Category: Japan

Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite System – QZSS

We live in a digital world. More and more this digital world is going mobile. Global Positioning Satellites (GPS) operated by

Best of Jamaipanese.com from 2015

It seems just last month I was crafting my best of Jamaipanese.com from 2014 post at the start of this year and now that ̶

Vintage images of Japan from the 1850s – 1930s

As a photographer myself I am fascinated by very old photographs especially at the dawn of photography. I surfed into a goldmi

Nobunaga’s Ambition Sphere Of Influence

I love me some video games, but college life continues to team up with my full-time job to attack my free time. Over the last

Jamaica’s Westmoreland twins with Tottori

Jamaica and Japan’s strong diplomatic ties were strengthened further recently with the announcement that a twinning agre

Prime Minister of Japan visits Jamaica

The Prime Minister of Japan, His Excellency Mr. Shinzo Abe is visiting Jamaica for two days, from September 30th (Wednesday) t

11 Photos I took in Japan with memories attached

Four years ago on this very day (Sept. 25th) I was making my way back from Tokyo to Kingston via New York. The days I spent in

Exhibition: Photography from the Meiji Period

The Museum for Photography in Berlin’s Kunstbibliothek recently opened a fascinating exhibition titled “Pale Pink and

Hokkaido and Tokyo to be linked via Shinkansen

The Hokuriku Shinkansen launched in March this year connecting  Tokyo to Kanazawa, come March 2016 there will be another Shin

Nicola Williams: Sharing the Japan Experience

Today’s interview post features Nicola Williams a young, intelligent Jamaican woman who arrived in Japan in July 2014 to

Marc Mundy: Jamaican JET talks life in Japan

Welcome to the first of what I hope will be a series of interviews of successful JETs living and working in Japan. The first i

Say Hello to Pepper – a Robot with Feelings

Japan’s SoftBank Robotics Corporation has created a new artificial companion designed to recognize, react to, and display hu

Wasabi Japanese Speech Contest

Wasabi Japanese is a new service launched recently that provides online lessons with native speakers of Japanese at a very af

What the Ancients Knew – The Japanese

I surfed into a 10 year old documentary titled “What the Ancients Knew – The Japanese” recently that covers

2015 send-off reception for successful JETs

Another year another send-off reception for Jamaicans who have successfully navigated the multi-step process to be selected as

Kyoto Japan – Hyper Motion by Osamu Hasegawa

Videos like these make me want to jump on the next plane headed to Japan! I wonder if I’ll ever be able to create epic J

NHK World TV Live on your Android device

NHK World has an Android app that allows users to view live TV. NHK World is a public broadcasting station similar to the BBC

Houshi Ryokan – oldest still running family business in the world

Houshi Ryokan was founded around 1,300 years ago and it has always been managed by the same family since then. 
It is the ol

Learning Japanese? This Giveaway is for you!

Clay Boutwell, the author of Hiragana, the Basics of Japanese, is looking for learners of Japanese interested in receiving a f

Hokuriku Shinkansen – Tokyo-Kanazawa

Japan’s newest bullet train is set to start service on March 14th. The Hokuriku Shinkansen will operate between Nagano

Blogging it up at Jamaipanese.com for 9 years now

Jamaipanese.com is really getting along in the blogging years. It feels good to have a personal blog that has evolved as IR

Best of Jamaipanese.com from 2014

Hello 2015! I had a very restful holiday season and a very productive 2014. I changed jobs, continued to do well in school and

Japanese Sake presentation and tasting event

On Thursday November 6th 2014 I was invited to a special Japanese Sake presentation and tasting event put on my the Japanese

Giveaway: iTunes Japan cards – Japan Code Supply

Hello all! Its been a while since I had a giveaway on my site but I am happy to report that this is about to change! Are you a