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![[Otsu city flag]](../images/j/jp-25-ot.gif)
image by Kazutaka Nishiura, 31 October 2009
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The city emblem was adopted on October 1st 1958 but has no flag law. It is a white flag charged with blue city emblem in the center. The flag proportions are 2:3
The city emblem is composed of a stylized kanji 大 O and
katakana ツ TSU. 大 forms the flying bird and ツ represents scenic Lake Biwa-ko.
The two characters symbolize the progress and development of
an international culture tourist city.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 31 October 2009