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About tokyofox

A Leicester City fan teaching English in Japan

Our 5-Day Yaeyama Island Hopping Trip In Okinawa Prefecture

Posted on May 3, 2006 by tokyofox

One of the most over-used cliches when any event suffers from a downpour is that the rain didn’t dampen the spirits of the people. I thought this to be a load of b*llocks when Ai and I arrived in Ishigaki … Continue reading →

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Tropics Of Interest: Prelude To Our Okinawa Island Hopping Trip

Posted on May 2, 2006 by tokyofox

It may not ever get voted into the greatest movies of all time but one of my favourites is ‘The Karate Kid‘ (1984). Daniel-san’s mentor was of course Mr Miyagi who came from Okinawa (the character and not the late-actor … Continue reading →

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Moving Into The Digital Age

Posted on May 1, 2006 by tokyofox

All the photos that appear on this blog were only taken by my mobile phone camera. While this is fine for close up photos its not so good for views and more long distant shots. I therefore felt the urge … Continue reading →

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The Only ‘Gaijin’ In The Village

Posted on April 23, 2006 by tokyofox

Was watching the excellent BBC comedy ‘Little Britain‘ recently and in some way the Daffyd character reminded me of how many of us gaijin act in Japan. No I do not want to be the “only gay in the village” like … Continue reading →

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New Manager’s For Both Leicester & England

Posted on April 16, 2006 by tokyofox

Given that this blog is called Tokyo Fox (the Foxes is the nickname of my team for those not in the know) and has a tagline of ‘The Leicester City fan….” it is maybe a little strange that there has … Continue reading →

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Can’t Cook. Wont Cook!

Posted on April 14, 2006 by tokyofox

Due to space being very limited in Tokyo it may seem surprising to those of you haven’t ever been to Japan that people have a tendency to go out to eat. Nothing too different there but the fact that they … Continue reading →

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Talking Sh*t……

Posted on April 11, 2006 by tokyofox

Was listening to one of Ricky Gervais’ podcasts (the worlds number one podcast. Fact!) on my iPod on the way to work the other day and struggled to control myself when they were talking about being too embarrassed to buy … Continue reading →

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The Walk Of The Town!

Posted on April 9, 2006 by tokyofox

Think I’ve finally come to that point in my life where the pounds start to pile on and I can no longer survive on all the cr*ppy junk food I have been eating for most of my life. In light of this … Continue reading →

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C*ck A Load Of This – Kanamara Matsuri 2006

Posted on April 6, 2006 by tokyofox

Had one of those ‘only in Japan’ moments last Sunday afternoon when I went to Kanamara Shrine in Kawasaki for the “Festival of the Steel Phallus” celebrating fertility. I saw many pricks at the shrine but thats enough about the many gaijin that … Continue reading →

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All Work & Lots Of Play!

Posted on April 6, 2006 by tokyofox

The Japanese working day is ridiculously long compared to that in the west. The traditional nine to five working day is fairly unheard of and instead there is a ten till nine  day or something like that. Thats not to say … Continue reading →

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