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Jumping On The Baseball Bandwagon In Japan (& Then Jumping Right Off It Again!)

Posted on May 15, 2023 by tokyofox

If you live outside of Japan or the USA then you may not be aware that the former beat the latter back in March to win the World Baseball Classic (WBC) thanks in particular to star player Shohei Otani who … Continue reading →

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TF Top 10……Films Set In Japan From The 1980s & 1990s

Posted on January 16, 2021 by tokyofox

  These two decades saw the production of a few of my sentimental favourites when it comes to films “set” (but not necessarily filmed!) in Japan. Sadly, there’s no room in the list for ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles‘ (1993) or ‘Bushido … Continue reading →

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Nagoya Filming Locations – Mr Baseball (1992)

Posted on February 1, 2017 by tokyofox

Thanks to two sports stars it was actually the city of Nagoya which helped open my eyes to the country which would become my home many years later. One of those was former Foxes favourite Gary Lineker who played for Nagoya Grampus … Continue reading →

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Hiroshima-ken 2015 Pt I: Live Baseball At The Mazda Stadium

Posted on May 2, 2015 by tokyofox

For this years Golden Week holiday I’ve based myself in Hiroshima at my in-laws house and will be travelling around Hiroshima prefecture a bit. As I was in Hiroshima a day before my wife joined us I thought it would be … Continue reading →

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Review: Films Set In Japan – ‘Mr Baseball’ (1992)

Posted on January 25, 2012 by tokyofox

As I was watching Brad Pitt in ‘Moneyball‘ on the way back to England recently I found it very hard to not keep comparing it to ‘Mr Baseball’ which, as far as I’m concerned, is the greatest baseball movie out … Continue reading →

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