Category Archives: Quirky Japan

Edo Nagashibina 2011

Posted on March 3, 2011 by tokyofox

March 3rd is Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival) in Japan which is a day celebrating girls’ health and happiness. Some Japanese people have dressed up their dolls (not your ‘barbie’ type of doll by the way!) this last week and put … Continue reading →

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Hadaka Matsuri – The (Semi) Naked Man Mud Festival!

Posted on February 26, 2011 by tokyofox

This mud festival took place yesterday (Feb 25th) at Mimusubi Shrine in Yotsukaido over in Chiba prefecture which was about a 90 minute train ride away. Alongside the penis festival (a.k.a. kana matsuri) and nakizumo festival (sumo wrestlers making babies … Continue reading →

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Mannekin Pis In Tokyo!

Posted on February 24, 2011 by tokyofox

Whilst looking up the name of the little pissing boy statue for my Brussels blog entry I was quite surprised to discover that there is actually one here in Tokyo. It’s on the platform of Hamamatsucho station on the JR … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Fox (東京狐) Is 5 Years Old Today!

Posted on February 20, 2011 by tokyofox

Who would have thought it but this site has made it to its 5th birthday! There will be no big feature here though about the ups and downs or the best moments over the last half decade. Instead I will just … Continue reading →

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A Spiritual And Physical Challenge

Posted on August 15, 2010 by tokyofox

A few years ago I saw the second season of Jack Osbourne’s Adrenaline Junkie series on youtube. It featured many daredevil stunts of which I have done a few (bungy jumping, jungle trekking, marathon running, rock-climbing, kayaking, thai-boxing, kushti wrestling, skydiving etc) … Continue reading →

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A Banana Vending Machine In Tokyo! You Better Believe It!

Posted on August 6, 2010 by tokyofox

There’s no doubt that Japan is the land of vending machines. Among a population of 120 million it is said that there is one vending machine for every 20 or so people which equals erm……a lot of machines! The majority of … Continue reading →

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Lost In Translation?!!

Posted on June 2, 2010 by tokyofox

Here are two amusing shop signs which are located close to a couple of the schools that I work at each week.   I have no doubt that the owners were very unaware that what they thought was good English would … Continue reading →

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Please Do It Again – The Tokyo Metro Poster Campaign

Posted on May 23, 2010 by tokyofox

Back in October 2008 I reported on the ‘Do it at home’ poster campaign by Tokyo Metro basically telling people to mind their manners on the trains. This included things like not applying make-up in public, noise-pollution from earphones, using … Continue reading →

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TF Recipes #1: Miso On Toast

Posted on May 10, 2010 by tokyofox

A first for this website. Cooking instructions for making an authentic Japanese dish(?) as recommended to me by my friend Neil. Follow these five simple steps. Step One: Empty the contents of a Miso soup packet on to one or … Continue reading →

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Nakizumo – Sumo Wrestlers Making Babies Cry!

Posted on May 6, 2010 by tokyofox

This event, which took place behind Senso-ji Temple in Asakusa, was one of those ‘Only in Japan’ occasions and featured a couple of sumo wrestlers holding a baby each with the winner being the first one (the baby, not the … Continue reading →

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