When I came across this map with the flags of Japanese prefectures on Reddit, I thought to myself, can this be real? I mean these flags are just so different from the ones you see anywhere else in the world. So I decided to find out.
Well, I didn’t have to go too far. As is usually the case today when you want to find out about something, I only had to go as far as Google and Wikipadia. Here’s what I found on the latter:
So yes, even though this looks like a screenshot somebody took from some Japan-themed Total War game folder (as somebody noted on Reddit), it is actually real. Japanese prefecture flags are simply that cool.
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