Flag of Saga
Officially Saga Prefecture
Locally Saga-ken · 佐賀県
What the flag looks like
A white six-petalled camphor flower with red stamens at its heart on a dark green field.
What it means
The camphor flower is the prefectural flower; the white petals stand for fairness and cleanliness, the red stamens for sincerity and passion.
How to remember it
Saga's
white camphor flower on dark green has a red heart; Miyagi's
white emblem on dark green is all white.
Fun facts
- Arita in Saga has made porcelain since the early 1600s.
- The Yoshinogari site is one of Japan's largest Yayoi-era settlements.
Saga at a glance
- Type
- Prefecture (ken)
- Island
- Kyūshū
- Capital
- Saga
- Region
- Kyūshū
- Population
- 781,214
- Area
- 2,441 km²
- Languages
- Japanese
- Currency
- Japanese yen (¥)
- Flag adopted
- 1968
Flags often confused with Saga
- Miyagi: Miyagi and Saga both have a white emblem on dark green. Miyagi's is a curling み made of leaves; Saga's is a six-petalled flower with a red heart.