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About tokyofox

A Leicester City fan teaching English in Japan

12 Hours In Chiba: A Quaint Rural Train Line, A Unique Fish Shrine, A Lighthouse, A River City, A Dangletrain & A Great Sphinx!!

Posted on January 20, 2024 by tokyofox

  Usually these complete travel posts comprise activities and sights done and seen over a few days but this one to Chiba at the start of last year was just one exhaustingly long day trip. It spawned a fair few … Continue reading →

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Alphabet Dating In Japan With My Wife Who Really Was Still Completely Unaware Of The Task At Hand! (S03E05: U-Z)

Posted on January 16, 2024 by tokyofox

  Seasons one and two (as well as the prequel season zero) of alphabet dating certainly pushed the boundaries of what a “date” is, and that continues in season three with even more tenuous examples for each letter of the … Continue reading →

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Return To The Tokyo Piglet Cafe Which Made My Family Squeal With Delight This Time

Posted on January 12, 2024 by tokyofox

When my wife and I went to this pig cafe in November 2022 (the post wasn’t released until April 2023!) I didn’t really envisage going back anytime soon after. Not because it was awful or anything. In fact it was … Continue reading →

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I Watched 15 Sports In Japan For The First Time In 2023

Posted on January 8, 2024 by tokyofox

Growing up in the UK in the 1980s as a British sports fan was a very different time. Sport on TV was fairly limited and indeed people sat down on Saturday afternoons to watch whatever Grandstand (BBC TV) and World … Continue reading →

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My Eldest Sister’s Family Came To Japan & Spent Christmas At Our Place

Posted on January 4, 2024 by tokyofox

When my eldest sister mailed me back in the summer saying she was thinking of coming to Japan in December I didn’t quite believe it as I had just never considered the idea of any family member actually coming to … Continue reading →

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TF Top 20……Tokyo Fox Hits Of 2023

Posted on January 1, 2024 by tokyofox

  So 2024 has only just begun and already Tokyo Fox is looking back!! For just over a decade now there have been exactly ten new posts on here each and every month and these are the twenty from 2023 … Continue reading →

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TF Top 23……Photos For 2023 (End Of Year Filler Post!)

Posted on December 29, 2023 by tokyofox

  This lame and lazy half-assed compilation post idea was ushered in at the end of 2018 with an eye on permanently replacing the ‘TF Top 10……Filming Location Trips For (year)’ series which has been running out of steam over … Continue reading →

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Countdown to Christmas 2023 in Tokyo

Posted on December 26, 2023 by tokyofox

  As much as I have got (back) into celebrating Christmas in recent years, the number of  festive films, songs, jumpers and so on really cannot make up for being surrounded by family and friends. I can’t say I ever … Continue reading →

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TF Flashback: A Short But Eventful Time In Myanmar At Christmas (2013)

Posted on December 23, 2023 by tokyofox

The original idea was for us to spend about a week in Myanmar but things didn’t quite go to plan and so we ended up just spending a couple of nights there. We probably spent more time sorting out our … Continue reading →

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Interesting Japanese Playground Structures #42 – Panda Slide

Posted on December 21, 2023 by tokyofox

Many of the parks and children’s playgrounds in Japan, particularly in Tokyo, are quite poor compared to other countries in terms of space, surroundings and a lack of grass. However, a handful of them do tend to possess extremely creative structures … Continue reading →

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