Ultimate Battle of Japan

Zaph

Niigata - the yellow on red is very striking

Omackeral

It's a tie... Standby for a decision...

Citizenpain

Late at work...would have gone with Niigata

Omackeral

This is a tough one but I'm gonna consider that some posters touched on the same ideas and they're ones I agree with. The flow and the symmetry as mentioned here;

BrianBoru00 wrote: »

Fukuoka - simple and i like a symmetrical design

Cosmo Kramer wrote: »

Fukuoka, has a nice flow to it.

I have to admit, though, davetherave's reason is probably what clinches it though.

davetherave wrote: »

Fukuoka, the other one doesn't know whether it wants to be Chinese or something Elvish. That's far too vague for a flag. This is serious business. My reasoning for Fukuoka stands as per the last round.

Fukuoka - Blue beats purple and there is endless things that it could represent, a Celtic knot, Spaghetti Junction on the M6 outside of Birmingham, an octopus doing his best Harry Houdini escapism act, a poorly designed version of the 5 rings on some knock-off, cheap, fake Olympic Games merchandise?

Fukuoka advances to the Semi Final

Omackeral

Quarter Final 4

Shizuoka



vs

Okayama

JP Liz V1

Fukuoka as it gives a sea vibe

Purgative

Shizuoka orange on blue, very effective.

JP Liz V1

Okayama, Japan's Barney colour is more striking

Cosmo Kramer

Definitely Shizuoka here, my favourite by a distance in this competition.

Colours, design, mountain, everything works.

Pawwed Rig

Shizuoka best flag in competition

ari101

Shizuoka - this was a grower but Mt. Fuji and I are now firm friends

Earthhorse

Shizuoka - hard to say why

Uncharted

Okayama all day long. Its a beauty.

Iv been rooting for the Wario flag all along.
Also,yup the Wexico colours.

Zaph

Shizuoka - nicer colours and, once it's pointed out to you, you can't stop seeing Mount Fuji

ShaneU

Okayama because it's regal looking. The other one is meh, like something you'd see on the side of a boat.

BrianBoru00

Shizuoka. one of the worlds most iconic mountains on a flag is enough but the colours are sriking too

Citizenpain

Okayama
It’s fab

Archeron

Okayama. Looks like a frowning power ranger.

Omackeral

Apologies, fell asleep last night. At the 25 minute mark we had a clear winner however.

Shizuoka advances to the Semi Final

Omackeral

The famed Random Number Generator TM has done it's thing and the semi final line-up is complete. We will run both semis and the final this evening folks. Here's the time table for your consideration;

Semi Final 1 at 7PM

Semi Final 2 at 8PM

Grand Final at 9PM

Hope to see you all there!

Omackeral

Semi Final 1 (30 minute time limit)

Shizuoka



Stylised map of the prefecture and Mount Fuji. Blue stands for the sky and the Pacific Ocean and orange for sun light, passion and unity of people.


VS


Aichi



Stylised hiragana of あいち (Aichi). The emblem also expresses sunrise and wave to indicate Aichi's location facing the Pacific Ocean.

Earthhorse

Aichi - it's just cooler looking than the other one. Very slick.

Citizenpain

Aichi
Sunrise on the day of darkness into light

quickbeam

Both are really nice. Actually was just looking back at the four finalists and they are all four great symbols, to be honest.

But here, I'll go with Shizuoka as the Mt. Fuji in orange looks really nice against the blue.

I admittedly haven't been keeping abreast of things but are these two really two of the four best flags that Japan has to offer?

That blue and orange combination always seems to do well in these things.

I'll go for Shizuoka because it is quite a nice colour combo and a bit more unique than red/white.

ari101

Shizuoka - the other is nice, but I'm voting for a volcano

Cosmo Kramer

Shizuoka for me as well, it's really nice bothe in terms of colours and design.

But if I'm ever looking for ideas to design a car manufacturers badge I reckon Aichi would be my first port of call.

Purgative

Shizuoka the orange on blue is stunning. Mt Fuji rocks.

cdeb

Shizuoka just has that bit more at this stage of the competition. Flags without red are quite a rarity, and this one is a good one of the kind.