Category Archives: Sport

Day Trip To The Toyota Stadium!

Posted on June 21, 2018 by tokyofox

Nagoya Grampus Eight (as they were known back then) were the first team I knew of in the J-League back in the early 90’s when Leicester’s favourite son Gary Lineker announced he was moving to Japan. A few years later … Continue reading →

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A Visit To Japan’s Newest Top Flight Stadium

Posted on May 6, 2018 by tokyofox

   Modern stadia may look impressive but the match day experience can be diluted far too often as the new places fail to recreate the atmosphere that had probably been built up over decades and decades at the old ground. … Continue reading →

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Blind Football World Grand Prix 2018

Posted on March 27, 2018 by tokyofox

It was an all too familiar story in Tokyo last weekend (March 25th) as England faced their old rivals from Argentina. This time it was on the field in Shinagawa ward in the World Cup final of blind football and … Continue reading →

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On The C*cks Trail……In Chiba!!

Posted on March 20, 2018 by tokyofox

  The ‘On The Fox Trail…’ series on Tokyo Fox has generally included a fair number of shrines around Japan but for this one it’s more a case of going on the c*cks trail, if you will! As ever, I was … Continue reading →

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3rd and 5th Tier Japanese Football

Posted on December 17, 2017 by tokyofox

There are four league teams in Shizuoka prefecture; Azul Claro Numazu, Fujieda MYFC, Shimizu S-Pulse and Jubilo Iwata, and I’ve now been to all but the latter following a recent day trip to watch the first club mentioned on that … Continue reading →

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Watching The Worst Team In J2 On A Cold Night In Gunma!

Posted on November 12, 2017 by tokyofox

The idea of travelling over 100 kilometres north to watch a team rooted to the bottom of J2 play against a team floating in mid-table nothingness is probably not too appealing for many. However, with games running out this season … Continue reading →

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Contributing To Leicester City Fanzine “The Fox”

Posted on October 25, 2017 by tokyofox

Back in the late 1980’s I only had my weekly ‘Match‘ and/or ‘Shoot‘ football magazines for company until I spotted something called ‘When Saturday Comes‘ which I think I initially laughed at as it was only in black and white! … Continue reading →

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This Shrine Is A Big Hit With Baseball Fans!

Posted on October 16, 2017 by tokyofox

  There are thousands of shrines and temples in Japan and the vast majority of them don’t really register with me but I’m always eager to visit those which have featured on screen in some way (movies, music videos, animation … Continue reading →

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This Lawson Convenience Store Is Different To Their Usual Ones

Posted on September 10, 2017 by tokyofox

You’re getting a post out of this! Tokyo Fox must surely have run out of material I hear you cry but before I lose you all I should note that this particular convenience store is quite unique in one sense. Japan, particularly … Continue reading →

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Hong Kong 2017 Pt I: Watching Leicester In The Premier League Asia Trophy

Posted on July 23, 2017 by tokyofox

  As soon as it was rumoured that Leicester would be taking part in the Premier League Asia Trophy in Hong Kong in July I set about making plans to take time off work and get tickets for the first set of … Continue reading →

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