Flag of Yamaguchi
Officially Yamaguchi Prefecture
Locally Yamaguchi-ken · 山口県
What the flag looks like
A white emblem on a brown field: the kanji 山口 (Yamaguchi) drawn as a bird flying toward the sun.
What it means
The circle and the bird flying toward the sun hide 山 (yama) and 口 (guchi), and stand for unity and progress.
How to remember it
Yamaguchi
is the brown flag: its white bird is 山口 (Yamaguchi) flying with a mountain in its middle.
Fun facts
- More prime ministers of Japan have come from Yamaguchi than from any other prefecture.
- Shimonoseki, at its western tip, is famous for fugu, the pufferfish.
Yamaguchi at a glance
- Type
- Prefecture (ken)
- Island
- Honshū
- Capital
- Yamaguchi
- Region
- Chūgoku
- Population
- 1.3 million
- Area
- 6,113 km²
- Languages
- Japanese
- Currency
- Japanese yen (¥)
- Flag adopted
- 1962