Jamaican Blogger on life, gaming, learning 日本語 📚
My friends are either annoyed or amused when listening to my many stories of me mixing up similar-sounding words/phrases in Ja
My “honourable stamp/seal book” or Goshuincho (御朱印帳) has been sitting gathering dust for a while now long to get m
Living While Black, in Japan has its own challenges, but they don’t include fearing for your life. That’s how I wo
Late last year I was invited to be part of a short film project. It was about Japanese Emperor Gotoba, who was exiled to Oki I
More than two years since passing the JLPT N5 and realizing that the 3rd time wasn’t a charm, I… failed the JLPT N
For a few weekends in late May to mid-June, I grabbed my DJI Pocket 2 and Fujifilm Instax SQ6 for some therapeutic walks to en
A bento is a single-portion meal that can range from food thrown into a sectionalized container at a takeout restaurant to edi
It’s a beautiful spring day and I was excited to take the Fujifilm Instax SQ6 out for a spin to take some landscape test
The year is 2010, I am living paycheck to paycheck and I didn’t realize yet that I was stuck in a cycle that would not c
Shimanami Kaido is an epic cycling route that connects Onomichi City in Hiroshima Prefecture to Imabari City in Ehime. You can
I have lived in Japan for a few years now and I often get questions from persons looking to move to Japan or seeking advice on
Today marks the fifteen-year anniversary of Jamaipanese.com. While looking back at old posts and reminiscing its obvious that
Shikoku, Japan has its fair share of castles (and castle ruins). I may have explored many shrines and temples in Shikoku but I
Small island life in Japan involves spending a lot of time on ferries and boats. The island where I live and work has about 23
Shikoku is the fourth largest island in the Japanese archipelago and is southwest of Japan’s main island Honshu. It is d
At first, there was the giant RX-78-2 Gundam that just had smoke effects, then came the giant Unicorn Gundam that has lighting
Doraemon has been finally set free (I am told) but it seems I was been enslaved in a different sense when I somehow forgot tha
I have really fallen off the Goshuincho (Temple/Shrine stamp book) train recently but enjoyed a weekend with wonderful fall we
The year that is 2020 has been “challenging” to put it lightly. My Japanese learning journey continues with my imp
Learning Kanji is a difficult process but after trying various methods of study I have found success with the Unko Kanji Drill
I’m a little late with this one. I travelled from my island to attend the Black Lives Matter Hiroshima Peaceful March o
Climbing to the top of Mount Fuji is easily one of the highlights of my time living in Japan. I get a lot of questions about t
My Japanese rap album flopped unfortunately but my list of blunders as I learn Japanese gets longer and longer each day. My ma
I was REALLY excited when Ghost of Tsushima was first announced in 2017. However, as time passed and information dried up I ki