At the annual unofficial Japanese holiday Hina-Matsuri (girls' festival) dolls are set up. They are meant to banish evil spirits and bring the girls good health as well as luck with their mate choice. Symbol of Japan.
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Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon
First included
The emoji โJapanese dollsโ was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .