{"id":41479,"date":"2014-01-03T16:21:30","date_gmt":"2014-01-03T07:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=41479"},"modified":"2014-01-03T16:21:30","modified_gmt":"2014-01-03T07:21:30","slug":"winter-starting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=41479","title":{"rendered":"Haleiwa to China Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>gosh, it&#8217;s weird how the weather has been so hot.  but come tomorrow, the chilly winds from the north along with the rain will finally make it wintery here in hawaii.  i spent almost 3 hours sweating yesterday washing the truck.  i even washed under, over, and through every crack.  the rims and tires were shining too.  then guess what?  i drive out to the north shore today and &#8220;RAIN!!!&#8221;  all i can do is laugh.  the truck is back to dirty how it was before i washed it.  i guess i needed the workout.  expect more rain, sun, rainbows, north winds, and waves for the upcoming week.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/photo-11.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/photo-11-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"photo 1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41481\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nas usual, i always have fun with Takeda-san and Michiko-san when they come to hawaii.  we headed straight to the north shore this morning and pulled up to haleiwa.  omg, score!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/photo-21.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/photo-21.jpg\" alt=\"photo 2\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41482\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthe waves were perfect all morning long!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/photo-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/photo-3.jpg\" alt=\"photo 3\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41483\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nsome overhead sets and i was happy to see Takeda-san and Michiko-san have the best session we ever had together.  we came in, ate a plate lunch, and went back out.  not as good as the morning, but Michiko-san&#8217;s last wave was a barrel so it was well worth it.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/photo-41.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/photo-41-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"photo 4\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41484\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthen we went to Izumi Taisha for hatsumoude.  it&#8217;s awesome to celebrate the new years japanese style right here in hawaii.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/photo-51.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/photo-51.jpg\" alt=\"photo 5\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41485\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nwe all prayed for a great 2014!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/photo-22.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/photo-22.jpg\" alt=\"photo 2\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41486\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthen we took a walk around china town.  not a place i like to visit often but when i see things like this, i&#8217;m fascinated.<br \/>\nTakeda-san and Michiko-san, thank you for a wonderful day!  I can&#8217;t believe we met at Narita Aiport 2 years ago and now have such good memories.  Keep on surfing, and Keep on Hawaii!  See you again in May!  Aloha<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>gosh, it&#8217;s weird how the weather has been so hot. but come tomorrow, the chilly winds from the north along with the rain will finally make it wintery here in hawaii. i spent almost 3 hours sweating yesterday washing the truck. i even washed under, over, and through every crack. the rims and tires were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-41479","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-kirby-blogs"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41479","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=41479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41479\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}