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The Japanese city of Tokyo has two official emblems: the monshō ("crest") and the shinboru ("symbol"). The crest is a six-rayed stylized sun with a dot in the center, while the symbol is a stylised Ginkgo biloba leaf. The city has two official flags, featuring each emblem.
The list of Japanese municipal flags lists the flags of municipalities of Japan. Most municipalities of Japan have unique flags. Like prefectural flags , most of them are with a bicolor geometric highly stylized symbol ( mon ), often incorporating characters from Japanese writing system ( kanji , hiragana , katakana , or rōmaji ).
Symbols of New York City (11 P, 1 F) R. ... Symbols of Tokyo This page was last edited on 18 July 2022, at 22:36 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
The mon of the Toyotomi clan, now used as the emblem of the Japanese Government; originally an emblem of the imperial family—a stylized paulownia.. Mon (紋), also called monshō (紋章), mondokoro (紋所), and kamon (家紋), are Japanese emblems used to decorate and identify an individual, a family, or (more recently) an institution, municipality or business entity.
The symbol consists of three arcs combined to resemble a leaf of the ginkgo, the metropolitan tree, and represents T for Tokyo. Created by Rei Yoshimura (レイ吉村), a professional graphic designer. Tottori: JP-31: October 23, 1968: Toyama: JP-16: December 27, 1988: Wakayama: JP-30: August 7, 1969: Yamagata: JP-06: March 26, 1963: Yamaguchi ...
Tokyo was originally known as Edo (), a kanji compound of 江 (e, "cove, inlet") and 戸 (to, "entrance, gate, door"). [25] The name, which can be translated as "estuary", is a reference to the original settlement's location at the meeting of the Sumida River and Tokyo Bay.
The following list sorts all cities (including towns and villages) in the Japanese metropolis of Tokyo with a population of more than 5,000 according to the 2020 Census. As of October 1, 2020, 31 places fulfill this criterion and are listed here.
People by city in Tokyo (27 C) A. Akiruno, Tokyo (1 C, 9 P) ... Pages in category "Cities in Tokyo" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.