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A Leicester City fan teaching English in Japan

TF Flashback: Bourne & 007 Trails Plus The Majestic Blue City In Morocco (2010)

Posted on February 12, 2025 by tokyofox

Having been in northern Africa four months earlier I guess I wasn’t expecting to return there so soon after especially when based in Japan! However, just a few months after my once-in-a-lifetime trip to Tunisia I was planning a short … Continue reading →

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We Had A Zoo-perb Day Out Getting Up Close With Many Cute Animals At This Place!

Posted on February 8, 2025 by tokyofox

The subject of zoos is one that can be extremely divisive at times. Many are critical of them for turning animals into a sideshow rather than being free to live their lives naturally in the wild. Putting animals in cages … Continue reading →

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TF Top 12……Football Match Day Experiences In 2024 (Part 3)

Posted on February 4, 2025 by tokyofox

This third and final compilation of the year is a bumper edition featuring 12 matches (rather than the usual 10!) at a total of 10 different grounds in four prefectures including a few I’d never watched football at before. A … Continue reading →

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20 Hours In Oita: A Samurai District, An Iconic Tower, Modern Architecture, A Taste of America & A Few Quirky Sights!

Posted on February 1, 2025 by tokyofox

Of the 47 prefectures in Japan I have now been to 41 of them with the most recent new addition being Oita in the north-eastern part of Kyushu; Japan’s most southerly main island. I’m sure I’ll vist them all eventually … Continue reading →

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3 Buildings In Japan That Look Like Trains

Posted on January 28, 2025 by tokyofox

There are a great number of train fanatics in Japan who have a passion for all kinds of things whether it be stations, platforms, rails, signs, sounds, ekiben (regional lunchbox sets sold at stations) or just the trains themselves. As … Continue reading →

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TF Top 10……Rugby Match Experiences of 2024

Posted on January 24, 2025 by tokyofox

2024 was a bumper year for watching rugby by my standards as I attended twice as many  matches as I’ve ever seen in any previous year. More importantly, it now gives me the opportunity for my first ever top 10 … Continue reading →

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A Family Trip To The Kyoto Temple Which Featured In ‘Lost In Translation’ For About 3 Seconds!

Posted on January 20, 2025 by tokyofox

The Tokyo locations rightly get all the acclaim and attention in ‘Lost In Translation‘ (2003) but it is often forgotten that Kyoto also features for a short time as Charlotte (Scarlett Johanson) visits a temple and a shrine on her … Continue reading →

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Unstaffed Stations Of Japan #19 – Igaya

Posted on January 16, 2025 by tokyofox

Think of train stations in Japan and the mighty Shinjuku station is sure to come to mind for many people. That is the world’s busiest train station, and Japan monopolises the top 50 list with only five of them not in … Continue reading →

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The Train Station Designed To Resemble Japan’s Most Famous Folkloric Creature!

Posted on January 12, 2025 by tokyofox

With a yellow beak like that I first thought this quirky station building in Japan was designed to look like a duck or maybe a penguin but it seems my powers of observation on this occasion were wide of the … Continue reading →

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TF Flashback: My One & Only Time In Spain (2010)

Posted on January 8, 2025 by tokyofox

For many British people, going on holiday to Spain is very much a common occurrence but my family just never went there when I was a kid, and I have still only visited the country once. That happened 15 years … Continue reading →

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