List of municipal flags of Hokkaidō

List of municipal flags of Hokkaidō

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-!width="110"|Flag!!width="110"|Municipality!!Subprefecture!!width="500"|Description
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||The symbol in the center represents an anchor, composed of the katakana ア ("a") and 走 ("hashi"), the last kanji of 網走 ("Abashiri").
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. The flag officially has a gold fringe.
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surrounds 平 ("hira"), the first kanji of 平取 ("Biratori"). A dove under a star represents peace, as well as a "bird" ("tori").
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||The hiragana ち ("chi") representing an airplane.
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. The surrounding katakana エ ("e") represent the Moon, and two light blue curves represent citizens.
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||The katakana エ ("e") surrounding the four ("shi") katakana サ ("sa").
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representing the map of the peninsula.
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(rice, "kome"), as the city once had the largest output of the crop in Japan. It also visually represents the city's location as a transportation hub.
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. The circle is an armlet, "kushi" in Japanese.
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||The letter "K", representing snowflakes and flying birds.
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||The kanji 紋 ("mon").
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("ran").
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||The kanji 中 ("naka") and the katakana シベツ ("shibetsu").
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||The letter "N".
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||The katakana ネ ("ne") and the six ("mu") ロ ("ro").
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||The katakana ニセコ ("Niseko").
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. The two ヒ also represents 北 ("hoku"), the first kanji of 北海道 ("Hokkaidō"). The gold lines represent the rivers of the city.
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||The hiragana おくしり ("Okushiri").
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||The kanji 小 ("o"). The hexagram represents snow.
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||The katakana レ ("re").
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||As of January 2008, no explanation is given on the municipal official website.
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s.
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||The green hiragana ひ ("hi"), over the blue lozenge representing Hokkaidō.
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, as Shintotsukawa (literally "New Totsukawa") was reclaimed by Totsukawa immigrants in 1889. The nihongo|master flag|原旗 has the town name in kanji below the symbol. The nihongo|common flag|普及旗 may have the white/gold symbol with the violet background.
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("koma"). The ト shape also represents the katakana イ ("i"), making the rebus of "Tomakomai".
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||The kanji 河 ("kawa") surrounded by the four pairs of the katakana ウラ ("ura"). They represent the four municipalities in 1902 that formed the basis of the current town.
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||The kanji 夕 (yū). The hexagon represents coal.
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