this is the infamous place the call “The Cove.” this is where one countries culture takes place. this is where the world is split up right now. this is where an activist group sneaked in and documented a one-sided movie that was unauthorized. i didn’t see it and have no desire. but if you did, you would probably hate japan, and the japanese people. by now, you all know how i feel about this topic of so called “dolphin killings.” don’t get me wrong, i love dolphins and whales. but at the same time, i love culture. that’s why i’m kind of stuck in the middle of this one and want to learn more and more about it. i don’t want to learn by watching a one-sided movie bashing the japanese, i want to learn more by learning more about the hundreds of years of culture in taiji. someday, i will. and someday, i will video the japanese side. i just want to show that culture is culture. but until then, please don’t make judgement by watching one side of the story….


the documentary that was made in taiji somehow won an oscar. now, they want to show it in japan? are you kidding me? why would you want to show a japanese bashing movie in japan? there have been so many protests and even death threats from conservatives so they called off the tokyo screenings. it’s pretty sad to see activist groups going around the world disrupting culture traditions, no matter what it is…..
**and last, i received a few emails giving me information about on how to find out my roots in japan. in a week or so, i should be able to get my great grandparents names and what city their from. then i’ll take it from there. thank you all for your help. and after thinking about it more, one of you could be my relative. that would be cool….

In the Mentawai’s!!!

good morning. it’s 6 am and raining pretty hard outside my house. i seen some clean chest high sets at bowls right now. already 20 dawn patrollers. i was out at bowls yesterday from 9-12 and the waves seemed like it was getting better and better. not too many surfers out. today i’m probably going to surf somewhere different. well, have a nice day!!!

i dropped everything i had to do yesterday at 3 pm to watch the final NBA championship game. it was the first time i years i drank a beer in the afternoon. gosh, i didn’t know how awful bud light was. and to think i use to drink 20 of these during football games. yuck… i much prefer better quality beer like asahi, or red stripe…

right during the game, a blackout? what? all the electricity went off near ala moana so the bar we were watching at was pitch dark, no air condition, and no game. so we were out of there!!

ended up at kiki’s to watch the rest of the game. i was cheering for boston and guess what? we lost!!! i was pretty bummed… it felt like i was a player and lost. my good 2 beer high went to depression. haha…

and wanted to say hello to satoshi kubota and everybody over there at ON THE BEACH. how’s the waves in miyazaki? i hope to go there again this year. as for the photo of these mempachi’s. $12.09 for 2? oh my gosh, takai!! i use to give a lot of these away. maybe i should eat them all now? haha.. going to look for a couple tomorrow….