Flag of Yamanashi
Officially Yamanashi Prefecture
Locally Yamanashi-ken · 山梨県
What the flag looks like
A white Mount Fuji outline on a magenta field, enclosing three orange 人 (people) joined into the character 山 (yama).
What it means
Three 人 joined into 山 stand for the people working together; the white Fuji stands for purity, and the purple is the color of Yamanashi's grapes.
How to remember it
Yamanashi
puts Mount Fuji on grape purple, with three little orange people inside forming 山 (yama, "mountain").
Fun facts
- Mount Fuji stands on the border of Yamanashi and Shizuoka.
- Yamanashi grows more grapes and peaches than any other prefecture.
Yamanashi at a glance
- Type
- Prefecture (ken)
- Island
- Honshū
- Capital
- Kōfu
- Region
- Chūbu
- Population
- 779,912
- Area
- 4,465 km²
- Languages
- Japanese
- Currency
- Japanese yen (¥)
- Flag adopted
- 1966