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Kagoshima Prefecture

Use	Civil and state flag
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	10 March 1967 (1967-03-10)
Design	A white field charged in the center with a stylized black and red silhouette of Kagoshima Prefecture's topography

The flag of Kagoshima Prefecture (Japanese: 鹿児島県旗, Hepburn: Kagoshima-ken ki) is a white field charged in the center with a stylized black and red silhouette of the prefecture's topography. The black portion, which resembles an inverted horseshoe, represents the Satsuma and Ōsumi Peninsulas, with a small dent on the right corresponding to Shibushi Bay [ja]. Within the black shape is a red circle representing Sakurajima, Japan's most active stratovolcano.

Design and symbolism

The flag's charge is the emblem of Kagoshima Prefecture (鹿児島県章, Kagoshima-ken shō), which was adopted on 10 March 1967 following a public competition. Like other prefectural emblems, it was created to foster a sense of prefectural identity. It consists of a black inverted horseshoe shape enclosing a smaller red circle. The black shape represents the Satsuma and Ōsumi Peninsulas, while the red circle represents Sakurajima, Japan's most active stratovolcano. The dent on the right side of the black shape represents Shibushi Bay [ja]. Although the emblem is meant to represent the topography of Kagoshima Prefecture, it does not depict several of the prefecture's islands to the west and southwest of Kyushu. Symbolically, the emblem represents the growth of Kagoshima Prefecture and "the passion, harmony, and unity of its people."

Prefectural logo and alternate flag

The Kagoshima prefectural government adopted a prefectural logo (シンボルマーク, lit. 'symbol mark') on 16 March 1994. It is a stylized blue letter "K", with the top and bottom curves symbolizing winds and waves, respectively. The imagery is meant to express the dynamicity and progress of the prefecture.

In the late 1990s, some members of the Kagoshima Prefectural Assembly proposed replacing the prefectural emblem with the prefectural logo and updating the prefectural flag accordingly. However, the prefectural government ultimately did not pursue the proposal because some residents of the prefecture had become attached to the prefectural emblem.

Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata carried a flag bearing the Kagoshima prefectural logo onto Space Shuttle Discovery in 2009.

• Logo of Kagoshima Prefecture
• [REDACTED] Flag bearing the logo
• [REDACTED] The logo on a sign at the border with Miyazaki Prefecture

References

1. Natural Cultural Association, ed. (1968). 事典 シンボルと公式制度 日本篇 [Dictionary of Official Symbols and Systems of Japan] (in Japanese). Tokyo: National Diet Library. p. 253.
2. ^ 県章・シンボルマーク [Prefectural emblem and logo]. Kagoshima Prefecture Official Website (in Japanese). Kagoshima Prefectural Government. 23 March 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
3. ^ Shimono, Toshimi (2005). 南九州の伝統文化 1: 祭礼と芸能、歴史 [Traditional Culture of Southern Kyushu Vol. 1: Festivals, Performing Arts, and History] (in Japanese). Southern News Agency. p. 98. ISBN 978-4-86124-018-8. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
4. ^ 鹿児島県のシンボル [Symbols of Kagoshima Prefecture] (in Japanese). National Governors Association of Japan. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
5. 兵庫と愛媛が「県章」を使わない理由 [Why Hyogo and Ehime don't use their prefectural emblems]. The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 8 October 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
6. 鹿児島県のシンボル旗、スペースシャトルで宇宙へ [Flag with Kagoshima Prefecture's logo goes into space on a space shuttle]. The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 16 February 2009.

v t e Flags of Japan
Nation	Flag of Japan
Prefectures	Aichi Akita Aomori Chiba Ehime Fukui Fukuoka Fukushima Gifu Gunma Hiroshima Hokkaido‎‎ Hyōgo Ibaraki Ishikawa Iwate Kagawa Kagoshima Kanagawa Kōchi Kumamoto Kyoto Mie Miyagi Miyazaki Nagano Nagasaki Nara Niigata Ōita Okayama Okinawa Osaka Saga Saitama Shiga Shimane Shizuoka Tochigi Tokushima Tokyo Tottori Toyama Wakayama Yamagata Yamaguchi Yamanashi
Municipalities	Hokkaidō Tōhoku Kantō Chūbu Kansai Chūgoku Shikoku Kyūshū

v t e Kagoshima Prefecture
Kagoshima (capital)
Core city	Kagoshima
Cities	Aira Akune Hioki Ibusuki Ichikikushikino Isa Izumi Kanoya Kirishima Makurazaki Minamikyūshū Minamisatsuma Satsumasendai Shibushi Soo Tarumizu Ōshima Subprefecture Amami Kumage Subprefecture Nishinoomote
Districts	Aira District Yūsui Izumi District Nagashima Kagoshima District Mishima Toshima Kimotsuki District Higashikushira Kimotsuki Kinkō Minamiōsumi Satsuma District Satsuma Soo District Ōsaki Ōshima Subprefecture Ōshima District Amagi China Isen Kikai Setouchi Tatsugō Tokunoshima Wadomari Yoron Uken Yamato Kumage Subprefecture Kumage District Nakatane Minamitane Yakushima
List of mergers in Kagoshima Prefecture

• 1967 establishments in Japan
• Flags adopted through competition
• Flags introduced in 1967
• Flags of Japanese prefectures