good evening. gosh, another long day here in hawaii. went to surf backdoor this morning. wasn’t the best but pretty good for this year. it felt good to be in the barrel again. i wish i could live in there….

this is what it looked like. not bad yeah? the crowd wasn’t too bad and almost every japanese staying on the north shore was out, including the photographers. it was raining and pretty dark all day out there…. yuck….

hayato always wanted to eat the raw liver from the wild pig. i thought he was joking but i guess not…. i love liver sashimi and eat it all the time in japan. we don’t have it in america and serving it at a restaurant is illegal. so after living here my whole life, today was the first time i ate raw liver in hawaii. so good. oh, check out this photo. looks like hayato holding up an alien baby or something. sick….

tokura-san getting a first taste of liver sashimi, hawaiian style. kubota, matchi, numajiri, and everybody else at the dove house tried it and you know what they said? “better than japan”…. i thought so too….

so it’s super bowl sunday in hawaii. biggest event of the year. went down to kaimana beach because my brother and friends were cooking out. i thought they were listening to the game on the radio but i was wrong….

they had 2 tv’s going on. barbecue going, volleyball nets up, horse shoes, and a soccer set up. now that’s how to enjoy superbowl sunday. and the game was nuts. the underdogs won. i always cheer for the underdogs. congratulations new york giants….

it could be storming on the north shore and the weather in town can be perfection. i thought it was another day. i love town…. have a great evening….

good morning. 6;30am. no wind outside my house now so the waves must be good. north shore came up in the 3-4′ range and one guy is out at pipe now so it must b good. they will probably finish up the monster pipe pro so bummer for the contestants because they won’t be able to watch the super bowl. i haven’t payed attention to this years football season so i don’t really care too. i’d rather surf with nobody around…. it’s been a long time but i’m going to the north shore to surf… can’t wait…. have a safe day and see you in the water….

last night was a crazy evening. i had a dinner at 7pm but went up to the mountains at 6:30pm in my jeans, shoes, and everything to meet hayato. we needed pork so we went on a buta hunt. got pork!!! i took this photo of hayato with the pig but glad the photo came out too dark. you will have to check out hayato’s blog for the photos. freaking nuts…. HAYATO MAKI BLOG…. hawaiian style hunting. gosh, yesterday was pretty traumatizing for me. from hunting fish to hunting pigs. just seen too many things die in a day. those are the things normal people don’t see. kind of shocking, but at the same time, makes me appreciate everything i eat. that’s one of the main reasons why i don’t waste food….

i keep on saying that imanas has the best chanko nabe in hawaii. everytime i go there, that’s all i want to eat. next time we can take some wild boar and stick that in the nabe too. must be good yeah? charly always prepares the chanko nabe and he does an awesome job….. thanks charly….

my japanese friends say this nabe is good. that means, it’s good….
**by the way, wanted to thank charly for the awesome nabe and also for the vip passes to lotus night club. sorry couldn’t make it. next time, i’m there…. check out CHARLY’S BLOG BY CLICKING HERE….

good evening. woke up this morning to heavy rain and strong winds but didn’t stop us from going diving. hardcore diving….

when i called hayato this morning, i was hoping he was going to say “shine it”. but he came up to my house ready. stopped to get gas, sandwiches, ice, and drinks. then it was off to ewa beach….

it’s not good for diving after the kind of rain we’ve been getting. this is not dodo water. this is the ala wai canal. the water was so dirty today that we couldn’t dive the regular spots we go to. i think today was the dirtiest i’ve ever seen it. everywhere all the way down past the airport was dirty….

we found this little patch of clean water. jumped in for an hour and caught these fish. hayato even caught a good size tako too….

i was talking to my friend brandon the other day about eels. he told me that moray eels are super good tasting. if i caught one, he said he will cook it for me. so after 10 or so tries, hayato and i finally got this monster out of the hole. if you don’t know about moray eels, be careful because if this thing bites you, he will rip off your whole finger, or fingers. worst than a dog bite…. i’ll let you know how it tasted after i try it. anyway, for what a terrible day of weather we had here in hawaii, i enjoyed it underwater. i was feeling sick these past 5 days, including this morning. but after my first dive, it went away. my cough, runny nose, sore throat, and headache. all gone. oh how the ocean heals….
**by the way, we checked rockpiles on the way in and the waves were actually good. jun and keiko were out. then passed by bowls and seen kimura-san out surfing. all hardcore surfers. i’m on my way out for a dinner but before that, i’m going up into the mountains to try to get pork for a barbecue coming up…. hope it’s there….

**and oh shit!!! check out this photo matsuo just sent me. this is freezing cold shonan today…. oh my gosh… i’m going out tonight naked….