Category: Japan

Hiragana Charts – Jamaipanese style ^_^

Three consecutive nights of fiddling around in Macromedia (or should I say Adobe) fireworks has produced the following hiragan

3 useful sites for Japanese Learners

Yes I am staying true to my promise to start posting more about learning Japanese and use these posts to help in my own practi

My letter to all Japanese verbs – Part 1

Japanese verbs ooh how evil arth thou, you sound so cool prior to conjugation in your dictionary form, your masu form and prog

Japanese Summer classes

Ah yes, its been so long since my last update on Japanese class, why is this so must be the question that pops into your mind

Strong Earthquake Hits Japan

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the Japanese coast on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, hours after another q

The three places in Japan I would love to visit

Yes it’s known that I am Japan enthusiast, but where will I go when I someday finally realise my dream and can afford a

Pythagora Switch – Algorithm March

It’s Tuesday, I’m at work, it’s the end of my lunch hour, my stomach is full, I am fighting off sleep and I

One Love Jamaica Festival 2007

If you don’t already know, reggae is the string that binds us to the hearts, minds and ears of many Japanese. Artists su

Wooden Gundam

So are you poor like me? Is a the US$41,468 for the Platinum Gundam too rich for your blood? Why not get a Wooden one instead.

Media Immersion Pods – Social Escape Hatch

Of course I would want to experienced being in one of these “pods”, surrounded by technology, music and manga, isn

The Most Expensive Toy in Japan – $41,468

Saw this on Rising Sun of Nihon and just had to post it. And you thought the Play Station 3 was overpriced. How about a “

Writing about my Easter Holiday – In Japanese

For the last three weeks I have been working on this, yes three weeks on half a paragraph. Japanese is hard!…but fun ^_^

Japanese Class Revision and Practice – Important Places

I hope to start adding more posts related studying Japanese. I am behind sadly and I need to practice up and I am sure other p

Japanese classes restarted wooohooo!

After being a lazy bum at sitting at home through most of my vacation leave from work and missing half of last term’s Ja

Kitano Tsunetomi

A very good friend of mine who I met through this site and fellow Japan, Anime, Gaming enthusiast has introduced me and will c

Japan’s Empire of Cool

Ran into this interesting article written way back in December 2003 for the Washington Post. I thought I’d share it with

Japanese Classes restart tomorow

Finally, after the long christmas break I am looking forward to being back at classes tomorow. Classes are now on Saturdays fr

Japanese emperor Akihito celebrates grandson’s birth

Japanese Emperor Akihito celebrated the September birth of his grandson, the imperial family’s first male heir in four d

I have failed….confirmation pending…

I knew I would deep down I knew it. I probably didn’t want to say it but I knew it. I deserve it though because this ter

Over one year of studying Japanese

This term marked many milestones in my short study of the Japanese language, and now since studying over a year, I take great

Normal Classes Restarted – One Year of Studying Japanese

Yesterday was the first day of classes. I can’t believe that it has been one year since I first signed up for Japanese c

Japanese royal family welcomes baby boy

Japan’s Princess Kiko gave birth on Wednesday to a baby boy, the first imperial male heir to be born in more than four d

Summer School Over

For the past 8 weeks I have been being attending Summer school in order to get some extra time and experience in while trying

Japan earthquake drill

More than 800,000 people have taken part in an annual earthquake drill in Japan, one or the world’s most earthquake-pron