Sasebo City (Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan)

佐世保市

Last modified: 2023-06-03 by zachary harden
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image by Tomislav Šipek, 03 May 2013

• The Flag
• Flag Variant
• Emukae
• Sechibaru
• Shikamachi
• Uku
• Yoshii

• Nagasaki Prefecture
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The Flag

The flag of city of Sasebo is white with mark. In 2005 the city absorbed the towns of Sechibaru and Yoshii, in 2006 the towns of Kozasa and Uku, and in 2010 the towns of Emukae and Shikamachi.
Sources: http://www.sasebosports.com/city.php?itemid=3171
http://www.city.sasebo.nagasaki.jp/www/toppage/0000000000000/APM03000.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Sasebo,_Nagasaki.png
Tomislav Šipek, 03 May 2013

The city emblem was adopted on Oct 20th 1969 but there is no flag law. The white flag has a blue city emblem in the center. he city emblem is a stylized katakana サセボ Sasebo.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 08 November 2014

Flag Variant

image by Tomislav Šipek, 03 May 2013

I found two colors of the emblem, blue and black.
Tomislav Šipek, 03 May 2013

Emukae Town / 江迎町

image by Tomislav Šipek, 19 September 2013

The flag of former town of Emukae is deep dark blue (?) with mark. The town is now, from 2010, part of city of Sasebo.
Source: http://www.city.sasebo.nagasaki.jp/www/contents/1237887811131/index.html
Tomislav Šipek, 10 May 2013

Sechibaru Town / 世知原町

image by Tomislav Šipek, 10 May 2013

The flag of former town of Sechibaru is maroon with mark. The town is now, from 2005, part of city of Sasebo.
Source: http://www.city.sasebo.nagasaki.jp/www/contents/1088406523375/files/odb-get.jpg
Tomislav Šipek, 10 May 2013

Shika machi / 鹿町

image by Tomislav Šipek, 19 September 2013

The flag of former town of Shikamachi is blue with mark. The town is now, from 2010, part of city of Sasebo.
Source: http://www.city.sasebo.nagasaki.jp/www/contents/1237887811131/index.html
Tomislav Šipek, 10 May 2013

Uku Town / 宇久町

image by Tomislav Šipek, 19 September 2013

The flag of former town of Uku is orange with mark. The town is now, from 2006, part of city of Sasebo.
Source: http://www.city.sasebo.nagasaki.jp/uku/content/asp/kiji/00611_00000.html
Tomislav Šipek, 10 May 2013

The characters in bottom hoist should be bold according to the photo.
Tomislav Todorović, 10 May 2013

Now they really look like black characters with white fimbriations, not partly black, partly white, like they originally did.
Tomislav Todorović, 14 May 2013

Yoshii Town / 吉井町

image by Tomislav Šipek, 19 September 2013

The flag of former town of Yoshii is red with mark. The town is now, from 2005, part of city of Sasebo.
Source: http://www.city.sasebo.nagasaki.jp/www/contents/1088406523375/files/odb-get.jpg
Tomislav Šipek, 10 May 2013

The inscription looks like 長崎県 - Nagasaki Prefecture.
Jonathan Dixon, 10 May 2013