Category Archives: Sport

Watching The Non-League Football Team Inspired By A Japanese Cartoon Hero!

Posted on April 6, 2023 by tokyofox

The iconic Captain Tsubasa has appeared in various comic book magazines, cartoons and video games since its creation in 1981. It became one of the most memorable manga and anime worldwide, and really helped popularise football in Japan. Some of … Continue reading →

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My First Table Tennis Match Was The Women’s Title Decider & It Was Epic!

Posted on March 28, 2023 by tokyofox

Each and every time the Olympics take place I often find myself watching a fair amount of table tennis. It’s not because I’m particularly interested in it but it’s just that the Japanese TV broadcasters seem to show it a … Continue reading →

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My First Time To Watch Futsal In Japan But Will It Be My Last?

Posted on March 22, 2023 by tokyofox

Until I started teaching in Japan I have to admit that I had never heard of this form of football, and I even thought the students were making mistakes and that futsal may have been a Japanese-English word. It’s relatively … Continue reading →

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The Good, The Bad & The Rugby! My Return To Kashiwa’s Secondary Stadium After 19 Years!

Posted on March 15, 2023 by tokyofox

Like many people in Japan I was keen to see some domestic rugby on the back of the country hosting a successful World Cup in 2019. However, Covid_19 came along and a lot of the momentum for rugby’s growth was … Continue reading →

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Alphabet Dating In Japan With My Wife Who Was Still Completely Unaware Of The Task At Hand! (S02E02 F-J)

Posted on March 12, 2023 by tokyofox

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

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The Other Hugely Popular Thing To Do At Miyajimaguchi Station!

Posted on February 4, 2023 by tokyofox

  Think of Miyajima and thoughts immediately turn towards Itsukushima Shrine and it’s bright red torii gate in the sea. The deer roaming the island and oysters may get a mention. The quirky temple on the east of the island … Continue reading →

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Watching Volleyball In Japan Has To Be One Of The Country’s Noisiest Experience

Posted on January 26, 2023 by tokyofox

Back in 2019 when Japanese residents could enter ballots for tickets to see the Tokyo 2020 Olympics I applied for over a dozen different sports but ultimately (and rather inevitably) failed on most fronts. It mattered not too much as … Continue reading →

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What Better Way To Spend Christmas Day Than Going To See A Football Match!

Posted on January 5, 2023 by tokyofox

Football ⚽️ on Christmas Day🎄! ✅#WELeague 🎅 pic.twitter.com/4XAP7bPpDc — Tokyo Fox 🦊 (東京狐) 🇬🇧🇯🇵 (@tokyofox) December 25, 2022 Think of Christmas Day and the likes of roast turkey, crackers, mince pies, presents and family time may come to mind. Of … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Fox’s World Cup 2022 Overview

Posted on December 19, 2022 by tokyofox

  When the FIFA World Cup comes round every four years it always takes me back to when I was a child experiencing my first two tournaments in Mexico ’86 and Italia ’90 respectively. They were such different times when … Continue reading →

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TF Top 10……Football Match Day Experiences In 2022

Posted on November 19, 2022 by tokyofox

  Having only watched a single game in each of the last two seasons I really was not expecting to do too many more matches this year, especially with the strict Covid_19 measures still in place for much of the … Continue reading →

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