Flag of Kurume Chikusui High School Japan

Kurume is a middle sized city in Japan, not to big and not too small.  The flag of Kurume Chikusui High School is typical of most school flags.  It has green field upon it with the Chinese Kanji Symbol for High or Upper in yellow with an emblem of three leaves on white.   The name of the School is printed in Japanese along the hoist.  It also has a rich golden fringe.

 Here the flag is flying on the school campus with the national flag of Japan in the center and the flag of Fukuoka on the right.  The flag of Kurume Chikusui High School is green on the right less the fringe. 

Kurume Chikusui High School is a technical school with five different  courses of study: Biotechnology, Food Processing, Land Scape Design, Culinary Arts, and finally Social Welfare.

you can visit the official school site here http://kurumechikusui.fku.ed.jp/html/index.htmhttp://kurumechikusui.fku.ed.jp/html/index.htm or upon it rather limited English Language Page Here. 

 
Here is the school song.

True Colors Vexilloids - Cyndi, Phil & Kodak

 The True Colors song was originally written by William Steinberg and Tom Kelly, but the theme became famous under the guidance of Cyndi Lauper, Kodak, and Phil Collins.  All three entities and the original songwriters have gained abundantly.

Several vexilloids appear in the three versions of the song.  First in Cyndi Lauper's version the tassel on the elderly professor qualifies as vexilloids.  Every high school graduate knows of this badge of academic brilliance.

 During the building of the sand castles little flag poles made out of sticks are inserted on the tops, and invisible flags are to be imagined flying.

 In Phil Collin's rendition of True Colors white kites flying up top above the 'devil' boy have decorative white streamers.

 Finally probably the most known flags-vexilloids associated with this song, stem from the 1980s classic Kodak commercials.  In one version there were made in honor of Olympic Pride.

The flag of rhythmic gymnast is beautifully portrayed in the background.  She is holding a long colourful rainbow streamer flag.

The most flaggy of the vexilloids to appear in a Kodak True Colors Commercial appear during the scene of the little girl by the beach with "Rainbow School" Flag that has a blue background and free style rainbow upon it.

All that's missing now is children's book!

The Love Catcher Vexilloid - Shift 2009

In the film Shift 2009 unique vexilloids appear at the wedding party.  This special vexilloid can be described as a 'Love Catcher.' 


These vexilloids are white ghost-like flags with a red heart attached to the center.   It seems that a Love Catcher has the ability to absorb the spirit of love and amplify it with the power of the wind.

These special vexilloids appear at the 'before wedding' reception and on the beach surrounding the wedding party. 

The Shift 2009 features the wisdom of Dr. Wayne Dyer who gives advice to adults to develop a deep and rich meaning minus the judgemental ego.  



A Love Catcher is in between the bride and groom.  Perhaps the most wonderous and magical of vexilloids, which expands the power of love with a gentle breeze.

Arms of the Academy of Magic - Howl's Moving Castle 2004

  The Academy of Magic is partially run by the government in Howl's Moving Castle 2004.  In this universe magic is practiced openly and used by the government.  One of the leads in the movie has been drafted by the military because of his powerful magic, but he has become draft-doger and refuses to become a part of the war machine.  Thus he hides in the wastelands so the Magical War Queen does not get a hold of his powers.

The arms of the Royal Academy of Magic features two winged lions holding up a shield of arms of the national colors - pink and yellow.

The movie centers on a girl who becomes aged by a wicked witch.  Here the old-girl travelst unto the Royal Academy of Magic to petition the Magical War Queen to defray military service.  Howl's Moving Castle is like the reverse of the Frog Princess but so much more, in this case a beautiful young girl turns in to an elderly woman and must help a dropout talented wizard get back on his feet so she can become a young girl again.


Kinda' like Harry Potter, but in this universe Magical People are out in the open and used by society.  In a way science is no different to magic since these people manipulate the matter of the universe to also make war chariots and enchanted weapons of mass destruction.  

Here a guard hold a vexilloid fashioned of military-ceremonial manner. 

This is the Japanese Harry Potter, a must for fans of Anime and Magic. The Magical Test scene with the Queen is just mind blowing - you have to see it in the dark and with your full attention, it will blow your mind.

Military Flag's From Howl's Moving Castle - 2004

 During the parade scene in Howl's Moving Castle - 2004 several colouful military flags can been seen in the town parade.  Although a Japanese film, the storyline takes place in a fictional European like setting of somewhere in the fantastical Meiji Era, when Japan had awoken to Western Civilization.


In this time frame of Japanese History was seen as a glorious ear, before WWII.  When Japan like all the other nations of the world had the legal right to use military force. 

 One flag features three black birds facing the hoist on a field of red.  Another has a red cross fimbrated in white on a green field with a yellow frame, another has pink Canadian Pale with the national arms in the center, one has a red satire with yellow fimbration on light blue, another feature a bend in purple fimbrated in yellow with a rich red-purple background matched to another flag with a purple bend with white fimbrations on a yellow background, finally a navy blue flag with the upper white stripes with yellow fimbrations can be seen in the parade.

Flags from Howl's Moving Castle 2004

 In the epic work of moving art Howl's Moving Castle 2004 by Hayao Miyazki, flags make a pronounced appearance in the film. 

Miyazaki is the Walt Disney of Japan, or rather Walt Disney is the Miyazaki of the United States?

 Coincidentally Miyazaki's Japanese based films have been exclusively distributed by Walt Disney in the American Market.

The flag of the fictional Euro-Asian nation uses a seven horizontally striped flag of yellow and pink.  But there are two versions as one has the national arms on it while another does not.


The national arms consist of a white cross on blue with a red border and small coronet at the helm.

Here the parade flags from the military decorate the streets.  The drapery like streamers also carry the colors of the nation - officially called bunting.

North Carolina Flag in the moive Nell 1994

Nell 1994 was a real life version of Edward Scissor Hands.  Starring Jodie Foster as a virginal backwoods woman whom grew up isolated from society in the pristine hills of North Carolina. 

She is challenged by the approaching money hungry press of the modern world and egghead scientific community, that want to study her like some kind of E.T.

Nell asks us to take a look in the mirror and ponder our own realities and biases of the moment.  Since it takes place in North Carolina, we gets to see the North Carolina flag flying high in the sky just below the US flag the local courthouse. 

Some of y'all may recgonzie that the ol'North Carolina flag strikes a similar fancy to the state flag of Texas?  Again this aint no accident in my estimation, it is the footprint of whatcha' one calls 'Providence.'  All these things be happinin for good reason, and sometimes you are not supposed to know how but just feel it, your thoughts be doing a no good at many time.

But didja' ever wonder what English sounds like to a Chinese Person who never heard a lick of English?  It's hard to fathom, but I reckin' Miss Nells be a speaking is maybe kinda' like that? 

If you wants to see a movie that'll make you think, or rathers feels of the beaten path and are tired of the craptauclar big budget fireworks cartoon Hollywods movies, check this one out - and go outside for God's Sake!