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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

• Fundoshi
• Inside Shoes
• Hachimaki (headband)
• Kimono
  • Kimono Is Traditional
  • Kimono Fanservice
• Red Armband of Leadership
• Sailor Fuku
• Sarashi
• Transfer Student Uniforms
• Zettai Ryouiki

Combat and Martial Arts

• Chiburi (cleaning a katana blade by swiping it in the air, forcing the blood off)
• Every Japanese Sword Is a Katana
• Kendo
• Kyu and Dan Ranks

Entertainment

• Boke and Tsukkomi Routine
  • Flipping the Table
• Geisha
• Host Club
• Idol Singer
• Japanese Media
  • Yonkoma
• Karaoke Box
• Takarazuka

Games

• Go
• Goldfish Scooping Game
• Mahjong
• Shiritori
• Shogi

History

• Imperial Japan
  • Katanas of the Rising Sun (Imperial Japanese Armed Forces)
• Public Domain Artifact (of note, the three imperial regalia show up often)
• Second Sino-Japanese War

Historical Domain Characters

• The 47 Ronin
• Hachiko (purebred Akita dog representing loyalty)
• 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

Language

• Baka
• Japanese Language
  • Alternate Character Reading
  • Four Is Death
  • Gender and Japanese Language
  • Gratuitous English in Japan
  • Green Is Blue
  • Japanese Honorifics
    • Oba-san
    • Onee-Sama
  • Japanese Pronouns
    • Pronoun Trouble
  • Japanese Sibling Terminology
  • Japanese Stock Phrases
  • Kansai Regional Accent
  • Keigo
  • One, Two, Three, Four, Go
  • Seven Is Nana
  • Tohoku Regional Accent
• Japanese Ranguage
• Kigo

NSFW (or sometimes NSFW)

• Body Sushi
• Boys Love Notes
• Compensated Dating
• Doujinshi
• Lolicon
• Love Hotels
• Shotacon

Places

• Tokyo - The capital city
• Tokyo University (Japan's most famous own version of an Ivy League School)

Politics

• Japanese Political System
  • Kaiju Defense Force (Japan Self-Defense Force)
• Kotobagari
• Pose of Supplication

Religion

• Buddhism
  • 108
• Christianity In Japan
  • Christmas in Japan
• The Four Gods
• Shinto
  • Onmyodo
  • Miko
  • Paper Talisman
  • Zigzag Paper Tassel
• Shrines and Temples

The Supernatural

• Butterfly of Death and Rebirth
• Ghost Lights
• Tanuki
• Youkai
  • Japanese Vampire
  • Kappa
  • Kitsune
  • Orochi
  • Shinigami
  • Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl

Other Tropes and Topics

• Bicep-Polishing Gesture
• Bishonen Jump Syndrome
• Big Fancy House
  • Shishi-odoshi ("the thing that goes 'doink'")
• Christmas Cake
• Class Is in Room X-01
• Cram School
• Ear Cleaning
• Eyelid-Pull Taunt (known as akanbe in Japan)
• Hair Color in Japan
• Henohenomoheji (the face made of hiragana)
• Hikikomori a.k.a. the Shut In.
• Idiots Cannot Catch Colds
• Instant Fanclub
• Japanese Architecture
• Japanese Holidays
  • Tanabata
• Japanese Invasion
• Japanese School Club
• Jidai Geki
• Joshikousei
• Kabuki Sounds
• Kawaisa
• Kimodameshi ("test of courage")
• Kotatsu
• 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
• Red Oni, Blue Oni
• Red String of Fate
• Romantic Two-Girl Friendship
• Ryokan Inn
• Sacred First Kiss
• Salaryman
• School Festival
• Sempai-Kohai
• Seppuku
• Sneezing
• Subcultures in Japan
• 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)