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Shows a map of the country of Japan, which is the only country to have its own emoji map. Other countries can be found on the <a href="/globe-showing-americas/" title="🌎 Earth Globe Americas">various globe emojis</a>, or the <a href="/world-map/" title="🗺 World Map">world map emoji</a>.

Silhouette of Japan

A grotesque, red face with horns, wide eyes, a large nose, crooked fangs, and a fringe of shaggy hair. Depicts an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oni">oni</a>, a kind of hideous ogre in Japanese folklore.

On <a href="/new-years-eve/">New Year&rsquo;s Eve</a> in some parts of Japan, men may wear&nbsp;oni masks and straw coats to dress up as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namahage">namahage</a>, another mythic being,&nbsp;to chide naughty children or ward off evil. May popularly denote supernatural or figurative beasts and demons.

Japanese Ogre

Generic profile of one person. Often used in interface design to represent a user.

Bust in Silhouette

A stylized globe, with blue <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meridian_(geography)">meridians</a> (longitudes) and latitude. Depicted with light-blue grid&nbsp;of lines on a white, blue, or empty circle.

May be used as a symbol of the internet or world wide web, global communications, international affairs, connectivity and networks, time zones, coordinates, or the world more generally.

May appear as an icon on Apple devices to change (language) keyboards.

See also <a href="/globe-showing-americas/">🌎 Globe Showing Americas</a>, <a href="/globe-showing-europe-africa/">🌍 Globe Showing Europe-Africa</a>, and <a href="/globe-showing-asia-australia/">🌏 Globe Showing Asia-Australia</a>.

Globe with Meridians

A shrine used for the Japanese Shinto religion. This emoji generally displays the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torii">torii</a>, which is the gate to the Shinto Shrine. The torii is generally a&nbsp;red colored structure, with a curved roof section above two posts.

This icon is used on maps in Japan to represent the location of a Shinto Shrine, similar to how the <a href="/hot-springs/" title="♨️ Hot Springs">hot springs emoji</a> is the icon used on Japanese maps to show the location of an onsen.

Shinto Shrine

Ornamental Japanese Emperor and Empress dolls, as displayed in celebration of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinamatsuri">Hinamatsuri</a> on March 3 in Japan (Girls&rsquo; or Dolls&rsquo; Day).

<a href="http://mandel59.hateblo.jp/entry/2016/03/04/041437">Generally depicted</a> as a Japanese Emperor (left, in blue, holding a scepter) and Empress (right, in red, holding a fan) in ceremonial court dress and seated on a tatami.

When not applied to Hinamatsuri, sometimes used to represent Japan, dolls, a pair of people (as a couple or two friends), and for various idiosyncratic purposes.

Japanese Dolls

Moon Viewing Ceremonies (called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsukimi">Tsukimi</a> in Japan) are held each year in <a title="🍂 Fall / Autumn" href="/fall-autumn/">autumn</a> to celebrate the <a title="🌕 Full Moon Symbol" href="/full-moon/">full moon</a> and <a title="🌒 Waxing Crescent Moon Symbol" href="/waxing-crescent-moon/">waxing moon</a> in Japan.
This symbol shows Japanese pampas grass and <a title="🍡 Dango" href="/dango/">dango</a> (sweet dessert food) which are used in the ceremony, as well as the moon in the background.

Moon Viewing Ceremony

A rectangular map of the world. Generally depicted as a paper map creased at its folds, Earth&rsquo;s surface shown in green on blue ocean.

Commonly represent maps, travel, exploration, and geography. May also represent various content concerning the world as a whole, e.g., global or international issues.

<a href="/microsoft/windows-10/world-map/">Microsoft</a> and <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/world-map/">Samsung&rsquo;s design</a> previously depicted outlines of the continents.

World Map

A menacing, red mask featuring a grotesquely long nose, angry eyes, and bushy eyebrows and mustache. Depicts a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengu">tengu</a>, a proud trickster figure in Japanese folklore.

May popularly denote evil, anger, cruel or mischievous behavior, and sexual suggestion, due to the phallic appearance of its nose. May also represent supernatural or figurative trolls, goblins, and other such beings.

Japanese Goblin

A yellow and green shield symbol, called a&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoshinsha_mark">Shoshinsha Mark</a>. Must be displayed by drivers in Japan for one year after they receive their drivers licence.

Similar to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-plate">L-Plates</a>&nbsp;used to identify learner drivers in other countries.

Japanese Symbol for Beginner

109 is a chain of Japanese department&nbsp;stores, with the most well known location being in Shibuya, Tokyo &mdash; Shibuya 109.&nbsp;An emoji&nbsp;of this store existed in the original Softbank emoji set in Japan, but did not get included as part of emoji standardization in <a href="/unicode-6.0/" title="Unicode Version 6.0">Unicode 6.0</a>.

This was one of the few emojis <a href="/apple/ios-5.0/shibuya/" title=" Shibuya on Apple iOS 5.0">available</a> in Apple iOS 6, that did not remain in future iOS or macOS releases. Despite this, it continues to be supported by&nbsp;<a href="/twitter/">Twemoji</a>.

The details of its <a href="https://github.com/googlei18n/emoji4unicode/issues/35">exclusion</a>&nbsp;are&nbsp;noted in Google&#39;s&nbsp;project to bring emoji into Unicode. The codepoint for Shibuya remains a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Use_Areas">Private Use Area</a>&nbsp;character where implemented.

Shibuya

A Japanese&nbsp;post office, featuring the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_postal_mark">〒 Japanese postal mark</a> on the front of the building.

Microsoft&#39;s design <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/japanese-post-office/">previously</a>&nbsp;displayed this mark on its own&nbsp;instead of being featured on the building.

Japanese Post Office

A traditional Japanese Castle (城, shiro or jō), usually made from stone and wood.

Japanese Castle

The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Tower">Tokyo Tower</a> is the second-tallest building in Japan, located in&nbsp;Minato, Tokyo.

Built in 1957, the design of the Tokyo Tower &nbsp;was inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris, <a href="/flag-france/" title="🇫🇷 Flag For France">France</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;may be confused for it due to the small size of the emoji. A previous Samsung design also added to this confusion as it was colored grey instead of red and white.

Tokyo Tower

The flag for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan">Japan</a>, which may show as the letters&nbsp;JP&nbsp;on some platforms.

Flag: Japan

A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moai">moai</a>, one of the famed, giant stone statues of human figures&nbsp;on Easter Island. Depicted as a gray&nbsp;stone carving of a stylized human head with a prominent brow and nose, most often facing left.

Sometimes used for various idiosyncratic purposes, such as conveying a stoic, deadpan, or silly expression.

Its official Unicode name of Moyai&nbsp;and inclusion in early Japanese emoji sets, such as from au by KDDI, suggest&nbsp;the emoji may represent the <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com.au/Attraction_Review-g1066456-d1953259-Reviews-Moyai_Statue-Shibuya_Tokyo_Tokyo_Prefecture_Kanto.html">Moyai Statue</a> near Shibuya Station in Tokyo, Japan; previous designs from <a href="/google/android-4.3/moai/">Google</a> and <a href="/microsoft/windows-8.0/moai/">Microsoft</a>&nbsp;resemble the Tokyo statue. Other Tokyo landmarks are represented in&nbsp;<a href="/tokyo-tower/">🗼&nbsp;Tokyo Tower</a> and, formerly, <a href="/shibuya/">Shibuya 109</a>.

Moyai

A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_hotel">love hotel</a> is a hotel that can be hired <a href="/smirking-face/" title="😏 Smirking Face">by the hour</a> instead of as <a href="/person-in-bed/" title="🛌 Sleeping Accommodation">accommodation</a> for the evening.

Sometimes mistaken for a get well soon emoji&nbsp;due to the similarity in appearance to the <a href="/hospital/" title="🏥 Hospital">hospital</a>. The Microsoft version of this&nbsp;emoji previously&nbsp;displaying <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/love-hotel/">a bed with a heart above it</a>.

Love Hotel

Representation of&nbsp;hot springs with steam rising&nbsp;from a circular tub. This is the common symbol used to represent an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onsen">onsen</a> on <a href="http://www.japan-ryokan.net/onsen" title="🗾 Silhouette Of Japan">maps in&nbsp;Japan</a>.

Hot Springs

A globe, showing the continents of Europe and Africa in green against blue ocean.

May be used to represent various content concerning the European, African, and Atlantic regions. May also be used to represent Earth and international&nbsp;affairs more generally.

See also <a href="/globe-showing-americas/">🌎 Globe Showing Americas</a> and <a href="/globe-showing-asia-australia/">🌏 Globe Showing Asia-Australia</a>.

Earth Globe Europe-Africa

A globe, showing the continents of North and South America in green against blue ocean.

May be used to represent various content concerning the North and South American regions as well Atlantic and Pacific regions. May also be used to represent Earth and international affairs more generally.

See also <a href="/globe-showing-europe-africa/">🌍 Globe Showing Europe-Africa</a> and <a href="/globe-showing-asia-australia/">🌏 Globe Showing Asia-Australia</a>.

Earth Globe Americas

A globe, showing the continents of Asia and Australia in green against blue ocean.

May be used to represent various content concerning the Asian, Australian, and Pacific regions. May also be used to represent Earth and international affairs more generally.

See also <a href="/globe-showing-americas/">🌎 Globe Showing Americas</a>&nbsp;and <a href="/globe-showing-europe-africa/">🌍 Globe Showing Europe-Africa</a>.

Earth Globe Asia-Australia

A Tanabata tree, a type of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wish_tree">wish tree</a> on which people hang wishes written on paper and other decorations during <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanabata">Tanabata</a>, a Japanese festival celebrating two heavenly lovers. Depicted as one or two stalks of green bamboo, on which hangs one or more slips of paper, generally red.

Often used to represent various plants or as a green accent color.

Apple&rsquo;s design includes a yellow star decoration. Microsoft&rsquo;s design <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/tanabata-tree/">previously</a> displayed a green branch with three, variously colored pieces of paper.

Tanabata Tree

A Japanese <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadomatsu">kadomatsu</a>, composed of pine leaves and bamboo shoots. Traditionally placed outside homes in Japan around the New Year to welcome spirits for a plentiful, happy year ahead.

Depicted as three shoots of <a href="/tanabata-tree/">bamboo</a>, arranged vertically at different heights in a wooden container, arrayed with pine leaves.

Often used to represent various plants or as a green accent color.

WhatsApp&rsquo;s kadomatsu is adorned with red berries, as is Facebook&rsquo;s, which also includes pink <a href="/cherry-blossom/">cherry blossoms</a>.

Pine Decoration

The flag for&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea">North Korea</a>, which may show as the letters&nbsp;KP&nbsp;on some platforms.

Flag: North Korea

The flag for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea">South Korea</a>, which may show as the letters&nbsp;KR&nbsp;on some platforms.

Flag: South Korea

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Used by Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac) whenever emojis are displayed. Also used by Telegram messenger.

Default emoji set for Android devices created by Google and used on devices by Google, Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Sony, and many others.

Custom emoji set used on Samsung phones and tablets.

Glossy,&nbsp;gradient-heavy versions of the Microsoft emoji set. Used within select platforms such as Word and PowerPoint within the Windows 11 23H2 update.

Used across Microsoft PCs. Windows 11 uses the Fluent set. Windows 10&rsquo;s final update was in May 2019.

Used on WhatsApp for Android and PC. WhatsApp on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Used on Twitter / X for PC. Also used by Discord and Mastodon. Twitter / X&nbsp;on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs. Android devices use native emoji design as of early 2023.

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Used on Facebook for Android and PC. Not used across Meta&rsquo;s WhatsApp and Instagram platforms. Facebook on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Custom emoji set used on select Huawei&nbsp;phones and tablets.

Custom emoji set used on LG devices. Discontinued between 2017 and 2020, replaced by Noto Color Emoji, but then revived in 2021 for LG&rsquo;s final mobile device.

3D animated versions of Microsoft&rsquo;s Fluent emoji set, used Microsoft Teams for PC and Android.

Animated emoji-adjacent designs used by the Skype platform.

Highly-detailed emoji set used by Twitter&rsquo;s Statuses feature and within the tweet image editor on Android devices.

A licensable emoji design set. Previously named EmojiOne.

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A custom emoji design set used by Korean fintech platform Toss.

Used on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 within the device&rsquo;s messaging functionality.

A minimalist, monochrome version of Google&rsquo;s Noto Color Emoji designs.

A open-source emoji design set by the HfG Schw&auml;bisch Gm&uuml;nd (Design University) in Germany.

A licensable emoji design set.

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An open-source emoji design set consisting of user-submitted emoji designs.

🗾 Map of Japan on au by KDDI Type A-2

🗾 Map of Japan on au by KDDI Type A-2

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