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Going Back & Forth To Visit All The Stations Of Kanagawa’s Coastal Line

Posted on March 25, 2023 by tokyofox

  When I went to every station on Kawasaki’s industrial Tsurumi Line in one day a few years ago it was expected to be a one-off but on something of a whim I then decided to do likewise on another … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Filming Locations #21 – Around The World In 80 Days (1956)

Posted on April 15, 2022 by tokyofox

It doesn’t take so long to circumnavigate the world these days, and young people seeing the title of this film may not think this is any kind of challenge. Even when the film was made in 1956, one could do … Continue reading →

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The Great Buddha, Monster Hospital, Quality Dog Time, A Sushi Museum & Live J-League Football!

Posted on November 10, 2021 by tokyofox

Over the years I’ve visited many really interesting and quirky buddha statues in Japan of varying sizes and materials but arguably the most impressive and famous one is in Kanagawa Prefecture.   Kamakura was a slight detour en-route to Izu … Continue reading →

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Review: Films Set In Japan – Stopover Tokyo (1957)

Posted on March 27, 2020 by tokyofox

An American intelligence agent is sent to Tokyo to track down a Communist spy ring is the blurb but if I hadn’t read that beforehand then I probably wouldn’t have been aware of such a thing! For an espionage film, … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Daytripper: Kamakura (2014)

Posted on December 5, 2014 by tokyofox

Over a year ago I splashed out 5000 yen on some second hand hiking boots in anticipation of climbing Mount Fuji from base to summit but injury meant I had to pull out of that adventure a few days before … Continue reading →

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