Shinto shrine Emoji

Travel

A traditional Japanese torii gate, usually depicted in red with black accents, standing against a simple background. The structure marks the sacred entrance to a Shinto shrine, separating the secular world from the spiritual grounds.

Usage Context

Widely used to represent travel to Japan, interest in Japanese culture, or visits to places of worship. It frequently appears alongside other travel or cultural markers like 🗾 or 🌸 when people share photos or plans for sightseeing in Kyoto or other historical Japanese regions.

History

This emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2010 to help internationalize digital communication. Its design specifically mimics the iconic look of a torii gate found at Shinto shrines, which became a globally recognized visual shorthand for Japanese heritage in early travel blogs and map interface iconography.

Details

Glyph

⛩

Unicode

U+26E9

Shortcode

:emoji_u26e9:

HTML Entity

⛩

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Travel

Subcategory place-religious

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

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