My Boss My Hero – Hilarious Japanese Drama

My Boss My Hero was one of the first suggested series when I asked my readers to recommend some Japanese dramas for me to watc

Tallest building in Tokyo – Midtown Tower

Midtown Tower is the tallest of half a dozen buildings located in the Midtown Complex in Tokyo, Japan. It was completed in 200

Japanese Author writes about Gender and Sexuality in Jamaica

A Japanese author named Sachiyo Morimoto has teamed up with Jamaican scholars, entertainers and regular citizens to write a bo

Learning Japanese Online with iKnow

A few weeks ago I was introduced to iKnow to by Jonas from yonasu.com. After kicking myself for not knowing about this service

Japanese Calendar Exhibition and Charity Sale

Yesterday I received a call and was told about a Japanese Exhibition and Charity Sale at  the last minute by a friend from th

Finally Taking the Japanese Drama Plunge

Lately I have been practicing more Japanese and will be making more updates on my progress in Japanese this year in the form o

Top 3 Favourite posts each month of 2008 on Jamaipanese.com

At the end of 2007 I made a posts entitled to the Top 3 popular posts each month of 2007  on Jamaipanese.com. I used statisti

Japan’s manhole cover location community

Late last year I made a quick blurb of a post about how extraordinary something as simple as a manhole cover in Japan can be a

Christmas in Japan Video – Catchy and Hilarious

A few days ago a blogging pal of mine sent me this hilarious video entitled “Christmas in Japan”. It’s hilar

My Japanese Coach – Update

It’s about a month now since I’ve been playing the Nintendo DS game My Japanese Coach in my spare time. So far Mos

Hello Kitty Hospital in Taiwan

Japan’s obsession with cute, brightly coloured characters is well known. Characters like Pikachu, Doraemon and especiall

I’ve bought My Japanese Coach for the Nintendo DS

I’ve been meaning to buy a title for my Nintendo DS that would aid my study of Japanese and my latest purchase for my DS

Obama City Japan riding on the Barack Obama Victory

Barack Obama has been elected to be the best U.S. president, and the citizens of Obama a small city in the Fukui Prefecture of

Japanese attitudes towards war after WWII

Japan and it’s imperial past comes up in conversations in conversations with friends from time to time but I can never b

Tokyo 2016 Olympic bid

The 2008 Olympic held in Beijing China was a spectacular once in a lifetime experience but as the games move unto London in 20

Tokyo Game Show 2008 Cosplay

Just like at Tokyo Game Show 2007 the cosplayers were out and about at Tokyo Game Show 2008 in all kinds of costumes represent

Taro Aso wins – Otaku Prime Minister of Japan now a reality

Taro Aso as assumed leadership of Japan’s ruling political party and will be default become the next Prime Minister of J

Tokyo’s gadget heaven – Akihabara

I enjoy browsing through the “in pictures” feature of BBC.com daily and the last feature that related to Japan tha

Learning Japanese is complicated but not difficult

This is my entry for September’s Japan Blog Matsuri on the topic “The language of Japan” being hosted by Tae

Aalawi – Jamaican Jerk Restaurant in Japan

The Tokyo Food File feature in the Japan Times has a great new feature on a Jamaican Restaurant own by a Japanese man in Ebisu

Otaku Prime Minister of Japan possible

Prime minister of Japan, Yasuo Fukuda, officially announced his resignation yesterday because of the limited political muscle

To arms my Otaku brethren!

Browsing through my various RSS subscriptions today I got angrier and angrier when I kept reading more and more stories by wes

Really Expensive Japanese Grapes

Thought 10,000 yen was too much for for a square watermelon? Think again…How about 100,000 yen for a bunch of grapes! A

Kingston Cafe – Sendai Japan

I made a post recently about a Jamaican store I spotted while watching a Japan themed episode of Top Gear and at the end of th