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* The Korean RPG ''Last Origin'' has a parallel universe called Withering Flower of Muromachi (named after the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muromachi_period Muromachi period]]), which despite not being shown, is said to be very similar to feudal Japan, being ruled by a shogun, and with various elements typical of feudal Japan, such as daimyos and ninjas.

* The Korean RPG ''Videogame/Last Origin'' has a parallel universe called Withering Flower of Muromachi, which despite not being shown, is said to be very similar to feudal Japan, being ruled by a shogun, and with various elements typical of feudal Japan, such as daimyos and ninjas.

* In the ''{{Franchise}}/SonicTheHedgehog'' series:

* ''ComicBook/AlbedoErmaFelnaEDF'''s titular heroine's homeworld of Dornthant seems to be based in Japan, culture-wise, with some elements of the British culture as well. They sleep in futons at times, drink exotic teas, they appreciate order, etc.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': In ''Pokemon X & Y'', Laverre City is more of a fairy tale based town that happens to have a gym leader who makes kimonos. In the anime, however, the city was redesigned to be a Japanese based town... despite being in a region based on France.

* ''VideoGame/EldenRing'' has the "Land of Reeds", which serve similar purpose to the "Far East" in ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'': to justify Japanese-inspired elements in the game, such as the {{Samurai}} starting player class. Differently from that game, the Land of Reeds is a bit more elaborated upon: it is stated to be locked in an endless civil war akin to the UsefulNotes/SengokuPeriod which has lasted for so long that it has isolated it from its neighbours and made the land be dominated by blood-soaked demons and AxCrazy madmen.

* A fair few levels in the ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' series have a fair levels that take place in an asian setting:

%%* ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIV'': Hesperia. ZCE
* ''VideoGame/CookieRunKingdom'' has Dark Cacao Kingdom, the style of which is based on ancient Korea.

* While the Sheikah in ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' have always had a Japanese vibe (given that they're basically {{Ninja}}s), ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' puts them squarely in this trope, with their home village of Kakariko being basically a feudal Japanese village.

** The series has Yukumo Village, introduced in ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterPortable3rd'' and brought back in ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterGenerations''. It is a village designed in the style of feudal Japan whose main attraction is a small lake of hot spring water in which hunters can take a shower to improve their stats prior to a hunting quest. Despite being a popular touristic destination, in ''Portable 3rd'' it's being affected by an invasion of Zinogre specimens, often roaming in the nearby Misty Peaks, and the single-player story of ''Portable 3rd'' revolves around mitigating this problem (the multiplayer campaign leads to the reveal of the true source of the problem: [[spoiler:an elder dragon called Amatsu which drove away the Zinogre from ''their'' actual habitat]]). Things are a little better in ''Generations'', where instead of Zinogre the ongoing problem is a Leviathan known as Mizutsune. Lastly, though Yukumo doesn't appear in ''3 Ultimate'', the nearby Misty Peaks area does.

-->-- '''Touya Mochizuki''', ''LightNovel/InAnotherWorldWithMySmartphone''

* ''LightNovel/InAnotherWorldWithMySmartphone'': The Eastern Nation Eashen appears to be an alternate Sengoku era with magic.
* ''LightNovel/{{Konosuba}}'' has the Crimson Demon Clan who live in Japanese style houses. [[spoiler:In the movie, you find out they were creations of a Japanese person who was sent to live there by Aqua]].

* In ''LightNovel/ReZero'', Subaru and Rem elope (in one timeline) to the Edo-esque Kararagi.

** Maya's home planet of Athenas is littered with Asian architecture and its history with [[TouchedByVorlons Sirens]] as well as the local cult gives it a mystical vibe.
** The planet of Gehenna, featured in the "Bounty of Blood" DLC, blends this with a Wild West flair. Not only do the locals have Japanese names and pepper their dialogue with Southern-accented Japanese such as referring to you as "Tomodachi", but the architecture also looks like a mix between an old fashioned Western frontier town and Hong Kong.
* ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIV'': Hesperia.
* ''VideoGame/CookieRunKingdom'' has Dark Cacao Kingdom, the style of which is based on ancient Korea.

* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** Eblan in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'', which is a somewhat odd mash-up of Japan and Europe, given that its residents have names like "Edward Geraldine" and their capital is a European-style castle, yet their army is made up of {{ninja}}. The nation of Fabul in the same game has parallels to China; these are made especially clear in the remake, which styles the castle after a Chinese palace, complete with gabled roofs and hanging paper lanterns.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'': Doma, although [[EverythingsBetterWithSamurai Cyan]] is the only representative from that culture that the player sees during the game, considering the rest of the city gets wiped out by Kefka. Like Eblan, it's apparently a blend of medieval Japan and medieval Europe; Cyan correspondingly looks like a mix of a samurai and a knight (he wields a katana, but his facial features are very European, especially the style of his mustache, and Garamonde is an archaic English surname).
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'': The infamous Wutai for which this [[TropeNamer trope is named]]. The home of Yuffie, it's a distinctly Japanese-themed town that has a hint of China and for some reason Russia that serves as the setting to a certain [[NoGearLevel infamous sidequest]].
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' has the far eastern continent of Othard, from which the Ninja and Samurai jobs originate. Its two major cities of Kugane and Doma have a feudal Japanese culture, but the architecture has elements of Chinese to it, as well.

* In the ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' series:

* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', Say'ri's support conversations with the Avatar hint that Chon'sin is this, complete with cherry blossoms and sushi; every Myrmidon and Swordmaster, with the possible exception of Owain, seem to trace their origins from there. It's the first occurrence of this trope in a franchise that has almost solidly stuck with MedievalEuropeanFantasy.
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' takes it even further, with one of the two main factions, Hoshido, based mainly on feudal Japan and including autonomous villages belonging to [[AsianFoxSpirit kitsune]] and diviners inside its territory. It helps that Myrmidons are even ''called'' Samurai in this game, and all of the characters who start off with the newly introduced Ninja class are from Hoshido, too. Mages have likewise been rechristened Diviners and promote to [[UsefulNotes/{{Onmyodo}} Onmyoji]] (the game's equivalent of the Sage class). [[YouMeanXmas Seasonal variants]] of some of the Hoshidan characters that appear in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'' push the FantasyCounterpartCulture angle even more, particularly when it comes to celebrating the new year: shrine visits and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O-mikuji paper fortunes]] are mentioned, and "Happy New Year!" in Hoshidan is the same as it is Japanese ("Kinga shinnen!").
** To the south of Hoshido exist several other nations that also qualify, though less focus is placed on them compared to Hoshido in all of ''Fates''' three routes. Izumo, named for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izumo_Province an old province of Japan,]] is a neutral nation that maintains friendly relations with Hoshido, led by an [[BunnyEarsLawyer eccentric]] archduke who can commune with [[OurDragonsAreDifferent the gods]]. Mokushu is home to many ninja and ruled by a [[UsefulNotes/SengokuPeriod daimyo]]. What little is seen of it is mostly mountainous and forested regions, lined with traps like {{caltrops}} [[SpikesOfDoom and]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punji_stick bamboo punji pits.]] Prior to the events of the game, Mokushu invaded and annexed the lands of its neighbor Kohga, another country known for its ninja (Kohga comes from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koga-ryu Kōga-ryū,]] an ancient school of ninjutsu) as well as its green mountains.

'''This sidequest:''' Inexplicable feudal Japanese village.[[labelnote:Note]][[NoGearLevel Hey, where did]] [[SoLongAndThanksForAllTheGear all my gear go?!]][[/labelnote]]]]

** The Rampart town in ''III'' has a light Japanese influence in their architecture, which is especially prominent in their Mage Guild and Town Hall as well as having TheThingThatGoesDoink as a special building. It is a little strange however, since culturally they have nothing to do with Japan, being a generic amalgamation of various wood elf tropes. Their creature lineup is also a pretty standard FantasyKitchenSink with centaurs, unicorns, dragons, treants, ect. Future games moved them to a much more fitting MagicalNativeAmerican design.

This can perhaps be attributed to the fact that most console RPG publishers are Japanese; indeed, Wutai is a near quintessential part of a StandardJapaneseFantasySetting. However, such a place may not stand out so much if the setting includes other non-European Fantasy Counterpart Cultures. It also tends to be less jarring if the setting covers a large geographical area; for example if it spans an entire planet, a FantasyCounterpartCulture of Japan or China is no less likely than one of a European culture. May overlap with AlternateCharacterReading and IstanbulNotConstantinople if the country's name is just an alternate kanji translation of its real-life equivalent. KatanasAreJustBetter, EverythingsBetterWithSamurai, and GratuitousNinja are related phenomena. See also JidaiGeki and FarEast.

This can perhaps be attributed to the fact that most console RPG publishers are Japanese; indeed, Wutai is a near quintessential part of a StandardJapaneseFantasySetting. However, such a place may not stand out so much if the setting includes other non-European Fantasy Counterpart Cultures. It also tends to be less jarring if the setting covers a large geographical area; for example if it spans an entire planet, a FantasyCounterpartCulture of Japan or China is no less likely than one of a European culture. KatanasAreJustBetter, EverythingsBetterWithSamurai, and GratuitousNinja are related phenomena. See also JidaiGeki and FarEast.

* ''LightNovel/InAnotherWorldWithMySmartphone'': The Eastern Nation Eashen appears to be an alternate Sengoku era with magic.

** Amazon Lily, which is clearly based off ancient China and shares similarities with JungleJapes.
* ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'': Fahren, which has Chinese aesthetics and ninja. Fuu specifically muses on how it seems to be a combination of Japan and China, much to its princess' irritation.
* ''LightNovel/{{Konosuba}}'' has the Crimson Demon Clan who live in Japanese style houses. [[spoiler:In the movie, you find out they were creations of a Japanese person who was sent to live there by Aqua]].
* ''Manga/BlackClover'': Yami Sukehiro comes from an island country called the "Land of the Sun", an obvious reference to Japan's nickname "Land of the Rising Sun". He is the only character in the series with a Japanese name, he wields a katana and he can [[CombatClairvoyance predict people's attacks]] by sensing their [[LifeEnergy Chi]]. He was shipwrecked as a child and washed ashore in the MedievalEuropeanFantasy Clover Kingdom.
* Several characters in ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'' have an "Eastern" heritage, which seems to be basically just Sengoku-era Japan transplanted into the generically European fantasy setting the manga mainly takes place in, complete with constant state of war. The biggest difference mentioned so far is it's an archipelago instead of a single island.

* ''Manga/HoloearthChroniclesSideEYamatoPhantasia'': Fubuki and Mio reside in a traditional Japanese-themed region called Yamato. It contains a city Kyo-no-Miyako featuring never-ending CherryBlossoms season, Shirakami Shrine, and Oeyama Mountains.

This can perhaps be attributed to the fact that most console RPG publishers are Japanese, indeed Wutai is a near quintessential part of a StandardJapaneseFantasySetting. However, such a place may not stand out so much if the setting includes other non-European Fantasy Counterpart Cultures. It also tends to be less jarring if the setting covers a large geographical area; for example if it spans an entire planet, a FantasyCounterpartCulture of Japan or China is no less likely than one of a European culture. KatanasAreJustBetter, EverythingsBetterWithSamurai, and GratuitousNinja are related phenomena. See also JidaiGeki and FarEast.

* ''Literature/ThatTimeIGotReincarnatedAsASlime'': The nation of Tempest, the HiddenElfVillage of the {{Tengu}}, and the Ogre Village before its destruction all have this aesthetic going. {{Justified}} since all of them were influenced by [[TrappedInAnotherWorld Otherworlders]] from Japan, and the cultural developments of Tempest in particular were self-admitted by Rimuru to be influenced by his desire to have the comforts of his culture alive and well in this world to alleviate any homesickness. If others benefit as well from his selfishness then it's a win-win, and the likes of fellow Japanese Otherworlders Yuuki and Hinata (who had given up hope of being able to enjoy proper Japanese cuisine again) certainly don't complain.

* The land of Torna in ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'' has a distinctly Japanese flair, taking place on [[DragonsUpTheYinYang a serpentine dragon]] with its buildings resembling pagodas and its inhabitants dressing in samurai-like clothing.

Wutai is the village/country/continent in a MedievalEuropeanFantasy world which has inexplicably (and suspiciously) [[FantasyCounterpartCulture fashioned]] itself off JidaiGeki. Filled with {{youkai}}, UsefulNotes/{{onmyodo}}, {{geisha}}, {{ninja}} and/or {{samurai}} (and even the occasional {{Kaiju}}), this is where {{katanas|AreJustBetter}}, oni, [[AsianFoxSpirit kitsune]], pagodas and sushi all pour out into the rest of the world.

* The Republic of Kalmykia in Russia. Despite being located in the European part of the country north of the Caucasus, it and it's inhabitants have a very East Asian appearance and culture, with Tibetan Buddhism being the dominant religion there, the only part of Europe to have Buddhism as it's most-practiced religion. How this came to be is because the Kalmyks are a branch of Mongols, who migrated to the region in early 17th century, expelled the Turkic Nogais who were living there and settled the area themselves. Even though the area was then annexed by Russia, they were in no position to settle the area with Russian colonists, and so it became the Kalmyk Khanate, with the Kalmyks becoming subjects of the Tsar of Russia and protecting it's southern borders in exchange for an annual allowance and access to the markets of Russia's border settlements.