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

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

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

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

Walking in (Shibuya) and (Asakusa) by Ken Ardito

I surfed into another, well another couple of awesome Vimeo videos, this time by Ken Ardito. I first found his “Walking

Yendi promoting Blue Mountain Coffee in Japan

Yendi Phillips is a Jamaican beauty queen who won Miss Jamaica World 2007, the 2010 Miss Jamaica Universe pageant and finished

Recovery Japan – Night of Tango, Jazz and Reggae

Just a few months ago, Japan was victim to a most horrific earthquake tsunami that culminated with a nuclear meltdown, affecti

Operation Visit Japan in the home stretch

Jamaipanese.com is over five years old but my love for Japan goes back longer than that. Almost 18 months ago I started Operat

One Love Jamaica Festival 2011 photos

The yearly One Love Jamaica Festival was held last weekend and as it has been since its first staging in 2004 was a resounding

One Love Jamaica Festival 2011 Information

Yoyogi Park in Tokyo, Japan will once again host the One Love Jamaica Festival. The dates for the staging of the festival this

I feel Guilty after losing my Sushi Virginity

Before last Saturday I had never eaten any type of sushi. I had planned to lose my sushi virginity in March but saving for Jap

A 5000 Yen Note has arrived in my Mailbox

Late last year, right after posting my Operation Visit Japan report for December 2010 I received an email from a Jamaipanese.c

Operation Visit Japan – March 2011 Report

Just over fifteen months ago on January 18th, 2010 I announced a plan that would see me starting to take some important steps

Tōhoku Disaster helps to explain why I love Japan

On March 11th 2011 North-east Japan was rocked by a powerful earthquake that triggered a destructive tsunami that devastated t

Possible Nuclear Plant Radiation Crisis in Japan

Japan is trying to avoid a possible Nuclear Plant Radiation Crisis that could affect densely populated areas. The Fukushima Da

8.9 Magnitude Earthquake hits north-east Japan

A massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake hit just off the coast of Sendai in North-East Japan earlier today at about 2:46pm Japan ti

Operation Visit Japan – February 2011 Report

Over the months that Operation Visit Japan has be underway I have gone from feeling tingly inside, to bouncing around in my ch

Gunpla Family Web Drama

I’ve been meaning to share an interesting web series I discovered a while back via Twitter I think. A web drama featurin

Japan are 2011 Asian Cup Champions

At the start of January when the 2011 Asian cup was about to start I made me bold, bias and sensible prediction that Japan wou

Operation Visit Japan – January 2011 Report

One full year has passed since the first report drawn up on my blog detailing my plans to visit Japan. What started out as a n

Jamaicans are cooler than Japanese!

Yes, you read right, but I wasn’t the one who unscientifically stated that it was the guys over at CNNGo a special onlin

2011 Asian Cup – Japan will win it!

The football fan in me doesn’t only get excited every four years when the FIFA World Cup of rolls around. I keep up to d

The Best of Jamaipanese.com from 2010

Happy New Year everyone, I hope this year will be a good one for you and your family. I hereby selfishly give this year a seco