Flag of Gifu
Officially Gifu Prefecture
Locally Gifu-ken · 岐阜県
What the flag looks like
A green ring on a white field, holding a squared-off green kanji 岐 (gi).
What it means
The character 岐 begins the prefecture's name, and the green stands for the beauty of its nature.
How to remember it
Gifu's
flag is a green 岐 (gi) in a green ring on white, like a rubber stamp of its own name.
Fun facts
- The Battle of Sekigahara, which sealed Tokugawa rule in 1600, was fought in Gifu.
- The thatched farmhouses of Shirakawa-gō are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Gifu at a glance
- Type
- Prefecture (ken)
- Island
- Honshū
- Capital
- Gifu
- Region
- Chūbu
- Population
- 1.9 million
- Area
- 10,621 km²
- Languages
- Japanese
- Currency
- Japanese yen (¥)
- Flag adopted
- 1932
Flags often confused with Gifu
- Toyama: Toyama and Gifu both have a green emblem on white. Toyama's is a range of peaks; Gifu's is the character 岐 inside a ring.