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On The Fox Trail……At Fushimi-Inari Shrine (Kyoto)

Posted on June 7, 2016 by tokyofox

  For the last couple of years this wonderful place has been voted by foreign tourists as the number one site in Japan and it’s quite easy to see why but it hasn’t always been that way for this is actually … Continue reading →

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Parents In Japan 2016 Pt IV: Kyoto

Posted on June 4, 2016 by tokyofox

Going to Kyoto in the Golden Week holiday season was one event that was filling me with dread ahead of our trip to the ancient city, and though it was inevitably busy it was never quite as bad as I … Continue reading →

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Kyoto Filming Locations: Memoirs Of A Geisha (2005)

Posted on May 19, 2011 by tokyofox

The majority of ‘Memoirs of a Geisha‘ (2005) was made in the USA but director Rob Marshall did feel it necessary to bring the production to Japan to open up the movie and feel like they were in some very … Continue reading →

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Kansai Trip 2011 Pt I: Fushimi-Inari Taisha

Posted on May 16, 2011 by tokyofox

I’d never heard of this shrine until a few months ago and so this became my first port of call on my fourth trip to Kyoto. After a long sleepless night on the bus from Tokyo to Osaka, followed by … Continue reading →

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