A closeup of the name stamp itself.　鯨　means "whale" in Japanese,　リー　represents the "ey" sound at the end of my last name, and　弁　is simply "Ben." Put it all together and you get Ben Whaley (sort of)! There are lots of different kanji for "Ben" in Japanese. I chose the kanji that means eloquence or flower petal, depending on how it's used. It is also used in "Bento" or the Japanese word for boxed lunch. There is a different Ben kanji that is used in the word "Benjoh" which means toilet. Whenever I told a Japanese person that I was having a hanko made, they always laughed and told me not to pick the kanji for my name that meant toilet.