Japanese Castle

🏯 Japanese Castle is one of the buildings in Unicode's Travel & Places group. In practice it comes up around building, castle and japanese.

🏯 works in messages, comments, captions and profile names. On SmileyZone it is filed under Buildings and Landmarks. Added in 2010 with Emoji 0.6, it displays correctly on every up-to-date system. Its code point is U+1F3EF.

• 🏯 works as a one-character reply when building is the subject.
• Fits messages about building, castle and japanese.
• Often seen near 🏰 Castle, 🏬 Department Store and 🏭️ Factory.

Japanese castles arose in the sixteenth century as fortifications for the daimyō. Most towers standing today are reconstructions: many were demolished in the Meiji era and others destroyed in the Second World War.

Only twelve castles retain their original keep, among them Himeji – called the “White Heron” for its pale façade and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993.

• 🏯🗽 – Japanese Castle and Statue of Liberty
• 🏯🏰 – Japanese Castle with Castle
• 🏯🗼 – Japanese Castle plus Tokyo Tower
• 🏯🏬 – Japanese Castle and Department Store
• 🏯🏦 – Japanese Castle with Bank
• 🏯💒 – Japanese Castle plus Wedding
• 🏯🏫 – Japanese Castle and School
• 🏯🏭️ – Japanese Castle with Factory

Easy to mix up with 🏰 Castle, 🏬 Department Store or 🏭️ Factory. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.