{"id":140266,"date":"2025-11-08T13:19:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T04:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=140266"},"modified":"2025-11-08T05:34:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T20:34:23","slug":"sleepless-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=140266","title":{"rendered":"Sleepless in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I am and will always be fascinated by this powerful mountain. \u00a0Ever since I was a little kid, I saw this mountain pictured in frames hanging on my Grandparents wall. \u00a0I’d hear the stories over and over throughout decades. \u00a0The first time I saw Mount Fuji with my own eyes was in 1992. \u00a0I never forgot how exited, emotional, and happy I was. \u00a0Those feelings have never changed. \u00a0I still gaze at it thinking about my Grandparents, I gaze at it thinking about my past, and I think about it thinking about my future. \u00a0I look at it and get answers. \u00a0I look at it like as if my Grandparents are looking down on me guiding me along with life. \u00a0I woke up yesterday at 2am, went up to the balcony, and gazed for hours in the cold wind. \u00a0The bright full moon on the right, snow capped Mount Fuji directly in front, bright stars overhead, and the golden sunrise on the left. \u00a0It felt so powerful, yet so peaceful. \u00a0There is on other mountain in the world where I’m this connected to.<\/p>\n

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We drive down and meet up with Toda-san and Takami-san. \u00a0Hanging out with my family and friends on this trip is what I needed. \u00a0It’s been an amazing year of great waves and experiences but nothing beats this. \u00a0The journey continues as we drive through Japan…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am and will always be fascinated by this powerful mountain. \u00a0Ever since I was a little kid, I saw this mountain pictured in frames hanging on my Grandparents wall. \u00a0I’d hear the stories over and over throughout decades. \u00a0The first time I saw Mount Fuji with my own eyes was in 1992. \u00a0I never […]<\/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-140266","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\/140266","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=140266"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140269,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140266\/revisions\/140269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=140266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=140266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=140266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}