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Watching Volleyball In Japan Has To Be One Of The Country’s Noisiest Experience

Posted on January 26, 2023 by tokyofox

Back in 2019 when Japanese residents could enter ballots for tickets to see the Tokyo 2020 Olympics I applied for over a dozen different sports but ultimately (and rather inevitably) failed on most fronts. It mattered not too much as … Continue reading →

Posted in Sport | Tagged Hitachi Rivale, JT Marvelous, JT Marvelous 3-2 Hitachi Rivale, Kamata, live volleyball Tokyo, Ota City General Gymnasium, things to do in ota, V. League Division 1 women, watch volleyball in Tokyo | 2 Comments

3 Hour Return Journey On My New Bicycle To Find The Mystery Drink Dispensing Vending Machine!

Posted on June 8, 2020 by tokyofox

Meeting your girlfriend’s parents for the first time can be a memorable occasion and the journey there can be a nervy one for many. When it happened to me eight years ago though, my mind was perhaps over-consumed by the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycling, Quirky Japan | Tagged Kugahara Station, Mr. X Vending Machine, mysterious vending machine Tokyo, senzoku pond, senzoku-ike, themed cycling trips tokyo, things to do in ota, tokyo fox, tokyu ikegami line | 8 Comments

Interesting Japanese Playground Structures #3 – Tyre Monster Park

Posted on April 28, 2017 by tokyofox

Many of the parks and children’s playgrounds in Japan, particularly in Tokyo, are quite poor compared to other countries in terms of space, surroundings and a lack of grass. However, a handful of them do tend to possess extremely creative structures … Continue reading →

Posted in Quirky Japan | Tagged animal slides Japan, Interesting playground structures, Kamata, Keikyu-Kamata station, Only in Japan, things to do in ota, tokyo fox, tyre kaiju | 36 Comments

The Godzilla Bathhouse

Posted on November 5, 2016 by tokyofox

Japan is very good at coming up with movie tie-ins in unconventional ways and that is certainly true where one of its most famous sons is concerned. The “Godzilla Hotel” in Shinjuku is one such example of that and a … Continue reading →

Posted in Japan Life, Quirky Japan | Tagged godzilla, Godzilla resurgence filming location, Kamata Onsen, kuroyu onsen, public spa bath, sento, Shin Gojira, things to do in ota | 11 Comments

Tokyo Daytripper: Out & About In Ota

Posted on June 1, 2014 by tokyofox

When I first started dating my girlfriend she lived with her parents in Ota-Ku (Ota City) and it wasn’t too long before I was invited to her neck of the woods to meet her family. Apart from the similar wordplay … Continue reading →

Posted in Tokyo Daytripper: | Tagged Honden (main building) WWII, Ikegami Honmonji, Japanese Arrowroot plant, oldest five storied pagoda Kanto region, senzoku pond, senzoku-ike, things to do in ota, tokyu ikegami line, what is kuzumochi? | 10 Comments

Tag Archives: things to do in ota

Watching Volleyball In Japan Has To Be One Of The Country’s Noisiest Experience

3 Hour Return Journey On My New Bicycle To Find The Mystery Drink Dispensing Vending Machine!

Interesting Japanese Playground Structures #3 – Tyre Monster Park

The Godzilla Bathhouse

Tokyo Daytripper: Out & About In Ota

Tokyo Fox

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