Japan
All the things you wanted to know about Japan, but were afraid to ask. Naturally, these tropes and topics pop up frequently in Japanese media.
The Kaiju's favorite playground.
Clothing
Language
- Baka
- Japanese Language
- Japanese Ranguage
- Kigo
People
- The 47 Ronin
- Hattori Hanzo
- Ishikawa Goemon
- Miyamoto Musashi
- Oda Nobunaga (a Japanese warlord)
- Sanada Yukimura
- Sarutobi Sasuke
- Sasaki Kojiro
- The Shinsengumi
- Tokugawa Ieyasu (another warlord, the ultimate unifier of Japan)
- Toyotomi Hideyoshi (yet another warlord)
- Uesugi Kenshin (and yet another famous warlord)
- Yagyu Jubei
Places
- Tokyo - The capital city
- Tokyo University (Japan's most famous own version of an Ivy League School)
Religions
The Supernatural
Other Tropes and Topics
- Imperial Japan
- Japanese Political System
- Kaiju Defense Force (Japan Self-Defense Force)
- Katanas of the Rising Sun (Imperial Japanese Armed Forces)
- Body Sushi
- Bicep-Polishing Gesture
- Bishonen Jump Syndrome
- Big Fancy House
- Shishi-odoshi ("the thing that goes 'doink'")
- Boke and Tsukkomi Routine
- Boys Love Notes
- Butterfly of Death and Rebirth
- Chiburi (cleaning a katana blade by swiping it in the air, forcing the blood off)
- Christmas Cake
- Class Is in Room X-01
- Compensated Dating
- Cram School
- Doujinshi
- Ear Cleaning
- Eyelid-Pull Taunt (known as akanbe in Japan)
- Every Japanese Sword Is a Katana
- Geisha
- Goldfish Scooping Game
- Hachiko (purebred Akita dog representing loyalty)
- Hair Color in Japan
- Henohenomoheji (the face made of hiragana)
- Hikikomori a.k.a. the Shut In.
- Host Club
- Idiots Cannot Catch Colds
- Idol Singer
- Instant Fanclub
- Japanese Architecture
- Japanese Holidays
- Japanese Invasion
- Japanese Media
- Japanese School Club
- Jidai Geki
- Joshikousei
- Kabuki Sounds
- Karaoke Box
- Kawaisa
- Kendo
- Kimodameshi
- Kotatsu
- Kotobagari
- Kyu and Dan Ranks
- Lolicon
- Love Hotels
- Mahjong
- The Makioka Sisters
- Maneki Neko
- Manga Demographics
- Mukokuseki
- No Koreans in Japan
- Nuns Are Mikos
- Odango Hair
- Personality Blood Types
- Personal Seals
- Pettanko
- Phenotype Stereotype
- Pillars of Moral Character
- Pose of Supplication
- Public Domain Artifact (of note, the three imperial regalia show up often)
- Red Oni, Blue Oni
- Red String of Fate
- Romantic Two-Girl Friendship
- Ryokan Inn
- Sacred First Kiss
- Salaryman
- School Festival
- Second Sino-Japanese War
- Sempai-Kohai
- Seppuku
- Shiritori
- Shotacon
- Sneezing
- Subcultures in Japan
- Takarazuka
- Teru Teru Bozu
- This Is Unforgivable!
- Thousand Origami Cranes
- "V" Sign
- Weddings in Japan
- Yamato Nadeshiko
- Yaoi Fangirl (demographically more numerous in Japan than in most other places)
- Yonkoma
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