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by Jaume Ollé, 13 December 1996
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The blue stands for cleanness, freshness and intelligence and also
represents international city of Osaka where people can have access from sky
and sea. Osaka is called water city in Japan because it has a lot of rivers
and faces two seas which blue colour also represents.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 17 June 1998
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by Pascal Gross, 5 May 1998
White stylized three gourds and an initial of the prefecture (O) on green
field. White stands for infinite possibility and green for freshness and
vitality. The gourds are symbol of Taikou who founded commercial city of Osaka
and three ones represent hope, harmony and prosperity. Adopted 1968-06-21.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 06 May 1998
Green flag with white emblem consisting of four connected circles. Proportions 2:3.
This flag is in Smith 1980 marked as state flag on land.
Željko Heimer, 08 December 1996
From: http://www.city.hirakata.osaka.jp/eng/whats-e.htm
City Flag
(1967 enactment)The city flag uses a base of cobalt blue to highlight the central motif, the white hiragana character (hi ひ) from the word, Hirakata. The flag symbolizes the image of a bird flapping its wings in the sky.
researched by Dov Gutterman, 09 April 1999
image by Eugene Ipavec, 18 November 2005
Source: Kadoma
web site
image by Eugene Ipavec, 18 October 2005
City symbol
image by Miru Takano, 18 October 2005
Construction Sheet
image by Miru Takano, 18 October 2005
The emblem of Neyagawa city was adopted 3 May 1951
The flag of Neyagawa city was adopted 28 September 1984.
Color of field: white
Color of Emblem: navy blue
Proportion: 2:3
Placement of Emblem: centered
Size of Emblem: 6/10 of length
Miru Takano, 18 October 2005