I have been following the progress of Quakebook, a brilliant idea by fellow J-Blogger Our Man in Obiko who after the devastating earthquake and tsunami that affected north east Japan on March 11th 2011 spearheaded a call for contributions and material for a book that would be sold and proceeds donated...

The Jamaica Pegasus is a 300+ room, 17 story hotel in the heart of Kingston’s business district. In an effort to target young and trendy professionals they have embraced social media as an important tool in expanding their customer market and highlighting their products and services. Their first...

I’ve been missing from the Japanese drama scene for a while now but for the last couple months I have been sneaking in an episode or 2 of a couple series I am watching. Completed watching Sunao ni Narenakute or Hard to Say I Love You recently and decided to try my hand at reviewing it and sharing...

Formspring.me is a simple and easy to use questions and answers website. It allows users to ask questions to other users and/or respond to questions posted to them. It is a site I have known about for a little while now but decided to join recently after realizing it could be a useful resource for me...

Last night I had the pleasure of attending a Twitter party of “Tweetup” at the Jamaica Pegasus in Kingston. Tweetups are all the rage worldwide and is defined as an organized or impromptu gathering of people that use Twitter. The Jamaica Pegasus a leading business hotel in Kingston who decided...

Twitter is one of the most popular social networking websites on the internet. Some argue that it has passed it’s peak but in my mind Twitter is unique and useful enough to be around for a while. It is my most used social networking website mainly because it is the first site of it’s kind...

As explained in my blog post earlier this year about my Twitter experience as a blogger I wasn’t a fan of the now super popular micro-blogging and social networking phenomenon that Twitter has grown to become now. But for about a year now I have embraced and grown to find Twitter useful with it’s...

It’s Sunday I refuse to be bored and so I’m experimenting with some table top photography. I wrote a teaser blog post called “coming soon to a Jamaipanese near you” and have tweeted up a storm revealing the “identity” of my supposedly top secret addition to my figure...

Facebook and Twitter are the two current social networking darlings. I am more active with Twitter and wrote a post a couple months ago about my experience with Twitter as a blogger which includes some tips for those just starting out with Twitter. Although I am a longtime member I wasn’t a fan...

Over the years since starting this blog I have had to the opportunity to meet many persons who share my interest in Japan both locally and online. I have also met many Japanese persons who who share a similar interest in Jamaica that I do in their country Japan. Ryo the Skywalker is one such Japanese...