Far right column, fourth one down from the top. I like that it’s a visual pun on the Japanese flag; the little red dot on a white field inside the larger dot effectively depicts a little Japan inside the larger nation, a microcosm of the nation itself.
It’s a very effective vexillological distinction of a part within a whole, while still maintaining the effect of the original flag design.
I also find it funny that it seems to be a flex on all the other prefectures, this flag subtextually implies, “We’re the most Japanese prefecture that has ever been, we are the essential core of this nation and our absence would leave a blank empty void. Don’t fuck with us.”
It’s refreshing to just see design, as a flag should be. It’s symbolic, that’s where it’s power lies. And it needs to be immediately recognizable, simple enough a child could draw it.
Some that I like fail on that last mark, like row2 column4. R5C3 suffers the same fate.
The standard for flags has always been their ability to be seen from a distance on a smokey battlefield, for obvious reasons I think. With that in mind I think r1c4, r2c3, r2c5, r6c1 are the strongest with the double crescent probably being the best for visibility and branding.
It’s a shame that they aren’t more popular; I didn’t really see prefectural flags flown that much outside of government buildings when I lived in Japan.
