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About tokyofox

A Leicester City fan teaching English in Japan

Meet The Parents!

Posted on June 7, 2006 by tokyofox

I am currently having to endure parents observations in my kids classes. I was relatively new to the job with my present company when this happened last year and it seemed to pass me by almost unnoticed which was maybe due … Continue reading →

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Food For Thought

Posted on June 4, 2006 by tokyofox

Its a fact that Asian people are far more obsessed by food than their European counterparts and it took me a while to realise when I got to Japan as I was so often asked about Japanese food by students … Continue reading →

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Show Me The Money!!!

Posted on June 2, 2006 by tokyofox

Despite being a vert technologically advanced nation it is maybe somewhat surprising that Japan hasn’t taken the use of credit cards to their hearts. It is still very much a cash based society which means that people carry large(ish) amounts … Continue reading →

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Sundays In Harajuku

Posted on May 30, 2006 by tokyofox

Thanks to Gwen Steffani many people who haven’t been to Tokyo may have heard of Harajuku due to a few references in a couple of her songs. This place is famed for its extreme teenage cultures and fashion styles with Takeshita Dori … Continue reading →

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A Supersonic Summer Music Festival

Posted on May 29, 2006 by tokyofox

Got my ticket for Summer Sonic ’06 the other day. This is a two-day festival where the line up alternates between Osaka and Tokyo over a weekend although technically the Tokyo leg is in neighbouring prefecture Chiba but given that Tokyo … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Daytripper: Tokyo Daibutsu In Shimo-Akatsuka

Posted on May 26, 2006 by tokyofox

When I came back from my Okinawa trip recently my students wanted to see my photos which resulted in me boring them with all the photos on my computer. One remarked that I must like Daibutsu as I had photos of … Continue reading →

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TF Film Review: The Da Vinci Code (2006)

Posted on May 24, 2006 by tokyofox

Found myself at the cinema yet again last Sunday for the opening weekend of the film adaptation of ‘The Da Vinci Code‘. This was a surprise in itself as I have never read the book and have to say that I have never … Continue reading →

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Doing It For The Kids

Posted on May 20, 2006 by tokyofox

Last Sunday I went to the Saitama Culture Centre in Minami- Urawa to play a part (albeit a very small minor one) in an English recital of ‘The Ugly Duckling‘, ‘Humpty Dumpty‘, ‘The Three Little Pigs‘ and ‘Do Re Mi“. However, this … Continue reading →

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Ian Roper R.I.P. 7/9/76 – 15/5/04

Posted on May 15, 2006 by tokyofox

It was exactly two years ago that I lost my great mate Ian Roper to cancer. When I heard the news I was obviously taken aback but not completely surprised. His cancer of the glands first came to my attention in the Summer of … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Daytripper: Nokogiri-Yama Mountain In Chiba

Posted on May 9, 2006 by tokyofox

  Venture about three hours south-east of Tokyo and you’ll come to a place called Nokogiri-Yama down in Chiba prefecture on the west of the Boso Peninsula. It’s taken me a while to get round to going to this place, which … Continue reading →

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