Flag of Hiroshima
Officially Hiroshima Prefecture
Locally Hiroshima-ken · 広島県
What the flag looks like
A white crescent and disc on a muted red field: the katakana ヒ (hi) drawn as two linked circles.
What it means
ヒ is the first sound of Hiroshima; the rounded form stands for harmony and the overlapping circles for progress.
How to remember it
Hiroshima's
white crescent on muted red is a rounded ヒ (hi); Aichi's
white emblem on the same red is a sun over waves.
Fun facts
- The Itsukushima Shrine, with its torii gate standing in the sea, is on Miyajima in Hiroshima.
- The Hiroshima Peace Memorial, the Atomic Bomb Dome, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Hiroshima at a glance
- Type
- Prefecture (ken)
- Island
- Honshū
- Capital
- Hiroshima
- Region
- Chūgoku
- Population
- 2.7 million
- Area
- 8,480 km²
- Languages
- Japanese
- Currency
- Japanese yen (¥)
- Flag adopted
- 1966
Flags often confused with Hiroshima
- Aichi: Aichi and Hiroshima both have a white emblem on the same muted red. Aichi's is a sun rising over waves; Hiroshima's is a crescent wrapped around a disc.