{"id":131858,"date":"2024-04-24T13:17:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T04:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=131858"},"modified":"2024-04-24T13:17:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T04:17:09","slug":"follow-the-cherry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=131858","title":{"rendered":"Follow the Cherry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-131859\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4521-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4521-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4521-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4521-768x576.jpg 768w, 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stretched, and was surfing in the dark. \u00a0Glad to be back to my daily routine. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-131860\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GPTempDownload-18-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GPTempDownload-18-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GPTempDownload-18-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GPTempDownload-18-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GPTempDownload-18-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GPTempDownload-18-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GPTempDownload-18-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GPTempDownload-18-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GPTempDownload-18-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GPTempDownload-18-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It felt so good to be back in the ocean again! \u00a0I felt reborn again. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-131861\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GPTempDownload-19-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GPTempDownload-19-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GPTempDownload-19-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GPTempDownload-19-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GPTempDownload-19-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GPTempDownload-19-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GPTempDownload-19-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GPTempDownload-19-746x420.jpg 746w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GPTempDownload-19.jpg 1608w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kyle always riding enough waves to make the rest of his day great. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-131862\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GPTempDownload-20-800x459.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GPTempDownload-20-800x459.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GPTempDownload-20-1024x588.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GPTempDownload-20-768x441.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GPTempDownload-20-1536x881.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GPTempDownload-20-2048x1175.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GPTempDownload-20-696x399.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GPTempDownload-20-1068x613.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GPTempDownload-20-1920x1102.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GPTempDownload-20-732x420.jpg 732w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On this particular run, I was trying to catch up with Takahashi-san and Rina-chan. \u00a0They were going so fast so I had no chance. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-131864\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4504-600x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4504-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4504-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4504-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4504-696x928.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4504-1068x1424.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4504-315x420.jpg 315w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4504-rotated.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My first day in Japan was on April 2 and the cherry blossoms bloomed in Yokohama. \u00a0This was on my last day in Saporro and I got to see the cherry blossoms bloom again. \u00a0This was such a lucky trip because seeing the cherry blossoms was on the top of my list. \u00a0I&#8217;m still wondering why I get so happy when I see it? \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-131866\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4513-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" 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