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A Leicester City fan teaching English in Japan

On The Star Wars Promotional Trail In Tokyo Ahead Of The Release Of ‘The Rise Of Skywalker’

Posted on December 20, 2019 by tokyofox

#ForceFridayIII was the start of the journey towards ‘The Rise Of Skywalker‘ (2019) at the beginning of September and, after all kinds of promotional campaigns, that film was finally released today (December 20th) and Tokyo Fox was of course there … Continue reading →

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TF Top 19……Photos For 2019 (End Of Year Filler Post!)

Posted on December 17, 2019 by tokyofox

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

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TF Top 10……Filming Locations From Movies Made In The 2010s

Posted on December 14, 2019 by tokyofox

Movie locations have long been the bread and butter of this website. The stats reveal that the filming location posts get more hits than anything else and consistently continue to do so too! The decade with no snappy name (the … Continue reading →

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This Tropical Plant Dome In Tokyo Certainly Hits The Target!

Posted on December 11, 2019 by tokyofox

When I read something about this tropical plant dome at Halloween I really believed that it was my first time to know of the place. However, it seems I passed by it en-route to Dinosaur Bridge (a.k.a. Tokyo Gate Bridge) … Continue reading →

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TF Top 10……Films Set In Japan From The 2010s

Posted on December 8, 2019 by tokyofox

The standard of films “set” in Japan in the last ten years has overall been pretty poor and so ‘Cars 2‘ (2011), ‘47 Rōnin‘ (2013) and ‘Batman Ninja‘ (2018) all failed to make this list due to their low Tokyo … Continue reading →

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Interesting Japanese Playground Structures #23 – Octopus Slide

Posted on December 5, 2019 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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Star Wars Bright Christmas In Marunouchi

Posted on December 2, 2019 by tokyofox

  In recent years Star Wars has become a big part of the festive season with the releases of ‘The Force Awakens‘ (2015), ‘Rogue One‘ (2016) and ‘The Last Jedi‘ (2017) in mid-December. After a break last year, the third … Continue reading →

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Review: Films Set In Japan – Earthquake Bird (2019)

Posted on November 29, 2019 by tokyofox

This Netflix movie was released on the video-on-demand streaming service on November 15th and is based on the novel of the same name (2001) by British author Susanna Jones. It stars Swedish actress Alicia Vikander who’s done films in her native Swedish … Continue reading →

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Unique Monkey Temple In Tokyo (+ Other Primate-Related Locations Nearby!)

Posted on November 26, 2019 by tokyofox

After visiting the sandy-red monkey temple in Saitama it got me wondering if there was anything similar of note in Tokyo. It seemed there was and even better was the fact that it was a fairly short bike ride from … Continue reading →

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Australia Filming Locations #10 – The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)

Posted on November 23, 2019 by tokyofox

This funny feel-good movie sees a transexual and two drag queens go on a road trip across Australia in a silver-painted bus full of sequinned costumes, glitter, shoes and 70’s pop tunes. Bernadette/Ralph (Terence Stamp), Mitzi/Tick (Hugo Weaving), and Felicia/Adam (Guy Pearce) … Continue reading →

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