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Shinto Shrine Emoji ⛩️

That red gate isn't the shrine building — it's the torii, the shinto shrine emoji's entrance marker: two posts topped by a crossbar. It's used for shrine visits, New Year's prayers, and Japanese spirituality generally, and reads as a gateway or a fresh start even outside any religious context.

What ⛩️ means

A red structure with two posts holding the black and red arching design of the top of the shrine; which is placed on a plank and then held up by a few short pillar-like supporting structures.

The ⛩️ Shinto Shrine emoji refers to the religious site revered by the followers of the Japanese religion; Shinto or kami-no-Michi. It signifies pilgrimage, religion, devotion, faith, belief, and tradition too.

How and when to use it

First off, use ⛩️ in the post captions while posting or reposting pictures of Shinto Shrines either in Japan or in your locality.
You can also use ⛩️ as a symbol of divine powers and prayers too. For instance, if you're sharing a hopeful post, you can use this emoji in that caption as a way of saying "I hope and pray all goes well ⛩️" (this would make sense if you follow the Shinto religion, actually).
Speaking of following Shinto, you can use ⛩️ in your social media profile name if you are a follower.
Use ⛩️ while sharing Shinto prints on clothing too!
You can use ⛩️ in the general context of religion in Japan or the Japanese religious belief, etc.
While sharing posts about Shinto festivities, bring in the ⛩️ emoji.

Other Names

⛩️ Kami-No-Michi
⛩️ Japanese Religious Site
⛩️ Shinto
⛩️ Temple
⛩️ Shinto Place of Worship
⛩️ Gongen
⛩️ Taisha
⛩️ Ubusuna
⛩️ Yashiro

The lowdown

Category: Travel & Places › place-religious
Codepoints: U+26E9 U+FE0F
Emoji version: Emoji 0.7
Shortcodes: :shinto_shrine: GitHub
Keywords: religion, shinto, shrine

How it looks across platforms

Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.