Flag of Ibaraki
Officially Ibaraki Prefecture
Locally Ibaraki-ken · 茨城県
What the flag looks like
A white disc on an indigo field, holding a blue spiral: a rose bud.
What it means
The rose is the prefectural flower, and the spiral stands for progress, creativity and growth.
How to remember it
Ibaraki's
white disc on blue holds a spiral rose bud; the name means "thorn castle", and roses have thorns.
Fun facts
- Mito, the capital, is famous for nattō, fermented soybeans.
- The present flag replaced an older rose design in 1991.
Ibaraki at a glance
- Type
- Prefecture (ken)
- Island
- Honshū
- Capital
- Mito
- Region
- Kantō
- Population
- 2.8 million
- Area
- 6,097 km²
- Languages
- Japanese
- Currency
- Japanese yen (¥)
- Flag adopted
- 1991
Flags often confused with Ibaraki
- Fukui: Ibaraki and Fukui both have a white disc on blue. Ibaraki's disc holds a blue spiral rose bud at the top; Fukui's is a ring holding a sprouting leaf, on darker navy.