These are tropes that originate in UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} and are found in JapaneseMedia. Before adding a page here, please ensure that it doesn't fall under a sub-index. Also, please make sure that it actually originates in Japan, and that simply isn't the place you've run into it the most.

Related but not exclusive is {{Animeland}}, TheThemeParkVersion of Japan as seen in media in general.
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!! Sub Indexes
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See also:
+ AnimeGenres
++ MagicalGirlTropes
++ MechaTropes
+ MediaNotes/AnimeFanSpeak
+ UsefulNotes.{{Japan}}
+ JapaneseMedia
+ VisualNovelTropes
+ TokusatsuTropes
]

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+ AnimeReality: Tropes that follow the AnimeX naming convention.
+ AnimeSettings
+ BushidoIndex
+ UsefulNotes/JapaneseStockPhrases: Stock phrases from Japan.
+ JapaneseVisualArtsTropes: Visual style of drawn and rendered artwork from Japan. Most visual tropes from anime/manga will be here. Using these is the key to becoming {{Animesque}}.
++ JapaneseAnimationTropes: subset of Visual Art tropes that requires being animated.
++ MangaEffects: Visual effects used in manga
+ StockJapaneseCharacters: Stock characters that have originated in Japan. Several (such as {{Ninja}}) have been adopted by the outside world.
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!! Tropes
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* AdjectiveNounFred: Common title structure.
* AlternateCharacterReading: Depending on which characters you use to write a Japanese word and which pronunciation system you base it on, the word can have different meanings.
* AlwaysInClassOne
* AnimeCatholicism (cultural portrayal of "exotic religion" trope)
* AsianFoxSpirit (the kitsune is a stock Japanese monster)
* BakenekoAndNekomata
* BicepPolishingGesture
* BishonenLine (powerup visualization trope)
* BitingTheHandkerchief (melodrama trope)
* BodySushi
* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine
* {{Bokukko}} (dialogue/characterization trope)
* CherryBlossoms (symbolism trope)
* CicadianRhythm (setting trope)
* CompensatedDating
* CosplayCafe
* CramSchool
* DarumaDoll
* DemonKingNobunaga (Portrayals of UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga that make him a demonic bad guy)
* DinnerBathOrSexOffer
* EarCleaning
* EyelidPullTaunt (insulting physical gesture, from Japan)
* ExcitedTitleTwoPartEpisodeName
* FestivalEpisode
* FormalCharactersUseKeigo
* TheFourGods
* FourIsDeath (language/pun/superstition trope)
* {{Fundoshi}}
* FuroScene
* {{Gashadokuro}}
* GoldfishScoopingGame
* GoroawaseNumber (language trope)
* GyaruGirl
* {{Hatsuyume}}
* HeadbuttThermometer
* {{Henohenomoheji}} (written Japanese language trope)
* {{Hihiirokane}}
* HimeCut (personal appearance trope)
* HitodamaLight (portrayal of ghosts)
* HostClub
* HotSpringsEpisode (fanservice trope)
* HuMons ({{Mons}} that resemble Humans)
* IdiotCrows (symbolism trope as well)
* IdiotsCannotCatchColds
* ImageSong
* JapaneseSchoolClub
* JapaneseSpirit
* JesusTaboo (symbolism trope)
* KabukiSounds
* KabukiTheatre
* {{Kaiju}}
* {{Kamaitachi}}
* {{Kappa}} (stock Japanese monster)
* {{Karakasa}}
* KaraokeBox
* {{Kigo}}
* KillingIntent (metaphysics/superstition trope)
* {{Kimodameshi}}
* KimonoFanservice
* KimonoIsTraditional
* {{Kishotenketsu}} (traditional East Asian four-act plot structure without a driving conflict)
* KyuAndDanRanks
* LetteredSequel
* LoveHotels
* ManekiNeko
* MartialArtsHeadband
* MascotsLoveSugar: Critters have a massive SweetTooth.
* MeasuringDay
* {{Meido}}
* MonoNoAware
* MoonRabbit
* {{Mukokuseki}}
* Mystical108
* NightParadeOfOneHundredDemons
* NoblewomansLaugh
* {{Nue}}
* NunsAreMikos
* {{Ondo}}
* {{Oni}}
* UsefulNotes/{{Onmyodo}}
* OneeSama
* OneTwoThreeFourGo
* {{Orochi}}
* PaperfanOfDoom (stock physical comedy)
* PaperTalisman (stock prop)
* PatientChildhoodLoveInterest (stock romance character type)
* PersonalityBloodTypes
* PersonalSeals
* PhenotypeStereotype
* {{Phonymon}}
* PillarsOfMoralCharacter
* PoseOfSupplication
* {{Raiju}}
* RashomonStyle
* RebornAsVillainessStory
* RedArmbandOfLeadership
* RedSpiderLiliesOfMourning
* RedStringOfFate
* {{Robeast}} (standard giant monster)
* RyokanInn
* SacredFirstKiss
* SailorFuku
* SamuraiPonytail (appearance trope)
* {{Sarashi}}
* SchoolFestival
* SchoolgirlSeries
* SchoolSportUniform (stock costume)
* SchoolSwimsuit (stock costume)
* SeahorsesAreDragons (related to Japanese nomenclature)
* SeizaSquirm (BodyLanguage trope)
* {{Seppuku}}
* TheSevenMysteries (plotting trope)
* SevenIsNana (language trope)
* {{Shinigami}}
* ShrinesAndTemples
* SillyMeGesture
* SmashingWatermelons (cultural pastime)
* SneezeCut
* SprintScrubbing
* StandingInTheHall
* StandardJapaneseFantasySetting
* StealthClothes (stock Japanese Costume)
* StockLightNovelEveryman
* StockLightNovelHero
* StockShonenHero
* StringyHairedGhostGirl
* SurpriseSantaEncounter
* {{Tanuki}}
* TanukiKitsuneContrast
* {{Tengu}}
* TeruTeruBozu (stock Japanese prop)
* TheTokyoFireball
* ThousandOrigamiCranes
* ToastOfTardiness
* UsefulNotes/TokyoUniversity
* TsuchigumoAndJorogumo
* {{Tsuchinoko}}
* VampireLolitaArchetype
* VisualKei
* YamatoNadeshiko
* {{Yonkoma}}
* YearsTooEarly (stock Japanese insult)
* {{Youkai}} (stock Japanese monster)
* {{Yukionna}}
* ZettaiRyouiki
* ZigzagPaperTassel
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