{"id":51534,"date":"2014-12-16T13:20:52","date_gmt":"2014-12-16T04:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=51534"},"modified":"2014-12-16T13:20:52","modified_gmt":"2014-12-16T04:20:52","slug":"rack-of-ham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=51534","title":{"rendered":"Rack of Ham and Sunset Fever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>welcome to winter in hawaii.  it&#8217;s pretty dam cold and doesn&#8217;t get colder than this.  i&#8217;m wearing sweatpants, sweatshirt, socks, and i&#8217;m still cold at night.  still warmer than 0 degrees japan so can&#8217;t complain.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_1715.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_1715.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1715\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51535\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nfinally downloaded the photos of my trip.  on my first night in tokyo, i was lucky to eat a special order leg of a ham.  aged 3 years and by far the best ham i&#8217;ve ever eaten in my life.  this is fine dining japanese style!  i wish i can have another piece.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2297.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2297.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2297\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-51536\" \/><\/a><br \/>\neverybody loves japanese candy.  thank you Toda-san!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_1913.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_1913.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1913\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-51537\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nwhen we where checking the waves in taiwan, Mori-san got out his Steiner Navigator binoculars.  one look into the german made  $2,000 binoculars, i could see for miles away.  clear and crisp.  now i know what i&#8217;m buying myself for christmas!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-shot-2014-12-16-at-2.29.02-AM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-shot-2014-12-16-at-2.29.02-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen shot 2014-12-16 at 2.29.02 AM\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-51538\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nwoke up this morning expecting chest high waves.  i was wrong!  it was overhead and perfect!  i went to surf bowls and got so many perfect long barreling waves.  one of my best sessions of 2014.  so stoked!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-shot-2014-12-15-at-1.56.50-PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-shot-2014-12-15-at-1.56.50-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen shot 2014-12-15 at 1.56.50 PM\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-51540\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ncoming off an airplane and paddling out into warm water yesterday felt so good.  i really expected the waves to be super small but i was still excited.  especially when i seen head high sets and perfect conditions!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-shot-2014-12-15-at-1.56.07-PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-shot-2014-12-15-at-1.56.07-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen shot 2014-12-15 at 1.56.07 PM\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-51539\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nteaching kids how to surf is so rewarding.  watching them getting better and better makes me as happy as they are.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-shot-2014-12-15-at-1.59.06-PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-shot-2014-12-15-at-1.59.06-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen shot 2014-12-15 at 1.59.06 PM\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-51542\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nand once you can duck dive, you will see another beautiful world.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-shot-2014-12-15-at-1.59.30-PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-shot-2014-12-15-at-1.59.30-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen shot 2014-12-15 at 1.59.30 PM\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-51543\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni planned to go out and catch a couple of waves but it was so good that i didn&#8217;t want to come in.  perfection!  it&#8217;s been a very lucky year for me when it comes to getting good waves.  i hope that luck continues forever!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-shot-2014-12-15-at-1.57.57-PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-shot-2014-12-15-at-1.57.57-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen shot 2014-12-15 at 1.57.57 PM\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-51541\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nfrom japan to taiwan to japan to hawaii.  sunset after sunset after sunset.  the best way to end a perfect day!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>welcome to winter in hawaii. it&#8217;s pretty dam cold and doesn&#8217;t get colder than this. i&#8217;m wearing sweatpants, sweatshirt, socks, and i&#8217;m still cold at night. still warmer than 0 degrees japan so can&#8217;t complain. finally downloaded the photos of my trip. on my first night in tokyo, i was lucky to eat a special [&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-51534","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\/51534","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=51534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51534\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}