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Tokyo Daytripper: Ghibli Museum

Posted on September 4, 2006 by tokyofox

Just after I came back to Japan in May 2005 and following the release of anime band Gorillaz’ second album I tried my hand at drawing manga too and even bought a book on the subject. Sadly the novelty wore off quite … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Daytripper: Almost Non-Stop Queueing At Fuji-Q Highland

Posted on August 13, 2006 by tokyofox

On Thursday I went to Fuji-Q Highland which is in the foreground of Mount Fuji. Having had to sit apart from my old N*va mate Ethan on the bus (Asif arrived only a few minutes before our bus left and subsequently … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Daytripper: Life’s a Beach in Onjuku

Posted on August 6, 2006 by tokyofox

On the Boso Peninsula in south-east Chiba (the eastern neighbouring prefecture to Tokyo) is a beautiful white sand beach and last Friday I travelled for about 2.5 hours to spend the day on it and it was quite an experience. It was in … Continue reading →

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Sundays In Harajuku

Posted on May 30, 2006 by tokyofox

Thanks to Gwen Steffani many people who haven’t been to Tokyo may have heard of Harajuku due to a few references in a couple of her songs. This place is famed for its extreme teenage cultures and fashion styles with Takeshita Dori … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Daytripper: Tokyo Daibutsu in Shimo-Akatsuka

Posted on May 26, 2006 by tokyofox

When I came back from my Okinawa trip recently my students wanted to see my photos which resulted in me boring them with all the photos on my computer. One remarked that I must like Daibutsu as I had photos of … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Daytripper: Nokogiri-Yama Mountain in Chiba

Posted on May 9, 2006 by tokyofox

  Venture about three hours south-east of Tokyo and you’ll come to a place called Nokogiri-Yama down in Chiba prefecture on the west of the Boso Peninsula. It’s taken me a while to get round to going to this place, which … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Daytripper: Plum Blossom Viewing in Kairakuen

Posted on March 6, 2006 by tokyofox

Of Japan’s three most celebrated landscape gardens, Kairakuen in Mito are the closest ones and they are located about two hours north of Tokyo. The other two are Kenroku-en in Kanazawa prefecture and Korakuen in Okayama prefecture. These ones in … Continue reading →

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