{"id":128818,"date":"2023-09-30T16:41:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T07:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=128818"},"modified":"2023-10-01T05:44:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T20:44:08","slug":"shizunami-the-perfect-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=128818","title":{"rendered":"Shizunami:  The Perfect Wave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_5063-800x600.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-128819\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_5063-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_5063-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_5063-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_5063-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_5063-1068x801.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_5063-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_5063-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_5063-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_5063.jpg 1515w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I was never interested in wave pools. &nbsp;Friends have been trying to get me to surf it throughout the years but I always refused. &nbsp;On this trip, my brother started surfing again after a 10 year break which made me super happy. &nbsp;He wanted to challenge himself to the expert level at the best wave pool in Japan, so I couldn&#8217;t say no to that. &nbsp;I had no idea what to expect. &nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_1466-800x542.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-128822\" width=\"800\" height=\"542\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_1466-800x542.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_1466-1024x694.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_1466-768x521.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_1466-1536x1042.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_1466-2048x1389.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_1466-696x472.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_1466-1068x724.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_1466-1920x1302.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_1466-619x420.jpg 619w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I was pretty surprised how challenging it was. &nbsp;But after a couple mistakes, it was actually fun. &nbsp;Would I do it again? &nbsp;No thank you. &nbsp;That was my first time, and probably my last time. &nbsp;I prefer nature and free waves. &nbsp;Will my brother do it again? &nbsp;Absolutely! &nbsp;Haha. Photo by Todaheli&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_9609-800x600.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-128820\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_9609-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_9609-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_9609-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_9609-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_9609-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_9609-1068x801.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_9609-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_9609-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_9609-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_9609-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_9609.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Came back to Wakayama and went straight to Maruta-ya ramen! &nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_9660-600x800.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-128821\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_9660-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_9660-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_9660-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_9660-696x928.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_9660-1068x1424.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_9660-315x420.jpg 315w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_9660-rotated.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then woke up this morning and opened up my Christmas present from DOVE! &nbsp;I was singing Jingle Bells all day long!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was never interested in wave pools. &nbsp;Friends have been trying to get me to surf it throughout the years but I always refused. &nbsp;On this trip, my brother started surfing again after a 10 year break which made me super happy. &nbsp;He wanted to challenge himself to the expert level at the best wave [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-128818","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-kirbyblog"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128818"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128832,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128818\/revisions\/128832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}