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Nichinan ( 46,150 inhabitants on 1 March 2000; ) is located in the
south of the prefecture of Miyazaki, on the Gulf of Hyuga. The scenic
coast around Nichina forms the Regional Park of the Nichinan Coast
(Nichinan Kaigan Kokutei Kôen). The temple of Udo is located on the
coast; it is dedicated to the mythic father of the first Japanese
emperor and is said to have been built by the tenth emperor, Sujin
(second half of the IVth century). Kempo, a kind of Japanese fencing,
is said to have been invented in the temple.
The village of Obi, today part of Nichina, was a domain owned by the
Ito family from 1588 to 1868. When the shogunate system was suppressed,
the last Ito shogun was appointed governor by the emperor
The historic buildings, that is the Main Gate (Otemon, suppressed in
1870 and rebuilt in 1978 with the famous Obi cypresses), the Lord's
Manor (Matsuo no Maru, also restored with Obi cypresses), the school
(Shintokudo, built in 1831) and the soldiers' houses are nicknamed "The
Little Kyoto of Kyushu".
The most famous student of the Obi school was the diplomat Jutaro
Komura (1855-1911). Komura then studied at the Nanko University in
Tokyo and at Harvard. Back to Japan, he became Vice Minister of the
Foreign Affairs and Delegate Minister for the USA, Russia and Chine. In
1901, he was appointed Minister of the Foreign Affairs; in 1905, he led
the Japanese delegation that negotiated in Portsmouth (New Hampshire,
USA) the peace with Russia. Appointed again Minister of the Foreign
Affairs in 1908, he obtained the revision of the commercial treaties
signed at the end of the feudal period with the USA, the United
Kingdom, Germany and France, which was the beginning of the
internationalisation of Japan. Komura was made Baron and then Marquess.
Oddly enough, the town has an emblem, adopted on 20 December 1950, that
is not used on the flag. The emblem is made of a roundel formed by two
red rings separated by a white ring, symbolizing the sun, in Japanese
"nichi", with four points symbolizing the four villages merged into the
town of Nichita.
Source: City of Nichinan
Ivan Sache, 9 March 2007
According to the municipal website, the flag was adopted on March 1st
1980.
Cerulean blue two stripes mean sky and sea. White represents peace.
Fire-red of the emblem symbolizes passion of the citizen. Emblem is stylized
nichi of nich-nan in kanji and stands for unity and harmony.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 14 October 2005
The new flag is white with mark after mergering with Kitago and Nango in
2009.
Sources:
http://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/machi42iki/diary/201110250000/
http://www.city.nichinan.lg.jp/
http://www.city.nichinan.lg.jp/k/outline/chapter.html
https://www3.e-reikinet.jp/nichinan/d1w_reiki/421902500183000000MH/421902500183000000MH/421902500183000000MH.html
Tomislav Šipek, 03 September 2013
The blue, white, blue three horizontal flag used since 1980 was abolished and
the new city emblem and the flag were adopted on Nov 2nd 2009 by Notice No 182
and 183. The white flag has a red city emblem in the center. The city emblem is
a stylized kanji 日 Nichi of Nichinan. The circle symbolizes a concord of the
citizen and a Southern Country image shining Sun and the four umbonal parts
do an image of the city which unlimitedly develop in four directions. The
flag proportion is 2:3.
Source:
https://www3.e-reikinet.jp/nichinan/d1w_reiki/421902500183000000MH/421902500183000000MH/421902500183000000MH.html
Nozomi Kariyasu, 06 June 2014
image by Eugene Ipavec, 17 November 2005
image by Tomislav Šipek, 01 October 2013
The flag of former town of Kitago was brown with mark. The town is now, from
2009 part of the city of Nichinan.
Source:
http://www.city.nichinan.lg.jp/gappei-nkn/09-choin/09-index.html
Tomislav Šipek, 03 September 2013
image by Tomislav Šipek, 01 October 2013
The flag of former town of Nango was maroon with mark. The town is now, from
2009 part of the city of Nichinan.
Source:
http://www.bgf.or.jp/about_us/2007/event/070918.html
Tomislav Šipek, 03 September 2013