{"id":58406,"date":"2015-07-31T14:53:51","date_gmt":"2015-07-31T05:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=58406"},"modified":"2015-07-31T14:53:51","modified_gmt":"2015-07-31T05:53:51","slug":"record-tourism-in-june-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=58406","title":{"rendered":"Record Tourism in June 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-31-at-2.40.11-AM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-31-at-2.40.11-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-07-31 at 2.40.11 AM\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-58407\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nwoke up early this morning to watch Joshua&#8217;s heat.  bummer he lost but stoked he&#8217;s in the international surfing spotlight.  as he came out of the water, somebody asked him to sign his umbrella.  cool!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8901.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8901.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8901\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58408\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthen went to pick up Fujiwara-san and Ryo-kun.  super cool surfers from kanagawa.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-31-at-11.17.25-AM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-31-at-11.17.25-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-07-31 at 11.17.25 AM\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-58412\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFujiwara-san&#8217;s been surfing for only 6 years but is totally hooked on surfing.  super stoked to see him riding some good waves and walking the board.  gosh, the waves for us couldn&#8217;t have been any better.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-31-at-11.19.24-AM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-31-at-11.19.24-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-07-31 at 11.19.24 AM\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-58410\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nRyo-kun&#8217;s only 13 years old and has been surfing for 2 years.  i taught him how to turn today and he was turning all over the place.  super fast learner and super good surfer.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-31-at-11.18.20-AM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-31-at-11.18.20-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-07-31 at 11.18.20 AM\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-58409\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nand when he paddled back out after a good wave, you could see the stoke in his smile.  such a cute kid that loves surfing!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-31-at-11.15.43-AM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-31-at-11.15.43-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-07-31 at 11.15.43 AM\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-58411\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nfather and son on a surf trip in hawaii?  that&#8217;s a dream for any kid.  thank you Fujiwara-san and Ryo-kun for the awesome surf session.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-30-at-12.27.42-PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-30-at-12.27.42-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-07-30 at 12.27.42 PM\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-58415\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nseen Keoni out getting the good rights.  if it wasn&#8217;t for this guy, i wouldn&#8217;t have my camera and wouldn&#8217;t have these beautiful photos.  thanks again Keoni for finding my camera.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-30-at-12.31.08-PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-30-at-12.31.08-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-07-30 at 12.31.08 PM\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-58414\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nseen this chick ripping!  she took off, came flying down the line, and did a cutback right in my face.  it was awesome!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-30-at-12.31.28-PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-30-at-12.31.28-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-07-30 at 12.31.28 PM\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-58416\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nspray me!  girls who surf.  yeah!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/1de016114528f63ac6a633e197fd1362.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/1de016114528f63ac6a633e197fd1362.jpg\" alt=\"1de016114528f63ac6a633e197fd1362\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58413\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni heard on that tourism for the month of June was up 6%.  over 750,000 tourists came to hawaii in June.  and they spent $1.32 billion.  really?  that&#8217;s 148765801717.50 yen spending in one month!  wow!  aloha from hawaii!<br \/>\nwent surfing in the afternoon with the Nanami-san family.  always a good time.  photos coming tomorrow.  been averaging 5-7 hours\/day surfing ever since i got back.  that&#8217;s around 40 hours of surfing in 6 days.  no wonder i&#8217;m so black and my eyes are sunburnt.  anyway, it&#8217;s almost 8pm so my bedtime is really soon.  gotta go.  good night.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>woke up early this morning to watch Joshua&#8217;s heat. bummer he lost but stoked he&#8217;s in the international surfing spotlight. as he came out of the water, somebody asked him to sign his umbrella. cool! then went to pick up Fujiwara-san and Ryo-kun. super cool surfers from kanagawa. Fujiwara-san&#8217;s been surfing for only 6 years [&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-58406","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\/58406","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=58406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}