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About tokyofox

A Leicester City fan teaching English in Japan

TF Top 5……Rules That Japanese Break

Posted on October 26, 2013 by tokyofox

Japanese people are famed throughout the world for conforming to society and following rules to the letter of the law unlike in the west where such things result in many of us seeing how far we can bend or get … Continue reading →

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Review: Films Set In Japan – Lost In Translation (2003)

Posted on October 23, 2013 by tokyofox

This then is the moment I’ve not been looking forward to but the tenth anniversary of ‘Lost In Translation‘ seems to be a good time to give my take on a film which has caused me to have many different … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Daytripper: Hitachi Seaside Park, Ibaraki

Posted on October 20, 2013 by tokyofox

Whilst skimming my way through the latest articles on the excellent RocketNews24 website last month, one particular story stuck out under their typically over-long subject headers: ‘Do Not Adjust Your Monitor – Hitachi Seaside Park Really Looks Like This‘. It … Continue reading →

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“Hell On Wheels” – My Metropolis Magazine Article

Posted on October 17, 2013 by tokyofox

Of the many cycling themed tours of Tokyo I’ve done over the years I’d have to say that perhaps the most satisfying was last October’s ‘Cycling Tokyo’s Most Haunted Sights…In One Day’ trip. It wasn’t so much for the actual … Continue reading →

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Dining Out: The Hooters Tokyo Crawl

Posted on October 14, 2013 by tokyofox

With my American friend Ethan back in town for a brief visit recently, we met up in a sophisticated and upmarket part of Tokyo for a spot of lunch one afternoon with that restaurant being…….Hooters Ginza!!   For anyone who … Continue reading →

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6 Movies ‘Set’ In Japan But Filmed Elsewhere

Posted on October 11, 2013 by tokyofox

Unlike other Asian countries, foreign production companies usually remain faithful to Japan by actually filming on location when need be but there are of course times when other places are used to fill in for the country. One of the … Continue reading →

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TF Flashback: Enjoying The Slow Pace of Life On The Island That Aptly Looks Like A Snail (2004)

Posted on October 7, 2013 by tokyofox

The beautiful snail-shaped island of Yoron-jima is very close to Okinawa but in fact belongs to Kagoshima prefecture and lies just 25km north of Japan’s hottest climate area. Back in October 2004 (12th-15th) I visited the island via transit in … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Filming Locations On Google Maps…Finally!!

Posted on October 4, 2013 by tokyofox

Since first starting the Tokyo Filming Locations part of this blog in 2009 it has grown into a pretty sizeable piece of work leading to some readers enquiring about whether I had a map detailing whereabouts each and every site … Continue reading →

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Townsend Harris & Zenpuku-ji Temple

Posted on September 30, 2013 by tokyofox

Back in June last year I reviewed the rather poor 1958 film ‘The Barbarian & The Geisha‘ as part of the Films Set In Japan feature on this site. The main man in that film was Townsend Harris played by a … Continue reading →

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The “5th” Tennis Grand Slam of The Year Took Place In Tokyo & I Was There!

Posted on September 27, 2013 by tokyofox

Tennis is a bit of a strange sport in this country. So many people say they play it and courts always being booked up seems to prove that. Many of my students profess to being interested in the game yet … Continue reading →

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