I was fortunate enough to be invited to the send-off reception for the 15 Jamaicans successful in their quest to be English teachers in Japan via Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme (JET). The reception was hosted by the Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica Hiroshi Yamaguchi and his wife Mrs Yamaguchi....

Yendi Phillips is a Jamaican beauty queen who won Miss Jamaica World 2007, the 2010 Miss Jamaica Universe pageant and finished as the first runner up at Miss Universe 2010, losing out slightly to Ximena Navarrete of Mexico. She is very popular in Jamaica and has blossomed into a well loved media personality...

So last Sunday I took advantage of my monthly opportunity to escape the big city and boarded a bus along with dozens of other photographers for our usual trip – this time we revisited Portland, a beautiful, natural, green and water filled parish that is a nature photographers wet-dream. Previous...

Jamaipanese.com is over five years old but my love for Japan goes back longer than that. Almost 18 months ago I started Operation Visit Japan that focused on slewing the financial behemoth a trip Jamaica to Japan is. Financially all is set now now and although a very unfortunate disaster in Japan delayed...

The yearly One Love Jamaica Festival was held last weekend and as it has been since its first staging in 2004 was a resounding success. Yoyogi Park in Tokyo came to life as thousands of attendees came out to support the Jamaica-Japan cultural exchange event that I still dream of experiencing one day...

Yoyogi Park in Tokyo, Japan will once again host the One Love Jamaica Festival. The dates for the staging of the festival this year is Saturday 21st of May to SundayMay 22nd. I’ve been following the One Love Jamaica Festival from afar for a few years now and every year just seems to get bigger...

Before last Saturday I had never eaten any type of sushi. I had planned to lose my sushi virginity in March but saving for Japan and other priorities derailed that plan. When I first heard of sushi and read that it was raw fish the seafood hater in me barfed at the thought of eating raw fish even if...

So on Easter Sunday (April 24, 2011) the coolest Flickr group based in Jamaica had our monthly photography trip. Our main stops where Cool blue Hole – a spot you may remember from the pics last July, A really old Spanish bridge – another spot I have been before but didn’t share pictures...

When I say I am a “Proud Jamaican” I dont say it lightly, I LOVE my country and I accept ALL it’s faults while revel in it’s greatness while remaining focused on my task as a Jamaican to do my part to make Jamaican a better place for all. I am not one to focus on the negatives...

The last Sunday in March I went on my usal stress releaf trip out of the city, this time to the north eastern part of Jamaica to the Parish of St Mary. I had missed the trip in February at the last minute so I had double the amount of stress and my camera was beginning to gather dust as it went unused...