List of municipal flags of Tōhoku region

This page lists the municipal flags of Tōhoku region, Japan. It is a part of the List of Japanese municipal flags, which is split into regions due to its size.

Complete lists of Japanese municipal flags pages

Map of the regions of Japan. From northeast to southwest: Hokkaidō (red), Tōhoku (yellow), Kantō (green), Chūbu (cyan), Kansai (violet), Chūgoku (orange), Shikoku (purple), and Kyūshū & Okinawa (grey).

• List of municipal flags of Hokkaidō
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• List of municipal flags of Kantō region
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• List of municipal flags of Kansai region
• List of municipal flags of Chūgoku region
• List of municipal flags of Shikoku
• List of municipal flags of Kyūshū

Aomori Prefecture

Main article: Aomori Prefecture

Cities

Municipality	Flag	Emblem	Enactment Date	Description	Ref.
Aomori			Enactment: April 1901 Specification: 26 July 1972 Inheritance: 27 April 2005 Flag: 12 May 2005	A white flag with a green and blue stylized "ao" (青). White represents cleanliness, blue for Mutsu Bay and the moon and green for the stars. The emblem is a representation of the Polaris star and represents the city's location in Aomori Prefecture, the northernmost prefecture of Honshu.	[1][2]
Goshogawara			1 July 2005	A yellow flag with an emblem. The emblem consists of a blue crescent (symbolizing the Sea of Japan, Lake Juso, and the Iwaki River), a green arrow (for the Tsugaru Plain) and a red circle (for apples and the sun). The emblem as a whole represent humanity and nature through the spoils of riches of livelihood and mobility.	[3]
Hachinohe			27 August 1937	A white flag with a red stylized "hachi" (八). Inside sits a red stylized "nohe" (戸) in the form of a crane to represent development.
Hirakawa			1 January 2006	A white flag with a forest green, lime green, and red emblem in the form of a stylized hi (ひ). The greens represent nature while the red dot represents the sun.
Hirosaki			Enactment: 14 June 1900 Inheritance: 15 November 2006	A white flag with a red Buddhist cross. This cross was used by the Tsugaru Domain to represent peace.
Kuroishi			1 April 1889
Misawa			Enactment: 1916 Inheritance: 25 November 1958 Flag: 1 September 1988
Mutsu			Emblem: 1 November 1960 Flag: 19 December 2008
Towada			14 March 2005
Tsugaru			11 February 2005

Towns and villages

Municipality	Flag	Emblem	Enactment Date	Description	Ref.
Ajigasawa			10 May 1977	A blue flag with a white emblem. The emblem is the town's name in stylized hiragana (あじがさわ). The circle (which is a "wa") represents harmony and the "a" and the "sa" represents development.	[4][5]
Fujisaki			Enactment: March 1972 Inheritance: 21 September 2005	A white flag with a stylized "F". Red stands for the apples and passion, yellow for rice and peace and purple for swans and proudness. Designed by Mr. Ishizawa from Aomori.	[6][7]
Fukaura			31 March 2005	A purple flag with a white emblem. The emblem consists of a stylized "fu" (フ) being surrounded by a wave to symbolize harmonious development through unity.	[8][9]
Gonohe			1 July 1961	A green flag with a white emblem. The emblem is the town's name in white stylized kanji (五戸). It symbolizes unity through development.	[10][11]
Hashikami			1 August 1964
Higashidōri			1 October 1973
Hiranai			22 March 1963
Imabetsu			25 December 1965
Inakadate			15 August 1959
Itayanagi			5 January 1965
Kazamaura			14 May 1971
Nakadomari			28 March 2005
Nanbu			1 January 2006
Nishimeya			14 December 1966
Noheji			24 November 1961
Oirase			1 March 2006
Ōma			25 August 1966
Ōwani			1 July 2964
Rokkasho			9 February 1966
Rokunohe			1 October 1960
Sai			Emblem: 18 July 1972 Flag: 14 May 1971
Sannohe			Emblem: 20 March 1955 Flag: 1 October 1977
Shichinohe			8 September 2005
Shingō			26 March 1973
Sotogahama			28 March 2005
Takko			4 April 1935
Tōhoku			2 September 2005
Tsuruta			Emblem: 8 August 1956 Flag: 27 June 1997
Yokohama			September 1970
Yomogita			1 July 1980

Historical

Municipality	Flag	Emblem	Enactment Date Abolition Date	Description	Ref.
Fujisaki			1 August 1975 31 March 2005	A purple with a white emblem. The emblem consists of two wisteria flowers surrounding the katakana "fu" (フ). The katakana "fu" is a swan that flying over the hiragana "fu" (ふ) inside Mount Iwaki.	[12]
Fukuchi			3 November 1968 1 January 2006
Goshogawara			1 July 1955 28 March 2005
Hiraka			Unknown Emblem: 20 June 1964
			Emblem: 20 June 1964 Flag: 1 June 1977 1 January 2006
Inagaki			10 March 1976 11 February 2005
Ikarigaseki			Emblem: May 1967 Flag: 1 June 1987 1 January 2006
Itayanagi			Unknown Emblem: 5 January 1965
Iwaki			1 June 1959 27 February 2006
Iwasaki			17 December 1971 31 March 2005
Kamikita			Unknown 1 March 2005
Kanagi			March 1955 28 March 2005
Kanita			10 November 1970 28 March 2005
Kashiwa			1 April 1973 11 February 2005
Kawauchi			18 July 1967 14 March 2005
Kidukuri			Unknown Emblem: 12 November 1980
			Emblem: 12 November 1980 Flag: 1 June 1987 11 February 2005
Kodomari			15 August 1963 28 March 2005
Kuraishi			26 June 1965 1 July 2004
Minmaya			1 October 1965 28 March 2005
Momoishi			22 September 1964 1 March 2006
Morita			8 October 1970 11 February 2005
Nagawa			28 November 1965 1 January 2006
Nakasato			21 August 1963 28 March 2005
Namioka			March 1957 1 April 2005
Nanbu			13 November 1965 1 January 2006
Nangō			31 March 1967 31 March 2005
Ōhata			Emblem: 1 November 1963 Flag: 1 May 1983 14 March 2005
Onoe			March 1960 1 January 2006
Sanbongi			1 February 1955 10 October 1956
Shariki			30 June 1970 11 February 2005
Shichinohe			1 October 1971 31 March 2005
Shimoda			25 April 1937 1 March 2006
Shiura			30 June 1965 28 March 2005
Sōma			23 October 1968 27 February 2006
Tairadate			1 April 1970 28 March 2005
Tenmabayashi			16 September 1961 31 March 2005
Tōhoku			14 September 1966 31 March 2005
Tokiwa			3 May 1984 28 March 2005
Towada			22 April 1958 1 January 2005
Towadako			3 November 1965 1 January 2005
Wakinosawa			22 December 1971 14 March 2005

Iwate Prefecture

Main article: Iwate Prefecture

Cities

Municipality	Flag	Emblem	Enactment Date	Description	Ref.
Hachimantai			1 September 2005		[13]: 32 [14][15]
Hanamaki			1 January 2006		[13]: 32 [16][17]
Ichinoseki			15 November 2005		[13]: 30 [18][19]
Kamaishi			Enactment: 5 May 1937 Reenactment: 1 April 1955		[13]: 31 [20]: 59 [21][22]
Kitakami			11 July 1991		[13]: 31 [23]
Kuji			6 March 2006		[13]: 31 [24]
Miyako			Enactment: 20 June 1942 Inheritance: 6 June 2006		[13]: 32 [25]: 59 [26][27]
Morioka			Publication: 1889 Enactment: 13 April 1906 Flag: 3 November 1968		[13]: 30 [20]: 54 [28][29][30]
Ninohe			1 January 2006		[13]: 32 [31]
Ōfunato			25 December 1952		[13]: 31 [32]
Ōshū			20 February 2006		[13]: 30 [33]
Rikuzentakata			1 June 1955		[13]: 31 [34]
Takizawa			25 October 1965		[13]: 31 [25]: 201 [35][36]
Tōno			Enactment: February 1945 Reenactment: 4 February 1955 Inheritance: 1 June 2006		[13]: 32 [25]: 175 [37]

Towns and villages

Municipality	Flag	Emblem	Enactment Date	Description	Ref.
Fudai			24 January 1964		[13]: 32
Hiraizumi			1 May 1965		[13]: 32 [38][39]
Hirono			1 January 2006		[13]: 32 [40]
Ichinohe			October 1958		[13]: 30
Iwaizumi			26 January 1966		[13]: 30 [38][41]
Iwate			1 June 1956		[13]: 30 [42]
Karumai			1 August 1957		[13]: 32 [25]: 270 [43]
Kanegasaki			Enactment: 1955 Reenactment: 4 August 1971		[13]: 31 [25]: 226 [44][45]
Kunohe			19 June 1964		[13]: 31
Kuzumaki			Publication: 4 November 1930 Enactment: 15 December 1978		[13]: 31 [38][46][47]
				Original emblem.
Noda			1 July 1961		[13]: 32 [48]
Nishiwaga			1 November 2005		[13]: 32 [49][50][51]
Ōtsuchi			10 August 1960		[13]: 30 [38][52]
Shiwa			20 July 1955		[13]: 31 [25]: 209 [53][54]
Shizukuishi			Enactment: September 1958 Reenactment: 1 April 1965		[13]: 31 [38][55]
Sumita			1 October 1956		[13]: 31 [56][57]
Tanohata			11 December 1965		[13]: 32 [25]: 263 [58][59]
Yahaba			15 September 1957		[13]: 33 [60][61]
Yamada			2 November 1970		[13]: 32 [38][62]

Historical

Municipality	Flag	Emblem	Enactment Date Abolition Date	Description	Ref.
Ashiro			17 May 1960 1 September 2005		[63]
Daitō			3 November 1959 20 September 2005		[38][64][65]
Eduriko			22 December 1966 1 April 1991		[66]
Esashi			7 June 1955 20 February 2006		[67][68]
Fujisawa			16 November 1958 26 September 2011		[13]: 32 [69]
Fukuoka			October 1956 1 April 1972
Hanaizumi			30 September 1961 20 September 2005		[25]: 233 [70]
Hanamaki			1 April 1954 1 January 2006		[71]
Higashiyama			6 June 1963 20 September 2005		[25]: 243 [70]
Ichinoseki			29 July 1955 20 September 2005		[20]: 58 [70]
Isawa			1 April 1967 20 February 2006		[67]​[38]​[72]
Ishidoriya			16 November 1958 1 January 2006		[71]
Jōbōji			April 1961 1 January 2006		[73]
Kawai			15 November 1964 1 January 2010		[13]: 31 [25]: 269 [38][74]
Kawasaki			30 September 1961 20 September 2005		[25]: 247 [38][70]
Kitakami			20 May 1954 1 April 1991		[20]: 56 [75]
Koromogawa			31 December 1965 20 February 2006		[25]: 231 [67]
Kuji			6 December 1954 6 March 2006		[76]
Maesawa			1 April 1957 20 February 2006		[67][77]
Matsuo			1 November 1963 1 September 2005		[63]
Miyamori			11 February 1955 1 October 2005		[38][37]
Mizusawa			Emblem: 1 April 1954 Flag: December 1967 20 February 2006		[25]: 165 [67]
Murone			5 September 1958 20 September 2005		[25]: 245 [38][78]
Niisato			1 May 1961 6 June 2005		[38][26]
Ninohe			1 November 1972 1 January 2006		[38][73]
Nishine			1 November 1961 1 September 2005		[38][63]
Ōhasama			1 April 1958 1 January 2006		[71]
Ōno			Publication: July 1960 Enactment: 5 December 1977 1 January 2006		[38][79][80][81]
Sanriku			4 October 1958 15 November 2001		[82]
Sawauchi			1 November 1957 1 November 2005		[83]
Senmaya			June 1960 20 September 2005		[38][84]
Tamayama			Unknown 1 July 1974
			1 July 1974 10 January 2006		[85]
Taneichi			1 February 1973 1 January 2006		[25]: 271 [38][81]
Tarō			15 May 1964 6 June 2005		[26]
Tonan			2 June 1957 1 April 1992		[25]: 215 [38][86][87]
Tōwa			15 August 1959 1 January 2006		[38][71]
Waga			3 January 1956 1 April 1991		[88]
Yamagata			1 January 1961 6 March 2006		[76]
Yuda			1 August 1964 1 November 2005		[83]

Miyagi Prefecture

Main article: Miyagi Prefecture

Cities

• 
  Higashimatsushima
• 
  Ishinomaki
• 
  Iwanuma
• 
  Kakuda
• 
  Kesennuma
• 
  Kurihara
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  Natori
• 
  Ōsaki
• 
  Sendai
• 
  Shiogama
• 
  Shiroishi
• 
  Tagajō
• 
  Tome
• 
  Tomiya

Towns and villages

• 
  Kami
• 
  Kawasaki
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  Marumori
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  Matsushima
• 
  Minamisanriku
• 
  Misato
• 
  Murata
• 
  Ōgawara
• 
  Ōhira
• 
  Onagawa
• 
  Ōsato
• 
  Rifu
• 
  Shibata
• 
  Shichigahama
• 
  Shichikashuku
• 
  Shikama
• 
  Taiwa
• 
  Wakuya
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  Watari
• 
  Yamamoto
• 
  Zaō

Akita Prefecture

Main article: Akita Prefecture

Cities

• 
  Akita
• 
  Daisen
• 
  Katagami
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  Kazuno
• 
  Kitaakita
• 
  Nikaho
• 
  Noshiro
• 
  Ōdate
• 
  Oga
• 
  Semboku
• 
  Yokote
• 
  Yurihonjō
• 
  Yuzawa

Towns and villages

• 
  Fujisato
• 
  Gojome
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  Hachirōgata
• 
  Happo
• 
  Higashinaruse
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  Ikawa
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  Kosaka
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  Kamikoani
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  Mitane
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  Misato
• 
  Ōgata
• 
  Ugo

Yamagata Prefecture

Main article: Yamagata Prefecture

Cities

• 
  Higashine
• 
  Kaminoyama
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  Murayama
• 
  Nagai
• 
  Nan'yō
• 
  Obanazawa
• 
  Sagae
• 
  Sakata
• 
  Shinjo
• 
  Tendo
• 
  Tsuruoka
• 
  Yamagata
• 
  Yonezawa

Towns and villages

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  Asahi
• 
  Funagata
• 
  Iide
• 
  Kahoku
• 
  Kaneyama
• 
  Kawanishi
• 
  Mamurogawa
• 
  Mikawa
• 
  Mogami
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  Nakayama
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  Nishikawa
• 
  Ōe
• 
  Oguni
• 
  Oishida
• 
  Ōkura
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  Sakegawa
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  Shirataka
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  Shonai
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  Takahata
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  Tozawa
• 
  Yamanobe
• 
  Yuza

Fukushima Prefecture

Main article: Fukushima Prefecture

Cities

• 
  Aizuwakamatsu
• 
  Date
• 
  Fukushima
• 
  Iwaki
• 
  Kitakata
• 
  Kōriyama
• 
  Minamisōma
• 
  Motomiya
• 
  Nihonmatsu
• 
  Shirakawa
• 
  Sōma
• 
  Sukagawa
• 
  Tamura

Towns and villages

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  Aizubange
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  Aizumisato
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  Asakawa
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  Bandai
• 
  Furudono
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  Futaba
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  Hanawa
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  Hinoemata
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  Hirata
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  Hirono
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  Inawashiro
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  Iitate
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  Izumizaki
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  Kagamiishi
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  Katsurao
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  Kawamata
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  Kawauchi
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  Kaneyama
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  Kitashiobara
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  Koori
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  Kunimi
• 
  Miharu
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  Minamiaizu
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  Mishima
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  Nakajima
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  Namie
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  Naraha
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  Nishiaizu
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  Nishigo
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  Okuma
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  Ono
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  Otama
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  Samegawa
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  Shimogo
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  Shinchi
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  Shōwa
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  Tadami
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  Tamakawa
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  Tanagura
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  Ten'ei
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  Tomioka
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  Yabuki
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  Yamatsuri
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  Yanaizu
• 
  Yugawa

Historical

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  Aizutakada (1965–2005)
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  Nakoso
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  Sukagawa
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  Tanagura (1955–1973)