Monthly Archives: October 2016

A Spook-tacular Halloween (2016)

Posted on October 30, 2016 by tokyofox

  The 60-90 minutes before the first kids Halloween party is always a fairly frantic and stressful affair for me as tables are dismantled and moved out of the classroom along with the chairs and pretty much any sign of regular school … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Filming Locations #15 – The Grudge 2 (2006)

Posted on October 27, 2016 by tokyofox

‘The Grudge‘ (2004) may have been a carbon copy of the Japanese movie ‘Ju-on‘ (2002) but this American sequel was not a re-make and follows a different storyline to that of ‘Ju-on 2‘ (2003). To date there have been 11 … Continue reading →

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Okinawa 2016 Pt III: J3 Football At FC Ryukyu

Posted on October 23, 2016 by tokyofox

Going to watch the local football team wasn’t in my mind when I booked this trip but as soon as I found out they had a home game on that weekend I couldn’t deny myself the chance of seeing the match. … Continue reading →

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Okinawa 2016 Pt II: Dining Out In Naha

Posted on October 20, 2016 by tokyofox

Mention any part of Japan and it’s fairly likely that a Japanese person will be able to tell you the food specialities of that area. Food really is something of an obsession here and it took me a fair few … Continue reading →

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Okinawa 2016 Pt I: Sightseeing In Naha

Posted on October 17, 2016 by tokyofox

Even though it was not actually filmed in Okinawa the ‘Karate Kid Part II‘ (1986) actually gave me my first glimpse of Japanese life back in the eighties. I actually wrote about this ten years ago when I went to Okinawa-prefecture for the first … Continue reading →

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On The Fox Trail……At Toyakawa Inari Tokyo Betsuin (Tokyo)

Posted on October 14, 2016 by tokyofox

  Making this ‘On The Fox Trail…’ stuff into a series was never really my intention but dipping in and out of ‘The Fox And The Jewel‘ (1999) by Karen A. Smyers has certainly increased my knowledge about this topic. As I had … Continue reading →

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Joanna Lumley’s Japan (3 Episodes)

Posted on October 11, 2016 by tokyofox

  The celebrity travelogue is a well-worn but fairly trusted way of delivering ratings for TV stations and when this three part series aired on ITV last month I expected more of the usual formula of looking at everything weird and whacky … Continue reading →

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A Weekend Away With The Family In Atami

Posted on October 7, 2016 by tokyofox

  Sandwiched in between our Okayama/Hiroshima and Thailand travel was a family trip to Atami in Shizuoka prefecture back in late August. The rest of the family all congregated on the Friday and I joined up with them straight after work … Continue reading →

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Fourth Tier Football Frolics

Posted on October 4, 2016 by tokyofox

Football is a game spanning the globe and is played at all levels with the likes of the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and erm, the J-League taking all the glory! Even though I am a fan of the current English champions I … Continue reading →

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Review: Films Set In Japan – The Sea Of Trees (2015)

Posted on October 1, 2016 by tokyofox

The infamous Aokigahara is at the centre of this fairly slow moving 110 minute film directed by Gus Van Sant. Located at the northwest base of Mount Fuji, this 35-square-kilometre forest has the nickname of Suicide Forest or Sea of Trees and … Continue reading →

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