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TF Flashback: Travels Around Japan’s Most Southern Main Island With My In-Laws (2014)

Posted on May 5, 2024 by tokyofox

  It’s been a decade since I last visited Kyushu; the most southern of Japan’s main four islands. Back in May 2014 my girlfriend (now wife) and I met up with her parents and Momiji the dog (god, rest her … Continue reading →

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TF Top 10……James Bond Filming Locations From The Daniel Craig Era

Posted on September 3, 2021 by tokyofox

After multiple delays due to Covid_19 it seems like the 25th Eon-produced James Bond film is finally ready (I won’t believe it until I’m watching it in the cinema!) to see the light of day having been finished and ready … Continue reading →

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Dark Tourist (Japan Special) Vol. 04

Posted on July 6, 2021 by tokyofox

The 2018 Netflix series ‘Dark Tourist‘ featured New Zealand journalist David Farrier visiting eight different countries (including Japan) on a mission to visit all manner of places relating to humans suffering in some sort of way whether it be victims of … Continue reading →

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Kyushu Trip 2014 Pt III: Day Trip To Gunkanjima a.k.a. Battleship Island

Posted on May 10, 2014 by tokyofox

Ever since I saw some haikyo websites a fair few years ago giving details about this island I have wanted to go there and see it for myself. That dream finally came true in Nagasaki on the first day of this … Continue reading →

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Gunkanjima In Skyfall: Real Or Fake?

Posted on June 17, 2013 by tokyofox

In the 2012 movie ‘Skyfall’, James Bond (Daniel Craig) is seen cruising on a boat (below) with the exotic-looking Sévérine (Bérénice Marlohe) to an abandoned island. Bond is taken prisoner by the crew and delivered to the antagonist Raoul Silva, who is a … Continue reading →

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