Flag of Oita
Officially Oita Prefecture
Locally Ōita-ken · 大分県
What the flag looks like
Three red kanji 大 (ō) joined in a ring on a white field.
What it means
The three 大 stand for trust, work and friendship; joined hand in hand they form a rising sun.
How to remember it
Oita's
red ring on white is three 大 (ō) characters holding hands; Saitama's
red ring is sixteen jewels.
Fun facts
- Ōita has more hot spring sources than any other prefecture, many of them in Beppu and Yufuin.
- Beppu's "hells" are boiling, colored hot springs meant for looking at, not bathing in.
Oita at a glance
- Type
- Prefecture (ken)
- Island
- Kyūshū
- Capital
- Ōita
- Region
- Kyūshū
- Population
- 1.1 million
- Area
- 6,341 km²
- Languages
- Japanese
- Currency
- Japanese yen (¥)
- Flag adopted
- 1966
Flags often confused with Oita
- Saitama: Saitama and Oita both have a red ring on white. Saitama's ring is sixteen comma-shaped jewels; Oita's is three 大 characters with arms linked.