Category Archives: Quirky Japan

Dining Out: All-You-Can-Eat Fermented Soy Beans Restaurant In Tokyo

Posted on May 6, 2021 by tokyofox

“It’s a bit Marmite” is a metaphor which is often used in the UK for food items, TV shows or people that really polarise opinion. The equivalent in Japan would have to be natto (fermented soy beans) which is very … Continue reading →

Posted in Food & Drink, Quirky Japan | Tagged all-you-can-eat natto, fermented soy beans, food challenge, Ikejiri Ohashi, natto donuts Tokyo, natto vending machine, Sendai-ya, Setagaya-ku, weird vending machine Japan | 2 Comments

Interesting Japanese Playground Structures #33 – Hippo Park

Posted on April 21, 2021 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 2-22-4 Higashinippori, animal slides Japan, Arakawa-Itchumae, Hibiya Line, Hippo Park, Interesting playground structures, Minowa, sights along arakawa line, toden arakawa line | 17 Comments

Get Up Close With A Nakagin Capsule Tower Block Prototype At This Museum Just North Of Tokyo

Posted on April 8, 2021 by tokyofox

Built in 1972 as a monument to a promised ideal that never came to fruition, the Nakagin Capsule Tower (8-10-6 Ginza, Chūō-ku) continues to be popular with photographers wanting to capture it’s unique architecture. The building is basically two towers … Continue reading →

Posted in Quirky Japan | Tagged Brisbane Street, capsule tower prototype, Kita Urawa Station, MOMAS, Museum of Modern Art Saitama, nakagin capsule tower, Nakagin Capsule Tower Building Preservation and Regeneration Project, the wolverine filming locations, things to do in Saitama | 4 Comments

Dark Tourist (Japan Special) Vol. 03

Posted on April 2, 2021 by tokyofox

The 2018 Netflix series ‘Dark Tourist‘ featured New Zealand journalist David Farrier visiting eight different countries (including Japan) on a mission to visit all manner of places relating to humans suffering in some sort of way whether it be victims of … Continue reading →

Posted in Japan Travel, Quirky Japan | Tagged 2698 Itakura, レークサイド一碧荘, Dark Tourist, Itakuracho Central Community Center, Itakuratoyodai-Mae Station, Lake Ippeki-ko, Port of Kobe Earthquake Memorial Park, yasukuni shrine tokyo, Yushukan Museum | 4 Comments

Tokyo Modern Architecture #8

Posted on March 30, 2021 by tokyofox

For all its good points, Tokyo ain’t half one ugly looking city with buildings pretty much erected (and pulled down) willy nilly without any thought to the environment around it. However, amid all the chaos of such a concrete jungle … Continue reading →

Posted in Quirky Japan | Tagged De Beers Jewellers Tokyo, Ginza architecture, Korea Center Yotsuya, Mikimoto Ginza Main Store, Nicolas G. Hayek Center, SunnyHills Minami Aoyama Store, tokyo modern architecture, tokyo modern architecture addresses, Tokyu Plaza Ginza, Tower House | 12 Comments

Interesting Japanese Playground Structures #32 – Dinosaur Space

Posted on March 8, 2021 by tokyofox

Posted in Quirky Japan | Tagged chair lift Mount Komuro, Dinosaur Park, Dinosaur Space, Interesting playground structures, izukyuko line, Kawana Station, Komuroyama Park, things to do in izu, things to do in shizuoka | 24 Comments

15 Years Of Tokyo Fox: The Posts With The “Least” Hits For Each Year

Posted on February 27, 2021 by tokyofox

Fifteen years! How the hell did that happen!! There’s not much more to say than what I wrote in my ‘10 Years of Tokyo Fox‘ post five years ago about how it all began and the journey so far. Instead … Continue reading →

Posted in Action & Adventure, Africa Travel, Food & Drink, Japan Life, Japan Travel, Quirky Japan, Tokyo Daytripper: | Tagged African Festival Yokohama, Gensobo-ji temple, Hagi, hakuba, hiking in Sandankyo, Japanese funerals, Nasu Miroku Daikannon, Russian cathedral Tokyo, teenage mutant ninja turtles III japan, tesol, Things to do in Nagato, tokyo fox, water towers Sakura | 6 Comments

The A-Z Of Tokyo Fox Celebrating 15 Years of Blogging (Part 2)

Posted on February 23, 2021 by tokyofox

15 years of Tokyo Fox! Who’d have thought that would happen?! Not I! It began in February 2006 as a fun pun-based place to keep an online journal to let friends and family back home know what things were … Continue reading →