Flag of Tokyo

The city of Tokyo has two official flags, featuring each emblem.

 Metropolitan crest 
The  was adopted on November 2, 1943, under the . It is same as the crest of the former Tokyo City, decided by the city council in December 1889. It is believed to be designed by , an alderman of the city.

The crest shows a six-rayed sun (which, as a red-filled circle without rays or a dot, is in the center of the national flag of Japan), with a dot in the center representing Tokyo as the metaphorical center of Japan. As with most other prefectural crests in Japan, its color is not designated. The crest can also be interpreted as a version of the kanji 京 (kyō) of 東京 (Tokyo), but the metropolitan announcement does not explain as such.

 As a flag 
The  was adopted on October 1, 1964, under the . It features a white Metropolitan Crest on center. The background color is , which was popular in Edo, the name of Tokyo during the Edo period. This shade of purple is one of the traditional colors of Japan, and is near identical to Web Indigo.

Metropolitan symbol
The  was adopted on June 1, 1989, under the .

The design was selected by the  from 20 candidates. The winning design was created by , a professional graphic designer.

The vivid green symbol consists of three arcs combined to resemble a leaf of the ginkgo, the metropolitan tree, and represents T for Tokyo., retrieved on September 29, 2008; reconfirmed on February 18, 2013

Other flags

Related pages
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 Flag of Japan

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