Flag of Nagano
Officially Nagano Prefecture
Locally Nagano-ken · 長野県
What the flag looks like
A white disc on an orange field, split by orange curves into the katakana ナ (na).
What it means
ナ, the first sound of Nagano, is drawn as a bird in flight and as mountains mirrored in a lake; orange is sunlight and white the snow of the "Roof of Japan".
How to remember it
Nagano's
white disc on orange is cut into a ナ (na); Fukushima's
white emblem on orange is an open ring.
Fun facts
- Nagano borders eight prefectures, more than any other.
- The orange of the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics emblem comes from the flag.
Nagano at a glance
- Type
- Prefecture (ken)
- Island
- Honshū
- Capital
- Nagano
- Region
- Chūbu
- Population
- 2.0 million
- Area
- 13,562 km²
- Languages
- Japanese
- Currency
- Japanese yen (¥)
- Flag adopted
- 1967
Flags often confused with Nagano
- Fukushima: Fukushima and Nagano both have a white emblem on orange. Fukushima's is an open ring, a curled ふ, set toward the hoist; Nagano's is a solid disc cut by orange curves.