= Japanese izakaya restaurant

Information

The red paper lantern is your instant portal to night-market energy—think sizzling skewers, soft warm glow, and a promise that good times (and good luck) are incoming. Rooted in East Asian festival culture—from Japanese izakayas to Lunar New Year and the Lantern Festival—it radiates hospitality, celebration, and that “follow the light to snacks” vibe. People drop it in captions to signal evening plans, cozy bar crawls, or a celebratory mood; it’s basically the emoji equivalent of saying we outside, but make it festive. It can also nod to heritage pride, good fortune, or setting an atmospheric scene without typing a whole paragraph.

Online, this emoji works as a low-key flex: pair it with noodles or sake to soft-launch a date spot, or stack a line of them to create a dreamy, cinematic feed moment. Sarcastically, folks use it as a cheeky upgrade from the red flag—less drama, more glow: not a warning, a lantern, proceed with vibes. On Apple/iOS, it’s a rich, ribbed red cylinder with gold accents at the top and bottom, a slim black hanger, glossy highlights, and a subtle three‑quarter tilt that makes it feel like it’s actually hovering above a lantern-lit alley. You can almost hear the clink of glasses and distant festival drums when it shows up in your texts.

Definition

A Izakaya Lantern is used to identify an establishment (business) that sells alcoholic drinks and other food. A place that welcomes people sit down and have a drink. A Japanese bar or restaurant that serves alcoholic beverages.

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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.

1. This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 5 update.

Emoji General Information

Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)	1301 of 2393
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ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name	:izakaya_lantern:
Keywords	Izakaya, Lantern, Stay, Drink, Alcohol, Bar, Sake, Restaurant
Previous Names:	Izakaya Lantern

Unicode Category Information

Unicode Category	Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range	1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory	Building and Map Symbols

Editorial Comment

Been a long work week, send this emoji to a friend and invite them out to the local watering hole to take a load off and decompress. Have fun, but be safe and drink responsibly.

Proposed Unicode Information & Notes

Unicode Category	Artifacts
Unicode Subcategory	Building and Map Symbols
Names & Annotations	IZAKAYA LANTERN = japanese izakaya restaurant Temporary Notes: Japanese izakaya restaurant for drinking, characteristic red lantern
Symbol Information	U+1F3EE proposed
Proposal Identifier	e-4C2

Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes

DoCoMo	#Exp.64 'Sake bottle (sake cup)' とっくり(おちょこ付き) 「totsukuri(ochiyoko付ki)」 U+E74B SJIS-F9F0 JIS-794B
KDDI	#225 居酒屋(赤ちょうちん) 「居酒屋(赤chiyouchin)」 U+E4BD SJIS-F696 JIS-7576
Softbank	#169 #old281 お酒(とっくり・おちょこ) 「o酒(totsukuri・ochiyoko)」 U+E30B SJIS-F9AB

Emoji Character Encoding Data

Emoji Code Version	iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)	🏮
UTF-8 Character Count	1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)	🏮
Decimal HTML Entity	🏮
Hexadecimal HTML Entity	🏮
Hex Code Point(s)	1f3ee
Formal Unicode Notation	U+1F3EE
Decimal Code Point(s)	127982
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)	0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xAE
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	F0 9F 8F AE
UTF-8 Octal Bytes	360 237 217 256
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)	0xD83C 0xDFEE
UTF-16 Hex	d83cdfee
UTF-16 Dec	55356 57326
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)	0x0001F3EE
UTF-32 Hex	01F3EE
UTF-32 Dec	127982
Python Src	u"\U0001F3EE"
PHP Src	"\xf0\x9f\x8f\xae"
C/C++/Java Src	"\uD83C\uDFEE"

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