The above are some examples of the flags of the various cities, towns and villages of Japan. After looking at these, the “logo” for my town is very depressing. If I had one of these instead, flying over the place I lived, I would feel infinitely cooler and forever at ease. I am amazed at 1) how many different logos there are and 2) how many of them are absolutely incredible.
The original post on Pink Tentacle has many more on display. You can also see the full (and massive) list on Wikipedia.
I allready came across the article on Pink Tentacle and it looked great, but I seem to be more impressed by the whole collection on wikipedia.
Truley stunning and very inspirational.
Those are incredible.
well, japan is definitely amongst the most cool countries/cultures and I totally feel you when you say “If I had one of these instead, flying over the place I lived, I would feel infinitely cooler and forever at ease” …you should see what I have to live with… 🙁
these can replace US state seals any day.
Come on now, these aren’t any better than the Nebraska state flag… http://www.50states.com/flag/neflag.htm
Uh, what? Yeah, that is really the Nebraska flag. I’m buying my ticket to Tokyo as we speak.
Truly incredible work – love it
Love it. Thanks for sharing.
This stuff is just wonderful. The Japanese and they’re ability with simple symbolic forms is incredible. You should check out the manhole coverings that they do.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/japanese_manhole_covers/pool/
These people just don’t mess around, and I respect them for it.
Wow! Awesome my favorite is actually for Ebino http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/flag_05.jpg // you didn’t even mention the best part! each of these flag symbols are comprised of the hiragana/katakana that signify their city’s name. So excellent.
I contrasted the awesomeness of these Japanese municipal flags with the moronic logos of all the London Boroughs:
http://newsfeed.kosmograd.com/kosmograd/2008/10/branding-the-boroughs.html
Would London have the guts to do something similar?
Truly amazing and quite bold considering the very strong traditional line in Japanese culture!