Kita Ward (Tokyo, Japan)

北区

Last modified: 2023-06-03 by zachary harden
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image by Tomislav Šipek, 26 June 2014

• The Flag
• Previously Reported Variant

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The Flag

Dark purplish blue coat of arms on white field. Stylized Kanji character KITA 北 in a disc form with wings which symbolizes Kita's strongly developing future. Coat of arms adopted 1 July 1952. Flag unlegislated.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 23 March 1999

Fot Kita ward I found just black mark.
http://www.city.kita.tokyo.jp/menu/photoalbum/2011-6.htm
Tomislav Šipek, 23 June 2014

Kita ward have no flag law yet. There are some variant flags on flag color. They don't use black but dark blue now so called midnight blue on white field.
Source: http://www.colordic.org/colorsample/4162.html
The photo of the image in provided URL looks black but actually dark blue. So the previous image can be replaced with a dark blue one.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 26 June 2014

Here is the flag of the Kita ward as instructed by Mr. Kariyasu.
Tomislav Šipek, 26 June 2014

Previously Reported Variant

by Pascal Gross