Kaomoji ・ 顔文字

Kaomoji　・　顔文字（かおもじ）are Japanese version of emoticons.

Here are some examples -

('-'*)ｵﾊﾖ♪
おはよう

(*ﾟ▽ﾟ)/ﾟ･:*【祝】*:･ﾟ＼(ﾟ▽ﾟ*)
おめでとう

(*^‿^*)

Happy

(╯︵╰,) Sad m(_ _)m Apologising

w(ﾟｏﾟ)w

Surprise

__φ(．．)

Writing

(=^･ｪ･^=) Cat U^ｪ^U Dog (x(x_(x_x(O_o)x_x)_x)x)

Alive Among Zombies

There are many thousands of Kaomoji and of course, you can make up your own!

There are also many websites where you can go to look up kaomoji

Here are a few to choose from -

http://kaomoji.ru/en/  in English and Russian
http://www.facemark.jp/facemark.htm  all Japanese (and my favorite)
http://www.japaneseemoticons.org/ English