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About tokyofox

A Leicester City fan teaching English in Japan

TF Top 9……Filming Location Trips For 2009

Posted on December 31, 2009 by tokyofox

1. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, 1977 (More details here & here)    2. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, 1999 (More details here, here & here)    3. Roman Holiday, 1953 (More details here)    4. You Only Live Twice, 1967 (More … Continue reading →

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Christmas 2009 – The Eurostar Fiasco

Posted on December 29, 2009 by tokyofox

The potential of BA going on strike over the festive period wasn’t the end of my troubles as a day after it was ruled to be illegal there was the heavy snow in Europe which really buggered up the Eurostar … Continue reading →

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Christmas 2009 – The BA Fiasco

Posted on December 23, 2009 by tokyofox

It was late at night in Japan on Monday 14th when I heard the news that British Airways (BA) cabin crew were planning to go on strike at, for what me and many of my colleagues, was the worst possible … Continue reading →

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Christmas 2009 – The Lessons

Posted on December 20, 2009 by tokyofox

Given that they don’t celebrate it or really care about it I decided to almost bypass any Christmas chat with adult students this year. Instead, I did a Christmas song with many students (gap-fill or lyrical jigsaw listening exercises) and … Continue reading →

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Christmas 2009 – The Party

Posted on December 18, 2009 by tokyofox

Shinjuku played host to my company’s Christmas party last Saturday night which was attended by around 100 students from about five schools. A couple of jumbo sized gin and tonic’s beforehand maybe wasn’t the best preparation as I was buzzing on arrival … Continue reading →

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My First Ever Video Is Up On YouTube!

Posted on December 15, 2009 by tokyofox

It took me a fair while to get round to making it but at the end of November I finally finished my Star Wars Tunisia filming locations video and got it up on YouTube for the world to see! It’s … Continue reading →

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Narimasu Exit And Re-Entry

Posted on December 8, 2009 by tokyofox

At the end of September I not only left Tokiwadai school but I also departed from Narimasu school having been there since January 2006. I didn’t really want to leave but changes in the school districts meant I had no … Continue reading →

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BBC Four Japan Season

Posted on November 20, 2009 by tokyofox

As part of the BBC4 Japan season earlier this year there were a series of documentary’s on the land of the rising sun. I finally got round to watching the last of these the other day, Great Railway Journeys: Tokyo … Continue reading →

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TF Film Review: This Is It (2009)

Posted on November 15, 2009 by tokyofox

I think I was first really aware of Michael Jackson around the time of the release of ‘Bad‘ in 1987 and it was actually the family hairdresser who gave us copies of that album as well as Thriller and Off … Continue reading →

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LBH T-Shirt – A Design For A Lifer!

Posted on November 7, 2009 by tokyofox

Before I came to Japan all those years ago I was well aware that certain washed-up actors, singers and so on from back home were big in Japan. However, I wasn’t aware that the same applied to your typical average … Continue reading →

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