good evening. went to claude maki’s event last night. it was freaking awesome. then had some oxtail soup. then headed to the biggest party in chiba. another awesome night. came back home to sleep and woke up freezing. yeah, it went from hot to cold. and all day was cold here in chiba. what a trip. what’s happening to our earth? scary… well, got millions of things to do and being on my computer isn’t one of them. i’m out of here…. have a great night….
**gosh, i’ve been thinking about something when i was downloading my photos and video from my 2 cameras just now. i’ll let hayato, zuccho, and kairi do my blog for the next few days. haha… i was checking out their blogs and they got some pretty cool photos. so want to know what we are doing here in chiba? CHECK OUT….

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**and last, wanted to wish a happy birthday to vertra suncare president, bobby higa. can somebody please buy him a shot of “4 horsemen” for me? and tell him it’s from jacksan. kampai!!!

the past few days, this is what i’ve been waking up to. fresh air!!! gosh, jasmine has the million dollar 360 degree view…. oh, and you should see the sunsets…

this is shidashita beach in chiba. right now, this is the only sandbar working in chiba so everybody’s here. it’s been only chest high but super clean. the kids are ripping….

this asp pro junior contest is pretty big and attracts people from around the world. check out these groms that came all the way over from california. the kid in the middles name is kainoa. i was calling him john john. he couldn’t stop laughing…. he’s 10 years old, surfs good, does airs, fluent japanese and english. great future ahead for this kid….

this is maoh toda. maoh is the coolest guy. always smiling and always looks happy. he came over to the studio at the dove factory the other day for a photos shoot. it’s always good to see maoh….

good evening. another hot day here in japan. this weather makes me hungry so all i’ve been doing is eating and eating….

and my favorite food? YAMARI SHIRASU…. as soon as i got here, kimura-san sent over a couple boxes of shirasu to shonan. and now that i’m in chiba, he sent one here too. fresh and good… thank you so much kimura-san and yamari shirasu in wakayama….

you can eat it right out of the box. or you can add in some okura, onions, nori, and put it over hot rice… oh my gosh!!!! itadakimasu….

now that i’m in chiba, i had to check out this place that wendell kong told me had the best oxtail soup. even better than the famous kam bowl oxtail soup in hawaii. wendell also said to go to chiba HIC and ask for directions. so that’s what i did. the staff at HIC are so friendly and told me exactly where it was. and even wrote the phone number down for me. just wanted to thank them for that… so naoka orders the shoyu based oxtail soup and i ordered the shio, or salt based oxtail soup. oh my gosh… i can’t even explain how good it was. wendell was right, way better than kam bowl oxtail soup. you can’t even compare it. and all this for $8? cheap!!!!

i ate all and even licked the bowl like a pig. that’s how good it was… gochisousama deshita!!! by the way, please don’t email me and ask me where this place is and how to get there. there are no signs and it’s hidden away on the back roads of taito. i wouldn’t even know how to explain it. go to HIC and ask for directions….

well gotta go. big event happening tonight at taito beach. got some pro wrestling going on, with claude maki live on the stage after. it’s going to be nuts. going to grab jacksan and head over there… see ya….