Category: Japan

Videos showing Japan’s Pre-WWII years

Japan Sugoi has posted some really interesting videos on Japan in the 1930’s before their their ill-fated war with the A

International World Skills Competition in Japan

Jamaica will be sending a team of contestants to take part in this year’s World Skills International Competition. Why am

Japanese “u” verb practise

After part one of my letter to all Japanese verbs it’s time to practice some, I hope to post lots of posts like these pr

Hiragana and Katakana explained

Hiragana and Katakana (together known as “Kana”) are simple, 50 character (4 of which are obsolete so most sources

Katakana Charts – Jamaipanese style ^_^

Hiragana Charts were posted less than two days ago and now it’s time for the Katakana version. Remember don’t worr

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

JET-ting off to Japan – participants from Jamaica

After seven years the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) programme is not slowing down. The latest group of participants got a

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

Jamaipanese interviewed on Blogs on Japan

Ive been interview by Blogs on Japan! Quite an honour and I am flattered that I am the first in to be interviewed for the site

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

Drum Machine – flash video

Another product of my lunch time browsing, I present an interesting website I stumbled upon while using the stumble upon toolb

Proper explanation of the origins of the term “Otaku”

I have already branded myself as one but learned so much more about the term from a short post on a new Japan related blog I r

11th IAAF World Championships in Athletics 2007, Osaka Japan

Football, Cricket and Athletics are the top 3 sports in Jamaica, but lately the Reggae Boys have been struggling, their most r

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