The map of Japan emoji is your tiny passport stamp for all things Nihon—perfect for flexing an upcoming Tokyo-Kyoto-Osaka itinerary or confessing your inner anime-pilgrim energy. People drop it when they’re planning cherry blossom hunts, bragging about snagging a JR Pass, or announcing a ramen-fueled food crawl like it’s a side quest. It doubles as a playful geotag—replying “Where you at?” with this whole country is peak chaotic-neutral. It also shows up in weeb jokes, long-distance crush posts (“BRB, moving to Tokyo”), and dramatic captions about starting a new life under neon signs and karaoke mics.
On Apple devices, it’s a crisp red silhouette of the Japanese archipelago on a clean white square with soft shading—very minimalist, slightly tilted, and instantly recognizable. You can spot the long curve of Honshu, Hokkaido sitting like a leaf up top, and Shikoku and Kyushu trailing below, creating that iconic vertical chain shape. It pairs beautifully with 🗻 for Fuji vibes, 🚄 for Shinkansen speed flex, and 🌸 for sakura-season FOMO. Use it earnestly for travel plans, ironically for ‘I’m somewhere in Japan, figure it out,’ or as a cultural nod in posts about J-pop, Akihabara hauls, and midnight konbini adventures.
Definition
The country of Japan seen from above. An island in the Pacific Ocean of the coast of Asia.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 5 update.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
1142 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:japan:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Silhouette of Japan map of Japan Map of Japan
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Cultural Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Artifacts
Unicode Subcategory
Cultural Symbols
Names & Annotations
SILHOUETTE OF JAPAN Old name: EMOJI COMPATIBILITY SYMBOL-4
Symbol Information
U+1F5FE proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-4C7
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[日本地図]
KDDI
#214 地図 U+E572 SJIS-F78F JIS-776F
Softbank
[日本地図]
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)
1f5fe
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F5FE
Decimal Code Point(s)
128510
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x97 0xBE
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 97 BE
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 227 276
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDDFE
UTF-16 Hex
d83dddfe
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56830
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F5FE
UTF-32 Hex
01F5FE
UTF-32 Dec
128510
Python Src
u"\U0001F5FE"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x97\xbe"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDDFE"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
