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About tokyofox

A Leicester City fan teaching English in Japan

Thailand 2016 Pt II: Dining Out In Bangkok

Posted on September 22, 2016 by tokyofox

  My taste for international food has certainly changed a lot since my initial trip to Bangkok in 2001 when I didn’t really eat any local food. The day after we got engaged in Myanmar in 2013, we arrived in … Continue reading →

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Thailand 2016 Pt I: World Cup Qualifying Game For Japan In Bangkok

Posted on September 19, 2016 by tokyofox

The road to Russia for World Cup 2018 has begun and Japan kicked off their AFC Qualifying round 3 Group B campaign with a couple of games recently. Following a shock, controversial home defeat to the UAE they then travelled … Continue reading →

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Hiroshima 2016 Pt II: Hijiyama Park & Lazy Days Aplenty!

Posted on September 16, 2016 by tokyofox

  In the wake of three very long and busy days in the vicinity of Okayama, most of my time in Hiroshima was just spent chilling at home with the family and watching the Olympics. Rock climbing at Mount Mikura-dake … Continue reading →

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Hiroshima 2016 Pt I: Rock Climbing At Mount Mikura-dake

Posted on September 13, 2016 by tokyofox

Much of Hiroshima prefecture consists of mountains leading towards bordering Shimane prefecture which is welcome news for my father-in-law and I as we both enjoy mountain climbing and so gives us an interest which we can share together. After just one … Continue reading →

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Omishima (Ehime) Filming Locations – The Wolverine (2013)

Posted on September 10, 2016 by tokyofox

Even before ‘The Wolverine‘ (2013) was released, I was tracking down some of the locations based solely on the trailer. Then, in 2014 I cycled the Wolverine trail of Tokyo and last year I went to Fukuyama and Tomonoura in Hiroshima-ken which … Continue reading →

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Cycling Around Omishima

Posted on September 7, 2016 by tokyofox

  The Seto Inland Sea is the body of water separating three of Japan’s four main islands. It serves as a waterway, connecting the Pacific Ocean to the Sea of Japan and there are some  3000 islands and islets dotted amidst this area stretching for over 400 kilometres. Apart from a couple … Continue reading →

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License To Thrill! – It’s The 007 Museum in Japan

Posted on September 4, 2016 by tokyofox

Feed a 007 fan the words ‘The Man With…‘ and most of them would probably finish that sentence off with the ‘…The Golden Gun‘ relating to the 1974 James Bond movie. Not those on the arty island of Naoshima though! Instead, they would probably complete … Continue reading →

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Okayama 2016 Pt V: Naoshima

Posted on September 1, 2016 by tokyofox

Japan is actually made up of over 6000 islands but only around 400 of them are inhabited with four major ones hosting the majority of the 127 million population. There’s always something exciting and a little exotic about going to islands and one island … Continue reading →

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On The Fox Trail……At Saijo-Inari Shrine (Okayama)

Posted on August 29, 2016 by tokyofox

This shrine didn’t feature in my Okayama guidebook and wasn’t high up the online lists of recommended places. However, I had read about Saijo-Inari Shrine in a book called ‘The Fox And The Jewel‘ by Karen A. Smyers which one lady very … Continue reading →

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Okayama 2016 Pt IV: Korakuen Gardens And Okayama-Jo Castle

Posted on August 26, 2016 by tokyofox

Three is the magic number in Japan when it comes to rating and numbering things. The Japanese like to categorise in three’s and one such example is the trio of most celebrated gardens. Okayama’s Korakuen Gardens are considered to be one … Continue reading →

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