Flag of Akita
Officially Akita Prefecture
Locally Akita-ken · 秋田県
What the flag looks like
A white emblem on a dark red field: the katakana ア (a) stretched into a swoosh with a dot.
What it means
ア is the first sound of Akita, drawn in motion to show the prefecture leaping ahead.
How to remember it
Akita's
white swoosh on dark red is a katakana ア (a), for Akita, tipped on its side with a ball at the end.
Fun facts
- The Akita dog breed comes from the prefecture's mountains.
- Lake Tazawa, at 423 m, is the deepest lake in Japan.
Akita at a glance
- Type
- Prefecture (ken)
- Island
- Honshū
- Capital
- Akita
- Region
- Tōhoku
- Population
- 882,100
- Area
- 11,638 km²
- Languages
- Japanese
- Currency
- Japanese yen (¥)
- Flag adopted
- 1959