The Tokyo locations rightly get all the acclaim and attention in ‘Lost In Translation‘ (2003) but it is often forgotten that Kyoto also features for a short time as Charlotte (Scarlett Johanson) visits a temple and a shrine on her little trip to the city.
Back in 2021 I finally visited the latter (Heian-jingu Shrine) to get some screenshot match-ups but I never realised till after that pit-stop in Kyoto that the temple featured was Continue reading
Think of train stations in Japan and the mighty Shinjuku station is sure to come to mind for many people. That is the world’s busiest train station, and Japan monopolises the top 50 list with only five of them not in this country. However, at the other end of the scale are some tiny stations which are usually unstaffed and used by very few commuters.
Station: Igaya
Prefecture: Continue reading
With a yellow beak like that I first thought this quirky station building in Japan was designed to look like a duck or maybe a penguin but it seems my powers of observation on this occasion were wide of the mark.
As the title of the post suggests, this building actually looks like one of the country’s most famous mythical folkloric creatures. Such bipedal, turtle-like aquatic goblins are known as Continue reading
For many British people, going on holiday to Spain is very much a common occurrence but my family just never went there when I was a kid, and I have still only visited the country once. That happened 15 years ago whilst I was back in the UK for the Christmas and New Year holidays, and decided to finally take a short trip to Spain. The islands of Ibiza, Majorca, and Tenerife are hugely popular as are cities like Barcelona and Madrid but I chose a slightly less tourist destination.
The fourth biggest city in Spain is Continue reading
Watching 21 different sports in 2023 was always going to be difficult to match or beat this year, and neither did I really want to. My main focus in 2024 was just on my three favourite sports; football, rugby and tennis. However, there was still room to attend a few other sports from time to time, and it has to be said that this Continue reading
So 2025 has only just begun and already Tokyo Fox is looking back!! There have been exactly ten new posts on here each and every month for over a decade but last year saw it reduced to eight a month for a variety of reasons. As there were 24 posts less than usual it has been decided to Continue reading
This lame and lazy half-assed compilation post idea was ushered in at the end of 2018 with an eye on permanently replacing the ‘TF Top 10……Filming Location Trips For (year)’ series which has finally run out of steam now having just about survived for the last few years. It should be noted that the focus is on the more Continue reading
It was always going to be impossible to equal the feeling of having my eldest sister and her family with us as was the case last Christmas. From one extreme to the other as this year my wife was at work between the 23rd and 26th December meaning that it was just me and our little chihuahua in the daytime for that period this time. I’m not complaining about that by the way as it’s quite heavenly in many ways!
Which secret agents are most active at Christmas? Mince spies!!
For many years I did my best to Continue reading
It is estimated that Japan once had 5000 castles but these days there are only about 200 of them with a good proportion of that number just partially remaining. I’ve said before that I am always interested to see castles when I discover that a city has one although I don’t really know why as I do think Continue reading
Even when I was a season ticket holder at Leicester City in the early-mid 1990s I doubt I went to as many football matches as I did in 2024. All league matches plus a few cup ties and the occasional away day would still not have resulted in over 30 matches back then but this year I managed to pass that number. I visited a total of 21 grounds/stadiums to watch football matches in a wide variety of different leagues and cups in both the mens and womens game.
The ever changing poses of Tokyo Fox!!
There were 11 places where I watched football for the first time which is just crying out for a rankings compilation post! This is just about the venue only without (too much!) influence from the location, occasion, atmosphere, journey, weather, on-the-field action or anything else that makes up the match day experience. It is of course Continue reading
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