explanations.
I could not access the legislation, however, as the city seems to have
adopted a new emblem on the very day that Nozomi sent his report (29 April
2006).
The design is an image combining the N of Narita with the shape of a
person. The extension of the limbs represents a sense of lively motion and
dashing, the central red the hot enthusiasm and zeal of the Narita people.
Beneath the left part of the N/person shape is the word NARITA in the
Latin alphabet, representing the international airport city as the point
of intercourse between the Japan and the rest of the world. The emblem
also contains the desire for Narita's further prosperity and activity
towards a bright future.
The red head is prescribed as M100 Y100, R255 G0 B0, the other parts of
the emblem as B K70, R76 G76 B76. Perhaps this emblem is now used on a flag?
Jonathan Dixon, 26 August 2006
![[flag of Ichikawa]](../images/j/jp-12-nr_s.gif)
image by Tomislav Šipek, 13 October 2023
Here is a flag with city's symbol mark.
Tomislav Šipek, 13 October 2023
![[former flag of Narita]](../images/j/jp-12-nt-sf.gif)
image by Tomislav Šipek, 15 July 2014
The flag of the former town of Shimofusa was green with mark. The town is
now, from 2006, part of the city of Narita.
Source:
http://www.gappei-archive.soumu.go.jp/db/12tiba/1210nari/chouin/index.HTML
Tomislav Šipek, 15 July 2014