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A Leicester City fan teaching English in Japan

I Had A Golden Time At This Athletics Event In Yokohama

Posted on May 24, 2023 by tokyofox

Athletics in my home country of the UK was very much in its golden period when I was growing up in the 1980s, and it was popular on TV at a time when many different sports got fairly equal … Continue reading →

Posted in Sport | Tagged Athletics event Japan, Fred Kerley in Japan, Kikuna walk to Nissan Stadium, Nissan Stadium, Seiko Golden Grand Prix Athletics 2023, track & field event Japan, World Athletics Continental Tour, Yokohama | 9 Comments

The Goddess Statue Watching Over This Coastal Area

Posted on May 21, 2023 by tokyofox

Anyone who has ever taken a train to or past Ofuna in Kanagawa Prefecture will have proabably noticed the giant 25 metre-tall white goddess statue looming in the mountains just behind the station. It is not alone though as I … Continue reading →

Posted in Japan Travel, Quirky Japan | Tagged Hayakawa station, JR Tokaido Line, kannon statue, Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka, Nebukawa Station, Odawara, things to do in Kanagawa, Tozen-in Gyoran Daikannon, white goddess | 5 Comments

TF Flashback: Time To Revisit Thailand To Travel Around Phuket, Bangkok & Ayutthaya

Posted on May 18, 2023 by tokyofox

This trip to Thailand really helped to reinvent my impression of a country I hadn’t given much of a chance on a brief trip to Bangkok en-route to Australia in 2001. On that occasion I just wanted to get to … Continue reading →

Posted in Asia Travel | Tagged Ayutthaya, day trips from bangkok, James Bond island, lingam shrine, monkey beach, on on hotel, Patong, Phi Phi Island, Phuket filming locations, wakeboarding | 3 Comments

Jumping On The Baseball Bandwagon In Japan (& Then Jumping Right Off It Again!)

Posted on May 15, 2023 by tokyofox

If you live outside of Japan or the USA then you may not be aware that the former beat the latter back in March to win the World Baseball Classic (WBC) thanks in particular to star player Shohei Otani who … Continue reading →

Posted in Sport | Tagged chunichi dragons, Hiroshima Carp, Meiji Jingu Stadium, mr baseball, Tokyo Dome, tokyo dome city, Tokyo Giants, watch baseball in Tokyo, Yakult Swallows | 13 Comments

Alphabet Dating In Japan With My Wife Who Was Still Completely Unaware Of The Task At Hand! (S02E04 P-T)

Posted on May 12, 2023 by tokyofox

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

Posted in Food & Drink, Quirky Japan | Tagged alphabet dating, mipig cafe Harajuku, Pig Cafe Tokyo, Queen's Square Yokohama, Roast Beef Ohno Harajuku, roast beef restaurant Harajuku, Shakuji-gawa River, Shakuji-koen Park, Tokorozawa Sakura Town | 8 Comments

I went To The Champions League Final! No, Not The UEFA One But The Asian One!

Posted on May 8, 2023 by tokyofox

The epic 2022 Asian Champions League (ACL) concluded in Saitama on Saturday evening, 424 days after it first started early last year with bubble matches in neutral stadia and no fans present. It was a different story last weekend though … Continue reading →

Posted in Sport | Tagged ACL Final 2022, Al Hilal Saudi Arabia, Asian Champions League, saitama stadium 2002, things to do in Saitama, Urawa Red Diamonds, urawa reds, Yuki Abe | 7 Comments

Unstaffed Stations of Japan #13 – Daishimae (a.k.a Japan’s Busiest Unstaffed Station)

Posted on May 6, 2023 by tokyofox

Think of train stations in Japan and the mighty Shinjuku station is sure to come to mind for many people. That is the world’s busiest train station, and Japan monopolises the top 50 list with only five of them not in … Continue reading →

Posted in Japan Travel, Quirky Japan | Tagged @Networker_365, Adachi-ku, Daishimae, Japan's busiest unstaffed station, Nishiarai, Tobu Daishi Line, Tokyo unstaffed station, unmanned stations Japan, unstaffed stations Japan | 11 Comments

Star Wars & Beyond: The Music Of John Williams Live In Concert

Posted on May 3, 2023 by tokyofox

It is often said that the soundtrack for a film is its oxygen, and nowhere is that more apparant than in Star Wars. John Williams was of course the man responsible for composing the scores for the nine Skywalker movies … Continue reading →

Posted in Films, Music, Star Wars | Tagged John Williams, Keitaro Harada, Star Wars and Beyond, star wars in concert, Suntory Hall, The ForceCast, The Magic of John Williams, The music of John Williams, tokyo philharmonic orchestra | 4 Comments

Interesting Japanese Playground Structures #40 – Egypt Park

Posted on April 30, 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 →

Posted in Quirky Japan | Tagged 2-9-6 Kita, Egypt Park Japan, Great Sphinx of Giza, Interesting playground structures, Katori, Sawara, Sawara Station, Sphinx of Chiba, Wanpaku Park | 14 Comments

This Unique Fish Shrine Is A Great Plaice To Visit

Posted on April 27, 2023 by tokyofox

From time to time one needs to trout themselves to a day out so earlier this year I went to one of Tokyo’s neighbouring prefectures. It was a ridiculously early start as I left home just after 5:00 am and took … Continue reading →

Posted in Japan Travel, Quirky Japan | Tagged Cape Nagasaki Ichinoshima lighthouse, Chobokuri Inari Shrine, Choshi, Choshi Electric Railway, fish shrine Japan, Pacific Ocean, sea bream shrine, things to do in chiba, Tokawa station | 5 Comments

Author Archives: tokyofox

About tokyofox

I Had A Golden Time At This Athletics Event In Yokohama

The Goddess Statue Watching Over This Coastal Area

TF Flashback: Time To Revisit Thailand To Travel Around Phuket, Bangkok & Ayutthaya

Jumping On The Baseball Bandwagon In Japan (& Then Jumping Right Off It Again!)

Alphabet Dating In Japan With My Wife Who Was Still Completely Unaware Of The Task At Hand! (S02E04 P-T)

I went To The Champions League Final! No, Not The UEFA One But The Asian One!

Unstaffed Stations of Japan #13 – Daishimae (a.k.a Japan’s Busiest Unstaffed Station)

Star Wars & Beyond: The Music Of John Williams Live In Concert

Interesting Japanese Playground Structures #40 – Egypt Park

This Unique Fish Shrine Is A Great Plaice To Visit

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