The is the prefectural flag of Iwate Prefecture, Japan.
To commemorate the construction of the Iwate Prefectural Office, a public contest was held to create a new symbol for Iwate, and the crest was announced on 10 November 1964 under .Iwate-ken kenshō no seitei ("Establishment of the Iwate Prefectural Crest") The symbol itself is a vertically symmetrical adaptation of the Chinese character 岩, pronounced iwa, as in Iwate.
The flag itself was instituted on 6 March 1965. It consists of a grayish blue background with the Iwate crest centered in white.
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