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Shimabara City (Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan)

島原市

image by Tomislav Šipek, 03 May 2013

City Flag
Ariake
School Flags
Sporting Flags

See also:

City Flag

The flag of the city of Shimabara is maroon with mark. In 2006 the city absorbed the town of Ariake.
Sources: http://www.city.bungotakada.oita.jp/dekigoto/page_00145.html
http://www.city.shimabara.lg.jp/imgkiji/pub/detail.aspx?c_id=119&id=204&pg=1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Shimabara,_Nagasaki.png
http://twinavi.jp/account/detail/shmbrprmaster
Tomislav Šipek, 03 May 2013

The city emblem was adopted on Apr 1st 1940 but there is no flag law. The maroon flag has a white city emblem in the center. The city emblem is four stylized katakana マ Ma of ShiMabara. It represents a peaceful city administration and a concord of the citizen.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 21 June 2014

Ariake Town / 有明町

image by Tomislav Šipek, 19 September 2013

The flag of former town of Ariake was green with mark. The town is now, from 2006, part of the city of Shimabara.
Source: http://www.gappei-archive.soumu.go.jp/db/42naga/0199shima/signing-ceremony.htm
Tomislav Šipek, 09 May 2013

image by Tomislav Šipek, 08 January 2014

Variant of former flag of town of Ariake.
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D--ciLDbbfM
Tomislav Šipek, 08 January 2014

sporting flag; image located by Évelyne Sunatori, 4 January 2021

School Flags

image located by Évelyne Sunatori, 4 January 2021

This is the flag of Shimabara High School (the main, biggest and “best” high school in the city); We can see it used here or here.
Évelyne Sunatori, 4 January 2021

image located by Évelyne Sunatori, 4 January 2021