Jamaipanese in Japan – Quick Update 1

After almost 20 hours of flying not including airport wait time I am happy to report that I have arrived in Japan safely. The

Touchdown in Japan – poetic edition

Want to go to Japan? most definitely Ever been to Japan? not yet When are you going to Japan? some day When are you going to

Follow, Like and Share my Adventures in Japan

My first trip to Japan is only a few hours away now after years of planning. Due to the support of family, friends and my awes

A Samurai Never Fears Death – Book Review

The fifth book in the Samurai Mysteries series by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler is called “A Samurai Never Fears DeathR

Art of SUMO – photographed by Tomoki Momozono

Sumo wrestling is a sport misunderstood by many and unfortunately the sport mostly makes the news these days for all the wrong

100 Places to See or Things to do when I Visit Japan

Unbelievably, I can now say that my trip to Japan is less than 20 days away. Since beginning the countdown I though time w

Japanese Covers for Game of Thrones books

I am a big fan of the Game of Thrones series that premiered on HBO earlier this year. Being a epic fantasy geek I was looking

ThunderCats Anime – First Impressions

The new ThunderCats anime has finally begun airing on Cartoon Network and I have watched the first couple episodes. ever since

Disassembled Life-Size Gundam Statue Returning to Tokyo for Charity

More than two years after making it’s debut the life-size Gundam is returning to Tokyo, well at least pieces of it ar

Total War Shogun 2 – Review

I am shadow of the kind of gamer used to be, these days I mostly play FIFA 11 and casual games like Angry Birds. However, ever

Unicorn Gundam finally complete – some quick shots

After 10 months on on and off building I have finally completed building my 1/100 scale Unicorn Gundam. I have been tweeting p

Operation Visit Japan Update – The countdown begins

The light at the end of the tunnel is now in my face, the finish line is in sight and the goal is within touching distance. I

Anime Nation 2011 puts Jamaica on Cosplay map

After it’s inaugural staging last year Anime Nation returned in 2011 bigger and better. Anime Nation 2011 was an epic ev

Interesting Summer 2011 Anime

I am very late onto the anime wagon for the new Summer 2011 series. At the time of this post I have yet to watch any episode o

Anime Nation 2011 set for July 24th

Anime Nation is back after being successful staged last summer. Anime Nation 2011 is now at a bigger and better location and p

Japanese Women clinch World Cup title

The Women’s football team from Japan won their first ever World Cup after they beat the United States of America in the

Japanese Schoolgirl Confidential

While going some digging in my room recently I unearthed a long lost book I bought over a year ago when I acquired Drainspot

My 7 Links – Jamaipanese.com all in one post

My J-Blogger pal Ree-san introduced me to an interesting blogging meme started by Tripbase called called My 7 Links where blog

Send-off Reception for Successful 2011 JETs

I was fortunate enough to be invited to the send-off reception for the 15 Jamaicans successful in their quest to be English te

Anime Expo 2011 Cosplay + Video

Anime Expo 2011 (AX 2011) has concluded and was held from July 1-4 2011 in Los Angeles, California. It is the largest anime E

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

My geek powers have increased exponentially with the absorption of the final film in the Transformers trilogy. Transformers

X-Men Anime Review

The X-Men Anime is finally over (for now) and after following it for the last three months I can somewhat share my own thought

13 Assassins – Non-Stop Samurai Action

Living in Japan in it’s feudal era must have been interesting but extreamely dangerous, then again it would depend on wh

Latest AKB48 member is Computer Generated

I’m not big on Japanese Idols, Japanese music or even the local entertainment scene but my usual surfing of Japan rela