Official Tokyo Japan Flag

The rings extend to form a stylised 2020 the year in which the tokyo hosts the games.

Official tokyo japan flag.

The use of the national flag grew as japan sought to develop an empire and the hinomaru was present at celebrations after victories in the first sino japanese and russo japanese wars the flag was also used in war efforts throughout the country. The cult of sun enjoyed great attention there japanese emperors were said to be the descendants of a sun goddess amaterasu. The t symbol flag is called the tokyo to symbol flag the symbol is called the symbol mark in words borrowed from english. And the 0 at the right which looks like a red disc invokes the japanese flag s rising sun design.

Jonathan dixon 11 september 2009. See insignias of tokyo for details. A japanese propaganda film in 1934 portrayed foreign national flags as incomplete or defective with their designs while the japanese flag is perfect. This is the official metropolitan flag used on formal occasions.

I would say it is a bit like a council in other parts of the world with an older flag and a logo flag not that the logo flag is a government flag as could be inferred above. Japan or land of the rising sun can feel proud of its flag whose symbolism could be tracked back by several millennia. The symbol at the centre consists of three arcs combined to resemble a ginkgo leaf and represent t for tokyo. The red circle on a white background indicates a rising sun disc so called hinomaru in japanese.