Tag Archives: shizuoka prefecture

Super Sunday Soccer At Shimizu S-Pulse In Shizuoka

Posted on May 25, 2017 by tokyofox

There are four J-League teams based in Shizuoka prefecture and they were all playing at home on the last weekend in April. J3 side Fujieda MYFC were the only team to play on the Saturday so that was a given. … Continue reading →

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Down To The Southern Tip Of The Izu Peninsula

Posted on May 22, 2017 by tokyofox

Due to my football commitments over the weekend in Fujieda and Shimizu, it was a few days before my Golden Week holiday started properly in terms of spending some quality time with my wife, her parents and of course Momiji … Continue reading →

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Ayashii Shonen Shojo Museum (Mysterious Boys and Girls Museum)

Posted on May 19, 2017 by tokyofox

Route 135 is the main road that runs down the east coast of the Izu Peninsula and there are all manner of interesting places and sights dotted along it. With its large and imposing statue out the front, this museum … Continue reading →

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You Got The Power In Yugawara!

Posted on May 16, 2017 by tokyofox

After just a few hours in Shizuoka prefecture I was on a train heading back over the border to Kanagawa prefecture to visit Yugawara which is actually just the one stop from Atami. The reason being that I wanted to visit Fukusen-ji … Continue reading →

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Free All-You-Can-Drink Japanese Sake At A Football Match? Surely Not!

Posted on May 10, 2017 by tokyofox

As mentioned in my last J-League post, I said that I hoped to go to a couple of Shizuoka-based games whilst in the vicinity during the recent Japanese Golden Week holiday. Having arrived at my parents-in-law’s holiday home in Ito … Continue reading →

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A Weekend Away With The Family In Atami

Posted on October 7, 2016 by tokyofox

  Sandwiched in between our Okayama/Hiroshima and Thailand travel was a family trip to Atami in Shizuoka prefecture back in late August. The rest of the family all congregated on the Friday and I joined up with them straight after work … Continue reading →

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TF Flashback: An Epic One-Day Trip To Izu Peninsula (2004)

Posted on June 27, 2015 by tokyofox

The Izu Hantō Peninsula is an area possessing some splendid coastlines, beaches, mountains which is home to larger cities such as Atami; famed for it’s many hot spring baths and less so for the “Adult” museum which I visited back in March 2010. … Continue reading →

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Climbing Mount Fuji

Posted on August 6, 2007 by tokyofox

After a hard days graft on Saturday 28th July most workers would maybe wind down for a couple of hours before painting the town red. Not for myself, school manager Shinobu, colleague Mark and his friend Joey who decided to ignore every … Continue reading →

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