Saga (Japan)

White camphor tree flower with red stamen on dark green colour field. Camphor tree is the prefecture tree. White stands for sincerity and passion, dark green for hope and peace. Adopted 11 December 1968.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 6 May 1998

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Green flag with white flower with six petals and orange <what?>. Proportions 2:3.
This flag is in Smith 1980 marked as civil and state flag on land.
Željko Heimer, 8 December 1996

From combined information from the official city website and Wikipedia

Situated in the northwest of Saga Prefecture, Kyushu, Karatsu City is a castle town blessed with a variety of beautiful, natural scenery ranging from sea vistas to rivers and mountainscapes.

“Karatsu” derives from the location’s attributes as an ideal tsu (port) for passage to Kara (the ancient title for Korea and China). As the name indicates, Karatsu has been open to the world outside Japan since ancient times.

The city has area of 487 km2 and a apopulation of 129,329.

Interesting that this city has two flags.
Valentin Poposki, 25 January 2008

Editorial note: the city flag image on the city website differs slightly from the image from Toshi no hata to monshou