good morning. still pretty dam cold here. i just got some new summer clothes from spice so i wanted to wear it. i put on my new shorts, tshirt, and slippers and walked to 7/11 this morning. shit, i was freezing… for the past 16 years since i’ve been coming to japan, this spring has been the coldest by far… where’s the sun?? i’m going outside to look for it… with my jacket…. have a nice cool day….

when we were in chiba the other day, we would always pass this house on the way to isumi. looked like something caught fire to this brand new house. what a bummer….

found out from hayato later that a lightning bolt struck the tv antenna and burned the house. shit!! look at the hole in the roof from the bolt? scary yeah? when there’s lightning in japan, run and hide. i remember one time i was driving home from the beach and there was lightning bolts hitting things all around me. i almost cried. you never see those kind of things in hawaii. so many surfers have died in the water by lightning in japan. so please be careful…..

and wanted to thank jasmine once again for the awesome home made spaghetti she prepared for us…. gochisosama deshita….

good evening. the weather actually cleared up today. and i was wondering why it was so hot? maybe it was because i had 2 tshirts and one sweatshirt on? yeah, that’s why.. my friends asked me when i’m going back to hawaii. next week saturday so pretty dam soon. but before that, i’m going on a much needed vacation….. so my friends in hawaii better catch a lot of waves this week because when i get back, i’m dropping in. i have to catch up on all the waves i missed. so get use to seeing my back. haha….

a friend from hawaii sent me this photo of jack johnson surfing the north shore on april 15th. so he had his concerts in japan on april 12 and 13, then was surfing sunny warm north shore on the 15th? shit, i thought i had a good job…. lucky guy..

and last, stopped by vonzipper japan yesterday to pick up some new glasses. check these out. sick…. thanks muramatsu-san and vonzipper for the killer glasses and for supporting me. mahalo…. click here for VONZIPPER.COM…

**good saturday morning. wind is blowing outside. i drove by the beach yesterday around noon and the waves were 2′ and pretty good. then the strong off shore winds blew it down to flat by the evening. weird? well, been getting the emails from my friends in hawaii saying the waves are going off on the south shore. 2-4′ and perfect glassy barrels. thanks guys. you really made my day. now i’m going to drive an hour to the beach, pay $10 to park my car, put on my full wetsuit and boots, surf knee high waves in dirty cold water, then pay $2 for a shower, then drive an hour home. you guys really pissed me off… haha… but i love japan. after you guys surf in town, go eat mcdonalds. i’m going to eat sashimi, miso soup, and rice. how’s that??? have a nice day…. and derek, glad your back in the water surfing. your super stoked again and i can feel it in your emails. pure stoke. keep on surfing!!!
**the other day, i took a few clips in chiba. started off surfing sunrise, then eating a good lunch, then surfing isumi river, then eating an awesome dinner at hayato’s house. check out this menu… liver sashimi, maguro, tako, ika, scallops, yakitori, tempura, tofu, and other goodies. i couldn’t stop eating. thanks hayato and mari-chan for the awesome food. then jasmine and hide picked up kenji and i for our second dinner. went up to her castle for some spaghetti. kenji and i were too full to eat but the spaghetti looked so good. so good that we zuccho, kenji, and i went back to jasmine’s house the next day for lunch. it was such an awesome day in chiba and i’m so happy of all the good friends i have there. always feel welcomed…. thanks everybody for the awesome go-naminori day in chiba. check out this clip….