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{{quote|''"Forced to disarm after its humiliating defeat in its war with Shinra/Midgar fifteen years ago, [[Trope Namer|Wutai]] now peddles its ancient and unique culture to tourists from the very lands that defeated [it]. Wutai is a land of many deities, but most of its inhabitants no longer believe in them as strongly as they used to. Much generational friction exists in Wutai over the war and adherence to custom and tradition. Also, Wutai is full of pagodas, ninja, and giant Buddha statues. [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture|Eerie real-life counterpart?]] [[Sarcasm Mode|Huh. I'm stumped.]]"''
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The village/country/continent in a [[Medieval European Fantasy]] world which has inexplicably (and suspiciously) [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture|fashioned]] itself off [[Jidai Geki]]. Filled with [[Ninja]] and/or samurai, this is where katanas, oni, kitsune, pagodas and sushi all pour out into the rest of the world. These places are frequently a mashup of various Japanese eras, maybe flavored with a little bit of China, and—in a nod to real history—are usually [[Hidden Elf Village|xenophobic]]. The background music will be stereotypical Asian instruments, if not a public domain tune.
This can perhaps be attributed to the fact that most console RPG publishers are Japanese. However, such a place may not stand out so much if the setting includes other non-European Fantasy Counterpart Cultures. [[Katanas Are Just Better]], [[Everything's Better with Samurai]], and [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja]] are related phenomena. See also [[Jidai Geki]] and [[Far East]].
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== Anime ==
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** ''[[Eberron]]'' has Sarlona, although that one's more like North Korea than China or Japan.
* The [[GURPS]] Sourcebook ''[[GURPS]] Banestorm'' includes, amongst its many pseudo-European and pseudo-Arabian nations, the nation of Sahud, a definitely Japanese-inspired kingdom with strong Chinese, Korean, and Mongolian elements. This is justified in that, like all of Banestorm's human cultures, Sahud was founded by humans [[Mass Teleportation|from the very cultures it represents]].
* ''[[Magic: The
** A better example is the Empire of Madara on the plane of Dominaria.
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* ''[[Tasakeru]]'': The squirrel culture, mostly based on [[Feudal Japan]].
* ''[[Tales of MU]]'': Youkan.
* ''[[RWBY]]'': The Asian-flavored towns and villages that Team RNJR encounters on the continent of Anima during volume 4. Oddly, their inhabitants aren't ethnically Asian, but everything else about the places is.
== Western Animation ==
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