{"id":131865,"date":"2024-04-25T05:56:39","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T20:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=131865"},"modified":"2024-04-24T13:34:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T04:34:24","slug":"the-special-yotei-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=131865","title":{"rendered":"The Special Yotei Bus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-131870\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_1304-800x588.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_1304-800x588.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_1304-1024x753.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_1304-768x565.jpg 768w, 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wp-image-131867\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4420-600x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4420-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4420-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4420-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4420-696x928.jpg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4420-1068x1424.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4420-315x420.jpg 315w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4420-rotated.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to the Special Bus. \u00a0The coolest place to stay. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-131868\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-9-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-9-800x600.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-9-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-9-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-9-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-9-696x522.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-9-1068x801.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-9-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, 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2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This day broke the record for the hottest day ever recorded on April 15th. \u00a0Shorts and slippers gazing at &#8220;Hokkaido&#8217;s Fuji&#8221; which is called Mount Yotei. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-131871\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4285-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4285-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4285-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4285-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4285-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4285-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, 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