Chuo ku (Tokyo, Japan)

Last modified: 2002-02-23 by phil nelson
Keywords: chuo | ku | tokyo | nihonbashi bridge | kyobashi bridge | bridge railing |
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by Pascal Gross

• Description of the flag

• Tôkyô prefecture (Note the ô is used in place of the line above the o.)

White coat of arms on orient blue field.

Stylized ornamental top of railing of Nihonbashi bridge and Kyobashi bridge located in Chuo-ku.

From the past time the bridges are said to be birth place of culture and economy and also a symbol of communication and transportation.

The small disc in the center indicates Chuo-ku is located in the center of Tokyo as well as that of Japan.

CKoat of arms adopted 31 July 1948.

Flag unlegislated.

Nozomi Kariyasu, 26 March 1999