Tsuchiura (Ibaraki): The kanji 土 (tsuchi) represents a flower and the waves on Lake Kasumigaura
Ōme (Tōkyō): The kanji 青 (ao) and plum blossom (ume) signify 青梅 (Ōme)
Hitachi (Ibaraki): A flower-shaped 立 (tachi) kanji inside a circle representing the kanji 日 (hi)
Kanazawa (Ishikawa): The kanji 金 (kana) inside a plum blossom, the Maeda clan symbol
Azumino (Nagano): The kanji 安 (an), the first character in 安曇野 (Azumino)
Akita: The kanji 田 (ta) symbolizing arrows, a reference to Akita Castle
Hachinohe (Aomori): The kanji 八戸 (Hachinohe) in the shape of a crane (head and wings)
Takatsuki (Ōsaka): The kanji 高 (taka)
Yūbari (Hokkaidō): The kanji 夕 (yū) inside a hexagon representing coal
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