diff --git a/TTS/tts/utils/text/phonemizers/ja_jp_phonemizer.py b/TTS/tts/utils/text/phonemizers/ja_jp_phonemizer.py
index fcd170ba..714e9832 100644
--- a/TTS/tts/utils/text/phonemizers/ja_jp_phonemizer.py
+++ b/TTS/tts/utils/text/phonemizers/ja_jp_phonemizer.py
@@ -5,30 +5,50 @@ from TTS.tts.utils.text.phonemizers.base import BasePhonemizer
 
 _DEF_JA_PUNCS = "、.,[]()?!〽~『』「」【】"
 
+_TRANS_TABLE = {"、": ","}
+
+
+def trans(text):
+    for i, j in _TRANS_TABLE.items():
+        text = text.replace(i, j)
+    return text
+
 
 class JA_JP_Phonemizer(BasePhonemizer):
     """🐸TTS Ja-Jp phonemizer using functions in `TTS.tts.utils.text.japanese.phonemizer`
 
     TODO: someone with JA knowledge should check this implementation
+
+    Example:
+
+        >>> from TTS.tts.utils.text.phonemizers import JA_JP_Phonemizer
+        >>> phonemizer = JA_JP_Phonemizer()
+        >>> phonemizer.phonemize("どちらに行きますか？", separator="|")
+        d|o|c|h|i|r|a|n|i|i|k|i|m|a|s|u|k|a|?
+
     """
 
     language = "ja-jp"
 
-    def __init__(self, punctuations=_DEF_JA_PUNCS, keep_puncs=False, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, punctuations=_DEF_JA_PUNCS, keep_puncs=True, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(self.language, punctuations=punctuations, keep_puncs=keep_puncs)
 
     @staticmethod
     def name():
         return "ja_jp_phonemizer"
 
-    def phonemize_jajp(self, text: str, separator: str = "|") -> str:
+    def _phonemize(self, text: str, separator: str = "|") -> str:
         ph = japanese_text_to_phonemes(text)
         if separator is not None or separator != "":
             return separator.join(ph)
         return ph
 
-    def _phonemize(self, text, separator):
-        return self.phonemize_jajp(text, separator)
+    def phonemize(self, text: str, separator="|") -> str:
+        """Custom phonemize for JP_JA
+
+        Skip pre-post processing steps used by the other phonemizers.
+        """
+        return self._phonemize(text, separator)
 
     @staticmethod
     def supported_languages() -> Dict: