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TF Top 10……Rugby Match Experiences of 2025

Posted on November 19, 2025 by tokyofox

2025 has been another bumper year for watching rugby and yet again I managed to attend enough matches to warrant the continuation of this compilation post series. None of them really merited their own post so I have collated them … Continue reading →

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Tokyo’s Iconic Rugby Venue Hosts An American Football Match For The 1st Time Ever!

Posted on August 31, 2025 by tokyofox

Team personnel and fans of football and rugby can get pretty upset when their home pitch is used for different sports and thus “ruined” by different markings and types of game play. Whilst many multiple-sports venues exist in Japan, there … Continue reading →

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TF Top 12……Football Match Day Experiences In 2024 (Part 3)

Posted on February 4, 2025 by tokyofox

This third and final compilation of the year is a bumper edition featuring 12 matches (rather than the usual 10!) at a total of 10 different grounds in four prefectures including a few I’d never watched football at before. A … Continue reading →

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TF Top 10……Rugby Match Experiences of 2024

Posted on January 24, 2025 by tokyofox

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 … Continue reading →

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Alphabet Dating In Japan With My Wife Who Really Was Still Completely Unaware Of The Task At Hand! (S03E05: U-Z)

Posted on January 16, 2024 by tokyofox

  Seasons one and two (as well as the prequel season zero) of alphabet dating certainly pushed the boundaries of what a “date” is, and that continues in season three with even more tenuous examples for each letter of the … Continue reading →

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We Watched Japan Play An International Rugby Match Last Weekend!

Posted on September 18, 2023 by tokyofox

When I told my wife I had got tickets to see Japan play a rugby match in Tokyo she thought it was for a World Cup match even though that is taking place nearly 10,000 kilometres (about 6200 miles) away … Continue reading →

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TF Flashback: When The Ireland Rugby Team Played In Tokyo For The First Time (2005)

Posted on June 14, 2020 by tokyofox

Last year’s Rugby World Cup in Japan saw the hosts become the first Asian team to qualify for the knock-out rounds. After an expected opening win against Russia they then produced the shock of Shizuoka as they stunned Ireland. Samoa … Continue reading →

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Sunwolves Take Wind Out Of The Hurricanes (In The First Half!)

Posted on May 4, 2019 by tokyofox

With the ninth Rugby World Cup on the horizon, it’s a big year for the sport in Japan this year as the country plays host. It’s the first time it’s been held outside of the traditional rugby hotbeds and so … Continue reading →

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Another Live Rugby Match: Sunwolves Vs Waratahs

Posted on July 4, 2016 by tokyofox

  Ever since that momentous late win for Japan against South Africa in the 2015 World Cup, rugby has been on the rise in the land of the rising sun. It’s that nickname combined with the wolf (representing bravery, strength and … Continue reading →

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The Rise Of Rugby In Japan! The Brave Blossoms Play Scotland In Front Of A Record Crowd In Tokyo

Posted on June 25, 2016 by tokyofox

  Japan’s Brave Blossoms late injury time win over the giants of South Africa last year was undoubtedly the greatest shock in the history of the Rugby World Cup. Not only that but it was one of the biggest giant … Continue reading →

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