Flag of Kanagawa
Officially Kanagawa Prefecture
Locally Kanagawa-ken · 神奈川県
What the flag looks like
A red kanji 神 (kana) drawn symmetrically on a white field.
What it means
神 is the first character of Kanagawa.
How to remember it
Kanagawa's
red emblem on white is the kanji 神 (kana), the first character of its name, drawn as a mirror-image pattern of lines.
Fun facts
- Yokohama, the capital, is Japan's second-largest city.
- Kamakura was the seat of Japan's first shogunate, from 1185 to 1333.
Kanagawa at a glance
- Type
- Prefecture (ken)
- Island
- Honshū
- Capital
- Yokohama
- Region
- Kantō
- Population
- 9.2 million
- Area
- 2,416 km²
- Languages
- Japanese
- Currency
- Japanese yen (¥)
- Flag adopted
- 1948