Category Archives: Action & Adventure

I-Podge!!

Posted on September 26, 2006 by tokyofox

This is the follow up to the ‘A Lot of dieting is wishful shrinking’ article which I wrote a couple of months back and the title refers to ‘The Sun’s’ headline when the comedian Ricky Gervais was papped running with his … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Daytripper: Almost Non-Stop Queueing At Fuji-Q Highland

Posted on August 13, 2006 by tokyofox

On Thursday I went to Fuji-Q Highland which is in the foreground of Mount Fuji. Having had to sit apart from my old N*va mate Ethan on the bus (Asif arrived only a few minutes before our bus left and subsequently … 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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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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I Feel The Earth Move!

Posted on March 30, 2006 by tokyofox

I have always liked a sense of danger whether it be going snowboarding down the steepest of slopes, skydiving from 12,000 feet or doing three bungy jumps in one day including one from a ridiculously high 134metres. Anyway, thats enough … Continue reading →

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Hakuba Re-Visited Again & That’s Snow-Joke!!

Posted on March 24, 2006 by tokyofox

The downside of my job is that I have to do 13 extra days cover work a year on top of my normal shift but the positive points are that I get so many more holidays than I did during my year with … Continue reading →

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Another Day On The Piste!

Posted on March 14, 2006 by tokyofox

Got back late Sunday night from another 24 hour round trip to Hakuba in Nagano (more than a few hours north of Tokyo for those not in the know) where I went snowboarding. Leaving Shinjuku at 11pm on Saturday night our bus arrived … Continue reading →

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No Longer The Pod One Out!

Posted on March 11, 2006 by tokyofox

They are only a few inches long yet give pleasure to so many. No I am not talking about the male anatomy!! In fact I am referring to iPods as I have finally jumped on this bandwagon by buying the iPod nano … Continue reading →

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