{"id":48369,"date":"2014-09-15T06:40:29","date_gmt":"2014-09-14T21:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=48369"},"modified":"2014-09-15T06:40:29","modified_gmt":"2014-09-14T21:40:29","slug":"the-last-amasan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=48369","title":{"rendered":"The Last Amasan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_0935.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_0935.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0935\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48370\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni still can&#8217;t believe what a great experience it was in Abu last month.  just to see deep japanese culture still alive was cool.  i know many people who want to become amasan&#8217;s.  and if any of them do, i will respect them just like how i respect the ocean.  it&#8217;s true harmony.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_3119.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_3119.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3119\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-48371\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nKyle and I were just tripping out on the experience.  we tried to stay out of their way as the amasan of abu take their job so seriously.  pure dedication japanese style.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-2-copy-212.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-2-copy-212.jpg\" alt=\"photo 2 copy 2\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-48372\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthen we ended up at the market where the 60 or so amasan&#8217;s lined up to have their daily catch weighted.  something you will never get to experience and something that won&#8217;t last forever.  so if you get the chance, go for it now!<br \/>\nstill haven&#8217;t had time to go through all the photos and videos.  hopefully will get to it within the year.  haha.<br \/>\nas for the south swell, it continues as everybody is so happy.  i passed by diamond head yesterday evening and there was absolutely no parking.  the waves were solid 5&#8242; and perfect.  i surfed 2 times and will do again today.  it&#8217;s september and our summer just won&#8217;t end.  enjoy it while you can!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i still can&#8217;t believe what a great experience it was in Abu last month. just to see deep japanese culture still alive was cool. i know many people who want to become amasan&#8217;s. and if any of them do, i will respect them just like how i respect the ocean. it&#8217;s true harmony. Kyle and [&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-48369","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\/48369","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=48369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48369\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}