Monthly Archives: August 2019

Australia Filming Locations #8 – Superman Returns (2006)

Posted on August 30, 2019 by

The number of international films to have been made in Australia is fairly limited so it is quite surprising that two of those movies have used the same location in Sydney and I’m not talking about famous landmarks like the … Continue reading →

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Warming Up For Tokyo 2020 Cycling With A Trip To See Some Local Keirin Action

Posted on August 27, 2019 by

  When it comes to Olympic sports, Japan has given the world judo and keirin. Everyone knows of the former but the latter one is still something of an unknown quantity to many regarding its origins. It was developed in … Continue reading →

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Dining Out: A Long, Long Row Of 30+ Retro Vending Machines In The Middle Of Nowhere

Posted on August 24, 2019 by

  You’d maybe expect to find such a long row of vending machines in a busy urban place but this collection of retro machines is actually located in the middle of nowhere. It is also located next to a used … Continue reading →

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Time To Jump On The Women’s Football Bandwagon For A New Experience!

Posted on August 21, 2019 by

  Like many people in this country, I have only really followed the fortunes of Nadeshiko Japan (the women’s national football team) team since they triumphed over the USA on penalties in the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup Final. Winning … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Daytripper: Purple Noodles, A Tunnel Of Stunning Wooden Ema & More Unique-Faced Statues In Kawagoe

Posted on August 18, 2019 by

Known as Little Edo, Kawagoe in Saitama Prefecture is a place I’ve been to on many occasions and it has featured on Tokyo Fox a few times albeit in some quite poorly written blog posts from a long, long time … Continue reading →

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34 Degrees Celsius! Not Ideal Weather For Cycling To Kawagoe (& Back!) But That Is What I Did!

Posted on August 15, 2019 by

  July was a terrible month in terms of the weather with rain pretty much every day but it certainly warmed up towards the end of the month. It was a scorcher on the day I decided to do this … Continue reading →

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Return To Sendai…But This Time To See A Live Match & Not Just The Stadium!

Posted on August 12, 2019 by

On my first trip to Sendai a few years ago I actually went to check out the Yurtec Stadium early morning whilst my wife had a lie-in. I vowed that I’d return one day to actually see a game featuring … Continue reading →

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The Star Wars Identities Interactive Exhibition Has Arrived In Tokyo

Posted on August 9, 2019 by

  A few months ago I heard that this interactive exhibition was coming to Tokyo and I was immediately excited without knowing too much about it. That was until I saw the price! It was over 3000 yen which is … Continue reading →

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Review: Films Set In Japan – The Teahouse Of The August Moon (1956)

Posted on August 6, 2019 by

“All moons are good but an August moon is a little older and a little wiser” So that’s what the latter part of the title was all about then! For many, many years I’ve been aware of this film but I … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Daytripper: A Shrine Dedicated To Feet & The Last Remnant Of A Former Haunted House In Gunma

Posted on August 3, 2019 by

It was quite apt that I visited this shrine as I was suffering with a painful foot injury not that the walk to and from it will have helped at all! Those of a squeamish nature should probably skip ahead … Continue reading →

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