Category Archives: Cycling

TF Top 10……Tokyo Themed Cycling Rides

Posted on September 30, 2014 by tokyofox

With Autumn finally here after a long hot and humid Summer it’s time to get on your bike again and work up a sweat without being completely drenched in it as happens in the overly hot and humid Summer months … Continue reading →

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Cycling The Godzilla Tokyo Trail…In One Day!

Posted on July 26, 2014 by tokyofox

Following on from my Wolverine cycling trip, and with not too many other themed cycling ideas coming forth, I began to think about other filming location based rides. There was a clear winner which stamped all over the rest like no … Continue reading →

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On The Trail Of John Rain (雨) Part VI – Tokyo

Posted on June 4, 2014 by tokyofox

The hugely successful re-boots of both the Batman and 007 film series’ back in the middle of the last decade showed that their was a great thirst for such things and so the John Rain series’ of books has followed … Continue reading →

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Cycling The Wolverine Tokyo Trail…In One Day!

Posted on April 11, 2014 by tokyofox

The idea of this cycling venture then was to ride the route (supposedly) taken in ‘The Wolverine‘ (2013) which tends to zig-zag its way across the capital without too much respect for distance and time. For Tokyo residents the geography in … Continue reading →

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“Hell On Wheels” – My Metropolis Magazine Article

Posted on October 17, 2013 by tokyofox

Of the many cycling themed tours of Tokyo I’ve done over the years I’d have to say that perhaps the most satisfying was last October’s ‘Cycling Tokyo’s Most Haunted Sights…In One Day’ trip. It wasn’t so much for the actual … Continue reading →

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Cycling To Tsukuda And Back (Almost!)

Posted on February 18, 2013 by tokyofox

On a bitterly cold and extremely windy February morning it would have been so easy for me to just take the Yurakucho line directly all the way to Tsukishima station but having the bicycle gives me the freedom to roam … Continue reading →

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Cycling Tokyo’s Gourmet Snack Track Trail…In One Day!

Posted on November 29, 2012 by tokyofox

The idea of this came up back in May when I was discussing my ‘ten shrines of Tokyo‘ bicycle tour with Asif but it took until October 19th for it to finally take off as we could never find a … Continue reading →

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Cycling Tokyo’s Most Haunted Sights…In One Day Pt II

Posted on October 16, 2012 by tokyofox

You can read ‘Cycling Tokyo’s Most Haunted Sights…In One Day Pt I’ here 7) Masakado’s Grave – Tucked away between a couple of large buildings in Otemachi (1-2-1 Otemachi in Chiyoda-ku to be exact) this is the grave for Taira … Continue reading →

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Cycling Tokyo’s Most Haunted Sights…In One Day Pt I

Posted on October 13, 2012 by tokyofox

“Japan is a safety country” is a common phrase uttered by students and grammatical errors aside it is fairly true regarding the people but not so valid given the high amount of earthquakes, typhoons and other natural phenomena. On top … Continue reading →

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Cycling Down Memory Lane

Posted on August 7, 2012 by tokyofox

As a man who likes to combine bicycle rides with photographic journeys I borrowed my dad’s bike way back on Boxing Day morning last year and went on a trip around my hometown of Market Harborough to re-visit all the … Continue reading →

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