{"id":56666,"date":"2015-06-05T06:32:15","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T21:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=56666"},"modified":"2015-06-05T06:32:15","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T21:32:15","slug":"most-blue-day-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=56666","title":{"rendered":"Most Blue Day in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_7068.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_7068-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7068\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-56667\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nwhen i walked out of my hotel yesterday morning, i couldn&#8217;t believe how beautiful it was!  super warm, cool winds, and the most perfect weather i&#8217;ve ever experienced in osaka.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_7067.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_7067-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7067\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-56668\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni&#8217;ve been to kansai about a hundred times but never ever seen the sky so deep blue.  i just kept staring at it thinking i was back in hawaii or something.  super crisp air and the deepest blue ever.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_7069.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_7069-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7069\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-56669\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ntook an early morning walk through the underground basements.  it&#8217;s unbelievable how smart the japanese are by making so many underground crossways.  the whole city connects underground.  amazing!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_7070.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_7070-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7070\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-56670\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nand the stores getting ready for another crazy business day.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_7071.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_7071-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7071\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-56671\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni&#8217;m finally starting to understand the train system in kansai.  not getting lost as much as before.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_7073.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_7073-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7073\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-56672\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nalways packed!  took the train to kyoto.  30 minutes at 550 yen or $4.75.  a very nice people watching ride.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_7075.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_7075-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7075\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-56673\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthen arrived in kyoto and couldn&#8217;t believe how beautiful it was.  Oshima-san picked me up from the station and we headed straight to lake biwa!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_7076.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_7076-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7076\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-56676\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthey dropped his boat in the ocean and off we went!  what an amazing system they have here in japan.  i wish we had this back in hawaii.  it would be a dream.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_7077.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_7077-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7077\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-56675\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni&#8217;d never thought i&#8217;d be surfing the next day i arrive in japan.  surfing the longest wave ever.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_7081.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_7081-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7081\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-56677\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni still couldn&#8217;t believe how blue the sky was!  it was the most picture perfect day in kansai. still a little dizzy from jet lag, but very awake when i was surfing in the lake!  had an awesome lunch.  learned a lot about geisha, geiko, maiko, and the amazing culture of kyoto.  i love it!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_7115.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_7115-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7115\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-56674\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni get back to my hotel at 3pm, slept for an hour.  woke up not knowing where i was or what time it was.  felt like morning, took a shower, went to an amazing dinner and culture night experience.<br \/>\nnow sitting in my hotel feeling so relaxed and satisfied.  i love this county very much and now i know why i came here more than 200 times in the past 25 years.  i want to learn more, experience more, and keep on the path of becoming a true samurai.  haha. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>when i walked out of my hotel yesterday morning, i couldn&#8217;t believe how beautiful it was! super warm, cool winds, and the most perfect weather i&#8217;ve ever experienced in osaka. i&#8217;ve been to kansai about a hundred times but never ever seen the sky so deep blue. i just kept staring at it thinking i [&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-56666","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\/56666","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=56666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56666\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}