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It's a stylized み ("mi"), shaped like a tree. The Miyagi Prefecture contains Matsushima, a group of islands that are famous for their pine trees.

長野県's flag. I assume it's from the katakana ナ, na, as in Nagano.

This one is clever.
The isolated yellow squiggle near the top of the circle is a very stylized 新, the first Kanji in the name of the prefecture. If you look hard enough, you can see it.
The circle itself is split into two parts. the left side is a Katakana ガ("ga") and the right side is a Katakana タ("ta"). Altogether, it says, 新ガタ ("Niigata").

>>2727898

Mie's flag is also a み. This prefecture is famous for its pearls, which may be why there is so much emphasis on the round part of the character.

Aichi's flag is a Hiragana あ("A").

It appears to be the Kanji, 岡 ("oka"), from the Prefecture's name. Again, very stylized.

This one is a Katakana ワ("wa"). The first syllable of the name.

Also, it looks vaguely similar to Obama's campaign logo.

Simply とく ("toku") in Hiragana.

The part towards the bottom is 山 ("yama"). The circle itself is 口 ("guchi"). Altogether, it is the name of the prefecture itself.

This flag is actually in the geographical shape of the prefecture.

>>2728000

A map, for comparison.

Simply a Hiragana ふ("fu").

>>2727884
Gee, it sure is I love Japan period in here. Are you really this wapanese or are you just pretending to be?

>>2728014

Welcome to /jp/.

>>2728000
>>2728002
I am of the opinion that more flags should do this. Kinda cool.

>>2728017
>/jp/
>I love Japan period.
You're new here, aren't you?

im suddenly reminded of wipeout

This one is a bit complex. It appears to be the 栃("tochi") Kanji from the name of the prefecture. The square part on the upper-left could be interpreted as the 木 part of the Kanji, and the rest is just stylization. Not obvious until you know what you're looking for.

>>2728014
I do apologize for offending you, my good sir. Shall I proceed to make such threads concerning Japanese prefectures in /o/, so that you can continue your important discussion of maid cafes?

>>2728014 Are you really this wapanese
>/jp/ - Japan/General

>>2728074
Reported.

Get out of /jp/.

These are actually kinda really cool.

Looks like it's just the 東 ("To") Kanji.

>>2728089
Hidoiii! ;_;

>>2728074
Get out.

>>2728107
Now that I think about it, it's probably actually 京 ("kyo").

Chances are that Kyoto's flag is the same (京). Look on the inside of the flower.

>>2728120
Jeez! Anonymous-chan no baka!

It looks like it may be the 岐("gi") Kanji from the prefecture's name.

please, continue.

Hyogo's flag appears to be the 兵("Hyo") Kanji, the first character in the name.

This one is the name itself: 石川

>>2727918
This has to be my favorite.

Hiroshima seems to be the 広 ("Hiro") Kanji.

>>2728098

Meh. The way I see it, it looks like someone came up with some clever way of including their prefecture's initials into an emblem and everyone set about running it into the ground unimaginatively.
I'm still of the mind that heraldic crest redrawn with a modern spin still look the best. This coming from someone whose regional insigna is a huge M with a stylized woodpecker making up half of it.

>>2728241

Thing is, it's harder when you're dealing with Kanji.
And a lot of these probably incorporate things about the prefectures into them - like the one for Miyagi.

Taking my leave now. Post more if you figure out what they are.

Pic related, it's Ehime's flag. It's a fucking flower.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Japanese_flags#Prefectural
lol i was looking through these a few weeks ago and couldnt make out a lot of them

>>2728217
Or it can be seen as the sun eclipsed by a second sun, symbolizing nuclear fusion, an operation common in stars, blocking light from the sun.

>>2728241

Man I didn't think it was possible to be a snooty faggot about something like this but here we are.

All the flags are awesome btw

>>2728287

Did I come off as one? I was just expressing an opinion, not sitting in judgement on the craftsmanship of their designers.