Flag of Toyama

What the flag looks like

A green emblem on a white field: the hiragana と (to) set in the peaks of Mount Tateyama.

What it means

と, the first sound of Toyama, stands in the middle of Mount Tateyama, for a prefecture leaping toward the sky.

How to remember it

Toyama's green on white is と (to) inside the Tateyama peaks: Toyama means "rich mountain".

Fun facts

• The Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route runs between walls of snow up to about 20 m high each spring.
• Until 1989 the flag was a gold emblem on green; it then became the green-on-white flag of today.

Toyama at a glance

Type

Prefecture (ken)

Island

Honshū

Capital

Toyama

Region

Chūbu

Population

985,675

Area

4,248 km²

Languages

Japanese

Currency

Japanese yen (¥)

Flag adopted

1988

Flags often confused with Toyama

• Aomori: Aomori and Toyama both have a green emblem on white. Aomori's is a solid map of the prefecture with two peninsulas pointing up; Toyama's is an outlined mountain range with と inside.
• Gifu: Toyama and Gifu both have a green emblem on white. Toyama's is a range of peaks; Gifu's is the character 岐 inside a ring.