Tag Archives: tokyo fox

Japan Earthquake Catastrophe

Posted on March 11, 2011 by tokyofox

Now before I start I should say that this is ‘my story’ and it in no way compares to the horrors seen in Sendai. Friday is usually my day off but today I was doing a cover shift in one … Continue reading →

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TF Film Review: The A-Team (2010)

Posted on July 18, 2010 by tokyofox

So having worked my way through the A-Team TV series DVD boxsets in the first half of this year I had become overly familiar with the original characters. With that in mind my expectations for the movie were quite low! … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Fox’s World Cup 2010 Overview

Posted on July 12, 2010 by tokyofox

So after four weeks the final whistle has blown on the World Cup and now my life can hopefully return to as normal as possible meaning no more split sleeping shifts, sleep deprivation or catching 40 winks in between lessons. On … Continue reading →

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TF Recipes #1: Miso On Toast

Posted on May 10, 2010 by tokyofox

A first for this website. Cooking instructions for making an authentic Japanese dish(?) as recommended to me by my friend Neil. Follow these five simple steps. Step One: Empty the contents of a Miso soup packet on to one or … Continue reading →

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TF Top 9……Filming Location Trips For 2009

Posted on December 31, 2009 by tokyofox

1. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, 1977 (More details here & here)    2. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, 1999 (More details here, here & here)    3. Roman Holiday, 1953 (More details here)    4. You Only Live Twice, 1967 (More … Continue reading →

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TF Film Review: Terminator Salvation (2009)

Posted on June 16, 2009 by tokyofox

The Japanese release of this new installment in the Terminator franchise was for once only a couple of weeks after the western world and having bought my ticket in advance a few weeks ago (saves 500 yen!) I went to … Continue reading →

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Back To Civilisation

Posted on November 11, 2007 by tokyofox

After five and a half weeks i am so happy to be back on-line properly. Sure, I have been using my house computer a fair bit but that’s really cr*p and slow and just not so convenient to use. I was … Continue reading →

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Bags Of Waste

Posted on March 11, 2007 by tokyofox

Now I’m certainly no tree-hugging environmentalist but I’ve been brought up to recycle whatever we can and also to re-use things frugally. At an old company it used to break my heart to see the amount of paper that was … Continue reading →

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2006: Looking Back At The Last 12 Months

Posted on December 21, 2006 by tokyofox

My holidays have begun and just before I set off to Vietnam and Cambodia for a couple of weeks I thought I should do what most of the media (without anything new to write about!) do and take a look back at the … Continue reading →

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Three Year Japanniversary

Posted on November 20, 2006 by tokyofox

* Wed 19th Nov 2003 – Left England * Thurs 20th Nov 2003 – Arrived in Japan * Sat 22nd Nov 2003 – England beat the Aussies to win the Rugby World Cup Can it really be three years since … Continue reading →

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