{"id":3418,"date":"2010-06-30T06:54:58","date_gmt":"2010-06-29T21:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori3.sakura.ne.jp\/kirbyfukunaga\/2010\/06\/30\/one-big-root-of-my-family-tree\/"},"modified":"2010-06-30T06:54:58","modified_gmt":"2010-06-29T21:54:58","slug":"one-big-root-of-my-family-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=3418","title":{"rendered":"One Big Root of my Family Tree&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>good morning.  wow, i had a hard time sleeping because i was so excited from yesterday&#8230;  i set off in the morning to meet my grandpa fukunaga&#8217;s older sister for the first time in my life.  was i nervous?  heck yeah.  i made sure i brushed my teeth, shaved, and wore decent clothes.  i felt like i was in high school getting ready for my first date.  it was weird.  gosh, i&#8217;ve been waiting for this day for a long time&#8230;.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1020535.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\ni catch 2 trains and get off at hakuraku station in yokohama.  i was lost!!  all i had was an address so i walked into an office near the station and asked for directions.  the lady was really nice and printed out some maps for me.  could i understand it?  nope..  but after 20 minutes of walking in the hot humid weather sweating from head to toe, i finally found where i was looking for&#8230;.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1020536.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\nwalking on the outskirts of the city is so interesting.  i saw some pretty cool stuff on the way&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1020538.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\ncheck out this bus stop.  isn&#8217;t that cool?  i wonder how old these chairs are&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1020551.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\nimagine looking at something like this?  i swear, the streets in japan are the hardest to navigate.  i stopped by and asked 4 people on the way and nobody knew where i wanted to go.  i showed them this map and they just shook their heads.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1020550.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\nfrom 10:30 am to 2 pm was one of the highlights of my life.  after talking to my grand aunt, i learned so much.  i learned a lot more about my family, i learned a lot more about my roots, and i learned a lot more of what the 1st generation japanese went through when they immigrated to hawaii.  my grand aunty is 93 years old and from all things we talked about yesterday, i could write a book.  i&#8217;ll have more stories and photos coming tonight.  as i was leaving the station heading back home, i had a millions of things going through my mind.  but the coolest thing was my grand aunty has 7 children, 11 grand children, and 3 great grand children.  these are all my cousins i didn&#8217;t even know i had.  multiply that by my other 3 grandparents, thier kids, and grand kids, and great grand kids, i probably have a hundred cousins in japan.  now that&#8217;s pretty cool.  my journey has only begun&#8230;  have a wonderful day!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>good morning. wow, i had a hard time sleeping because i was so excited from yesterday&#8230; i set off in the morning to meet my grandpa fukunaga&#8217;s older sister for the first time in my life. was i nervous? 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