I Watched 15 Sports In Japan For The First Time In 2023

Posted on January 8, 2024 by tokyofox

Growing up in the UK in the 1980s as a British sports fan was a very different time. Sport on TV was fairly limited and indeed people sat down on Saturday afternoons to watch whatever Grandstand (BBC TV) and World of Sport (ITV) showed. This could sometimes be a mix of cricket, golf, athletics, speedway, horse racing, squash and wrestling which was certainly a sign of the times but the public lapped it up.

Transworld Sport (Channel 4) in the very early hours of a Saturday morning (around 6am!) was something I’d set the timer on the video recorder from time to time and was an alternative to the two programmes previously mentioned. As time moved on having a range of sports as part of a framework under a single banner became Continue reading →

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My Eldest Sister’s Family Came To Japan & Spent Christmas At Our Place

Posted on January 4, 2024 by tokyofox

When my eldest sister mailed me back in the summer saying she was thinking of coming to Japan in December I didn’t quite believe it as I had just never considered the idea of any family member actually coming to ours at Christmas time. My wife was eventually informed of this news when my parents were in town back in mid-September and thankfully had no reservations about them all staying with us for a few nights during the festive season.

Fast forward three months and they arrived from Australia. Even though I’ve Continue reading →

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TF Top 20……Tokyo Fox Hits Of 2023

Posted on January 1, 2024 by tokyofox

 

So 2024 has only just begun and already Tokyo Fox is looking back!! For just over a decade now there have been exactly ten new posts on here each and every month and these are the twenty from 2023 which got the most hits … excluding sponsored or compilation posts! Of course those entries from earlier in the year had more time to accumulate hits so don’t read too much into it all as it’s basically just another filler post to kick start the new year!

20. This Family-Owned Milk Carton Building Is Udderly Brilliant. More details here

19. This Unique Continue reading →

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TF Top 23……Photos For 2023 (End Of Year Filler Post!)

Posted on December 29, 2023 by tokyofox

 

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 been running out of steam over the last few years. It should be noted that the focus is on the more artistic photos so there are no pictures of family, sports action or selfies. Just to be clear, some of these pictures were indeed taken in 2022 but did not appear on the Tokyo Fox site until this year. They say a picture paints a thousand words so Continue reading →

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Countdown to Christmas 2023 in Tokyo

Posted on December 26, 2023 by tokyofox

 

As much as I have got (back) into celebrating Christmas in recent years, the number of  festive films, songs, jumpers and so on really cannot make up for being surrounded by family and friends. I can’t say I ever thought it would happen so imagine my surprise when my sister first announced the idea of her family all coming to Japan (from their home in Australia) this winter including Continue reading →

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TF Flashback: A Short But Eventful Time In Myanmar At Christmas (2013)

Posted on December 23, 2023 by tokyofox

The original idea was for us to spend about a week in Myanmar but things didn’t quite go to plan and so we ended up just spending a couple of nights there. We probably spent more time sorting out our visas at the embassy in Tokyo than we did in the country itself! All of that wasn’t going to stop us from Continue reading →

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Interesting Japanese Playground Structures #42 – Panda Slide

Posted on December 21, 2023 by tokyofox

Many of the parks and children’s playgrounds in Japan, particularly in Tokyo, are quite poor compared to other countries in terms of space, surroundings and a lack of grass. However, a handful of them do tend to possess extremely creative structures and they will be explored in this series.

Nickname: Panda Slide

Location: Ushirogouchi Continue reading →

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Gettin’ Down With Da Kidz At The World Street Skateboarding Championships In Tokyo

Posted on December 18, 2023 by tokyofox

Other than attending the track cycling for a couple of days at the ill-fated Tokyo 2020 Olympics I really can’t remember too much else about those games apart from what happened in one sport, and perhaps surprisingly that was one that made its debut at those games which were held a year later than planned due to Continue reading →

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Back At Tokyo ComicCon After A 5 Year Absence

Posted on December 14, 2023 by tokyofox

 

It may have been five years since I last attended Tokyo ComicCon but due to the Coronavirus pandemic I’ve only actually missed a couple of events in 2019 and 2022. Having got used to not going I can’t say I was ever really planning to go this year. It’s amazing what the offer of a Continue reading →

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Kashiwa Reysol Pay The Penalty At The 103rd Emperor’s Cup Final

Posted on December 11, 2023 by tokyofox

Even though I’ve been a Kashiwa Reysol “fan” since 2004 there were quite a few lean years in the middle when I just didn’t follow the J-League at all. Typically that period was the most successful for Reysol as they won six different titles in five consecutive seasons including back to back J2 and J1 titles. I missed it all so was hoping that this Emperor’s Cup Final match would be the first time they Continue reading →

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