Shizuoka 静岡県
Origin
Chosen by a selection committee from 6,915 publicly submitted designs and established on August 6, 1968; the prefectural flag based on it followed on August 26, and both were promulgated with the prefectural song on September 17. The emblem is a stylized map of Shizuoka's territory, rendering Mt. Fuji, the Izu Peninsula, Suruga Bay, and Cape Omaezaki in boldly simplified form.
Adopted
August 6, 1968