Of the 47 prefectures in Japan I have now been to 41 of them with the most recent new addition being Oita in the north-eastern part of Kyushu; Japan’s most southerly main island. I’m sure I’ll vist them all eventually but Oita was the one remaining prefecture I had something of a desire to visit and that was finally realised last year when I took a one-way flight there.
A flight being just 20 minutes late is not usually a problem but on this occasion it meant that I Continue reading
There are a great number of train fanatics in Japan who have a passion for all kinds of things whether it be stations, platforms, rails, signs, sounds, ekiben (regional lunchbox sets sold at stations) or just the trains themselves. As for train-shaped buildings, they are fairly limited in terms of quantity but certainly not appeal.
All three of these unique and impressive train-shaped buildings are located within 80 kilometres of each other. Two of them are in Continue reading
2024 was a bumper year for watching rugby by my standards as I attended twice as many matches as I’ve ever seen in any previous year.
More importantly, it now gives me the opportunity for my first ever top 10 compilation post for rugby matches but before we get into the rankings list let me give a little shout-out to Continue reading
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
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