i got up this morning at 5:15 and went to brush my teeth. then things started shaking and the whole house was moving back and forth. i knew it was a big earthquake and was worried of a big tsunami coming. yeah, i was right near the beach and that was on my mind as i jumped into the shower after. now that i think about it, i should have checked the news before i took a shower? but 6.3 is pretty dam big.

28 people got hurt. luckily nobody died.

we jumped on the ferry and headed to shikoku. first stop was the TSSC Showroom. the coolest surf shop with my room right upstairs. and again, right on the beach. i hope there isn’t any earthquake again tonight.

went to take a walk on the beach to look for some shells.

found some nice ones. shells of japan!

then it was so dam cold that we made a fire. it warmed us up as we sat on the beach. i’m hoping the waves come up tomorrow, and i’m hoping it gets warmer.
see you all at the TSSC Users Cup tomorrow morning at 5:30am. everybody do your best!

Clean air, nature, and TSSC!

omg, japan is freezing cold. yesterday was 11 degrees and this morning seems colder. so i wake up with snores from Inomata-san sleeping next to me. i jump in the shower and all of a sudden, Kimura-san’s house starts to shake. things falling over, my cell phone beeping a weird emergency siren, i start to worry. come to find out, it’s a 6M earthquake somewhere far away. is there a tsunami warning? hey, i’m staying right along the beach now. hopefully everything is ok as we will be jumping on a ferry this morning heading to shikoku. i left tokyo at 8am yesterday morning and got here at 7pm. that’s 11 hours of traveling by taxi, train, and 2 cars. now a ferry ride and drive, 4 hours later, i should be in shikoku.

Naohiro took us to a place where i haven’t been before. omg, this okomiyaki restaurant is the best! the question i have is, “after 15 years of coming to wakayama, why only now?” Ikora is by far the best i’ve ever tasted.

the chef of course is a surfer. surfs in the day, and makes awesome food at night. what a great life!

of course after a long drive, a cold beer sure tastes good. well, i was sleeping the whole drive down. haha. thank you Inomata-san and Kosei-san for driving me comfortably here. kanpai!

steamed bacon and bean sprouts then dipped into ponzu sauce. so good!

butter garlic abalone. melts in your mouth.

we ate 4 different kind of okonomiyaki but the natto one was my favorite.

this group is a well talented group of people. most are successful owners of companies and very smart. the cool thing is that we all have one thing in common. we surf!

then after getting so full on okonomiyaki and beers, we head straight to Seigo-san’s Marutaya ramen shop.

by far the best ramen i’ve ever eaten in my life.

thank you boys! had a great night of food, beer, and laughs!