⛩️ Shinto Shrine

⛩️ Shinto Shrine is one of the places of worship in Unicode's Travel & Places group. Typical contexts are religion, shinto and shrine.

⛩️ fits messaging apps, social networks and anywhere a short visual cue helps. On SmileyZone it is filed under Buildings and Landmarks. It joined the standard with Emoji 0.7 in 2010, so support on current devices is reliable. Its code point is U+26E9.

• ⛩️ on its own already flags the topic: religion.
• Fits messages about religion, shinto and shrine.
• Often seen near 🕍 Synagogue, 🛕 Hindu Temple and 🕋 Kaaba.

In Shintō, the torii marks the passage from the everyday to the sacred – walking through it, you enter a shrine’s precinct. Tradition asks for a bow before passing and for avoiding the centre, which is reserved for the deities.

Famous examples are the seemingly floating torii of Itsukushima and the tunnel of thousands of gates at Fushimi Inari in Kyoto, donated by businesses in thanks.

• ⛩️🕍 – Shinto Shrine and Synagogue
• ⛩️⛪️ – Shinto Shrine with Church
• ⛩️🕌 – Shinto Shrine plus Mosque
• ⛩️🛕 – Shinto Shrine and Hindu Temple
• ⛩️🕋 – Shinto Shrine with Kaaba

Easy to mix up with 🕍 Synagogue, 🛕 Hindu Temple or 🕋 Kaaba. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.