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About tokyofox

A Leicester City fan teaching English in Japan

Grampus Eight Up My Appetite For Any More J-League Football!

Posted on November 20, 2007 by tokyofox

This site has the tagline of ‘the Leicester fan in Japan’ but rarely mentions anything to do with the team I’m exiled from. That’s not really going to change in this article but there are two vague references! The inaugural … Continue reading →

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Beijing 2007 Pt III – Back To Square One!

Posted on November 15, 2007 by tokyofox

My second full day was to be my most busy day, and it began by rising at 6:30 am once again. I walked across Tiananmen Square once more and through the Gate Of Heavenly Peace from which the famous portrait … Continue reading →

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Beijing 2007 Pt II – I Must Have Been Quackers To Eat Some Of This Food!

Posted on November 13, 2007 by tokyofox

After about an hour wait I finally got my first taste of Peking Duck (Well it had to be done didn’t it?!) at Beijing DaDong Roast Duck Restaurant near my hostel. It was really delicious and I ordered a feast … Continue reading →

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Beijing 2007 Pt I – The Great Wall: In Spitting Distance Of The City!

Posted on November 11, 2007 by tokyofox

Less than 60 minutes sleep and defeat in the Rugby World Cup Final for England wasn’t the ideal way to start my China trip but at the final whistle I went to the Airport for my morning flight to Beijing … Continue reading →

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Back To Civilisation

Posted on November 11, 2007 by tokyofox

After five and a half weeks i am so happy to be back on-line properly. Sure, I have been using my house computer a fair bit but that’s really cr*p and slow and just not so convenient to use. I was … Continue reading →

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A ‘Grate’ Barbeque Party!

Posted on November 8, 2007 by tokyofox

My school had its rescheduled BBQ Party in Futako-Shinchi on the 7th of October after rain had stopped play the previous week. There were many groups of people out enjoying the Autumn sunshine in our location next to the river. … Continue reading →

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The Simpsons In Japan: A Lesson On Stereotypes

Posted on October 13, 2007 by tokyofox

At the start of the year I was googling to find out the name of a Simpsons episode when I came across a lesson plan involving the dysfunctional family. Eight months later and I finally got round to doing a special lesson based … Continue reading →

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Wakeboarding In The City

Posted on October 1, 2007 by tokyofox

Move over Jack Osbourne because there’s a new adrenalin junkie in town and its me!! A couple of weeks ago it was bungy jumping and on September 23rd it was wake-boarding on the Edo River near Ichikawa on the Tokyo-Chiba border. For the … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Daytripper: Big Weekender Pt III – Yomiuriland & Bungy Jump #4

Posted on September 24, 2007 by tokyofox

I hooked up again with Ethan on Sunday 16th September to complete my big weekend of activities. This time it was Yomiuriland and getting from the train station to the amusement park was interesting in itself as we had to take a cable car … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Daytripper: Big Weekender Pt II – Mount Takao

Posted on September 20, 2007 by tokyofox

When a colleague asked me a fortnight ago if I wanted to go up Mount Takao for a nomihodai (all-you-can-drink) session I didn’t think too much of it but as the morning of the event neared last Saturday I began to think that … Continue reading →

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