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Chikuma City (Nagano Prefecture, Japan)

千曲市

image by Tomislav Šipek, 06 May 2014

City Flag
Koshoku
Kamiyamada
Togura

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City Flag

The flag of the city of Chikuma is white with mark.
Source: http://nsp.naganoblog.jp/e1275679.html
Tomislav Šipek, 06 May 2014

The city emblem and the flag were adopted on Feb 6th 2004 by Notice No 8. The white flag has an orange, green and blue three color city emblem in the center. The city emblem is a stylized kanji 千 Chi of Chikuma. The city emblem symbolizes a coexistence and a conformity in a form of a ring. It represents a wish to realize its furure image of a coexistence and an interchanging city with a moon and flowers contrasting favorably with Chikuma River. The flag proportion is 90:135.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 17 May 2014

Koshoku City / 更埴市

image by Tomislav Šipek, 27 May 2014

The flag of the former city of Koshoku was maroon with mark. The city is now, from 2003, part of the city of Chikuma.
Source: http://www.city.chikuma.lg.jp/docs/2013071900016/
Tomislav Šipek, 27 May 2014

The characterこし “Koshi” in hiragana is stylized to symbolize the city's development and unity.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 25 September 2026

Kamiyamada Town / 上山田町

image by Tomislav Šipek, 27 May 2014

The flag of the former town of Kamiyamada was blue with mark. The town is noe, from 2003, part of the city of Chikuma.
Source: http://www.city.chikuma.lg.jp/docs/2013071900016/
Tomislav Šipek, 27 May 2014

The design is based on the katakana character カ “Ka,” symbolizing the town's harmony and its forward momentum.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 25 September 2026

Togura Town / 戸倉町

image by Tomislav Šipek, 27 May 2014

The flag of the former town of Togura was maroon with mark. The town is now, from 2003, part of the city of Chikuma.
Source: http://www.city.chikuma.lg.jp/docs/2013071900016/
Tomislav Šipek, 27 May 2014

The design features the kanji character for “door” (戸) at its center, surrounded by nine katakana characters for “ra” (ラ), symbolizing the harmony among town residents through the image of the community joining hands.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 28 September 2026