Category Archives: Sport

Tokyo Daytripper: A Great Buddha, A Floating Castle With Movie History, Ancient Burial Mounds & Ticking Off Another J-Stadium

Posted on April 18, 2024 by tokyofox

Five years ago I went to Japan’s hottest city of Kumagaya for an international rugby match and took in a few minor sights in the hours before kick off. As I came away from the ground a fellow niche-specialist Japanese … Continue reading →

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Naomi Osaka Is The Star Attraction In Tokyo As Japan Compete In The World Cup Of Tennis

Posted on April 15, 2024 by tokyofox

For the vast majority of the year, tennis is an individual sport (of course there’s doubles but I don’t take much interest in that form) but there are a few times each season when it’s a team game as the … Continue reading →

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TF Flashback: Family Fun, Filming Locations, Food, Football, Formula One, Footy & Friends Reunited In Melbourne & Sydney (2019)

Posted on April 2, 2024 by tokyofox

It’s now been over five years since I went to a country other than the one where I was born and raised, and that itself was in January 2020. Back in March 2019 I visited Australia for just under two … Continue reading →

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I Met An England Rugby Union Legend

Posted on March 26, 2024 by tokyofox

The scores are level in the showpiece rugby final with just thirty seconds remaining. The scrum-half throws the ball back to the fly-half who drops for glory in dramatic late fashion. The ball sails between the posts and the fans … Continue reading →

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TF Top 10……Football Match Day Experiences In 2023 Part 2

Posted on February 21, 2024 by tokyofox

  Having only watched a single game in 2020 and 2021 respectively I really was not expecting to do too many more matches in 2022, especially with the strict Covid_19 measures still in place for much of the season. However, … Continue reading →

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Alphabet Dating In Japan With My Wife Who Really Was Still Completely Unaware Of The Task At Hand! (S03E06: Review)

Posted on February 9, 2024 by tokyofox

  The third and final season of this dating challenge wrapped late last year in December after about 12 months of working our way through the alphabet. This series is one that probably looks quite fun and exciting from the … Continue reading →

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Going Full Throttle In The Pursuit Of Money At This Only-In-Japan Motor-Sport

Posted on February 1, 2024 by tokyofox

In the wake of attending 20+ different sports in 2023, pretty much every upcoming event gets promoted on my social media or directly in my inbox. I recently caught sight of a motor-cycle event in Saitama Prefecture taking place over … Continue reading →

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Alphabet Dating In Japan With My Wife Who Really Was Still Completely Unaware Of The Task At Hand! (S03E05: U-Z)

Posted on January 16, 2024 by tokyofox

  Seasons one and two (as well as the prequel season zero) of alphabet dating certainly pushed the boundaries of what a “date” is, and that continues in season three with even more tenuous examples for each letter of the … Continue reading →

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I Watched 15 Sports In Japan For The First Time In 2023

Posted on January 8, 2024 by tokyofox

Growing up in the UK in the 1980s as a British sports fan was a very different time. Sport on TV was fairly limited and indeed people sat down on Saturday afternoons to watch whatever Grandstand (BBC TV) and World … Continue reading →

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TF Top 20……Tokyo Fox Hits Of 2023

Posted on January 1, 2024 by tokyofox

  So 2024 has only just begun and already Tokyo Fox is looking back!! For just over a decade now there have been exactly ten new posts on here each and every month and these are the twenty from 2023 … Continue reading →

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