Japan consists of 47 prefectures, which are further divided into cities, towns, and villages. Each of these prefectures, cities, towns and villages have their own flag. The flags take their inspiration from nature, the seasons, animals, and more, simplifying these elements to produce a minimal and strong symbol, making many of the flags especially interesting from a designer’s perspective.

In this first list, all the flags are combined with kanji.



































Prefectural flags

Each modern prefecture has a unique flag, most often a bicolour geometric highly stylised design (mon), often incorporating the letters of Japanese writing system. A distinct feature of these flags is that they use a palette of colours not usually found in flags, including orange, purple, aquamarine and brown.

Some prefectures also have alternative official flags called “symbol flags”. They may be used on less formal occasions. Famous symbol flags include the one used in Tokyo.





































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