{"id":51385,"date":"2014-12-10T13:41:22","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T04:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=51385"},"modified":"2014-12-10T13:41:22","modified_gmt":"2014-12-10T04:41:22","slug":"japanese-soul-surfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=51385","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Soul Surfer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_1946.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_1946-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1946\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-51389\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthe best part of traveling is meeting new people.  Kimura-san was on Rote Island in indonesia where he met Mori-san.  we called him on the way up to this area and met him.  a super cool guy that loves surfing just as much as we do.  i guess that&#8217;s why we all get along very well.  good waves together, good food together, good drinks together, and good laughs together.  this is surfing!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0615.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0615.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0615\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51386\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMori-san moved here 4 years ago and has been surfing perfect empty lineups ever since.  if he&#8217;s not here, he&#8217;s somewhere in the world surfing world class waves.  a cool soul surfer that surfs super good!  thank you Mori-san for taking care of us!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_1967.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_1967.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1967\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-51388\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nhad a great conversation with these taiwan surfers.  they drove 6 hours from taipei to surf this secret spot.  one of the girls told me &#8220;you guys are VERY LUCKY!&#8221;  that&#8217;s what i love hearing.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2002.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2002.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2002\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-51387\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthere&#8217;s a big city 30 minutes away.  perfect for a good massage and good food.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_1998-e1418160534455.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_1998-e1418160534455-480x640.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1998\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-51391\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n$25 for an hour of a full body pampering.  i was sleeping the whole time but when i woke up, i felt so fresh.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2007.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2007.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2007\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-51390\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthen we went to eat the best taiwan nabe ever!  it was Mori-san&#8217;s favorite and i&#8217;d have to say it tastes better than any taiwan nabe i&#8217;ve tried before.  spicy and good!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2006.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2006.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2006\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-51392\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthe pig blood was interesting.  tasted like liver, blood, with a tofu texture.<br \/>\nok, i gained about 8 pounds on this trip.  combine that with the 8 pounds i gained in japan, my stomach looks pretty happy.  i better get back to hawaii soon before it gets out of control.  but until then, i&#8217;m going to eat, eat, and eat!   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the best part of traveling is meeting new people. Kimura-san was on Rote Island in indonesia where he met Mori-san. we called him on the way up to this area and met him. a super cool guy that loves surfing just as much as we do. i guess that&#8217;s why we all get along very [&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-51385","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\/51385","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=51385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}