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About tokyofox

A Leicester City fan teaching English in Japan

My Toughest Cycling Challenge Yet…& That Is Snow Joke!

Posted on February 13, 2024 by tokyofox

Watching the evening or morning weather forecast is such an important part of daily life for Japanese people (as indeed it is for many other nationalities around the world) who subsequently plan their day accordingly. It’s something of an obsession. … Continue reading →

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Alphabet Dating In Japan With My Wife Who Really Was Still Completely Unaware Of The Task At Hand! (S03E06: Review)

Posted on February 9, 2024 by tokyofox

  The third and final season of this dating challenge wrapped late last year in December after about 12 months of working our way through the alphabet. This series is one that probably looks quite fun and exciting from the … Continue reading →

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The Search For One Of Japan’s Most Mysterious & Controversial Heritage Museums

Posted on February 5, 2024 by tokyofox

Late last Summer I received an e-mail from a reader of this site who had seen a lot of my posts about sights in the Izu area of Shizuoka Prefecture. He wanted information on a very interesting heritage museum I’d … Continue reading →

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Going Full Throttle In The Pursuit Of Money At This Only-In-Japan Motor-Sport

Posted on February 1, 2024 by tokyofox

In the wake of attending 20+ different sports in 2023, pretty much every upcoming event gets promoted on my social media or directly in my inbox. I recently caught sight of a motor-cycle event in Saitama Prefecture taking place over … Continue reading →

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Dining Out: The Wonderfully Coloured Gyoza Dumplings Which Are More Than Just A Gimmick

Posted on January 28, 2024 by tokyofox

Compared to the western world, Japan is still very much a land of meat and fish eaters. It is a huge part of their culture and it’s hard to see it changing anytime soon, if ever! However, with the vast … Continue reading →

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What The Cinder Cone Mount Omuro Looks Like In Winter + 2 Trips To Ippeki Lake

Posted on January 24, 2024 by tokyofox

The east coast of Izu Peninsula is one that I have explored in great detail during numerous visits to the area over the last seven years or so. There are many great places but if I had to pick just … Continue reading →

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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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