{"id":59432,"date":"2015-09-03T05:45:54","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T20:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=59432"},"modified":"2015-09-03T05:45:54","modified_gmt":"2015-09-02T20:45:54","slug":"why-i-quit-salaryman-and-jpsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=59432","title":{"rendered":"Why I QUIT Salaryman and JPSA?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_9910.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_9910.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9910\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59433\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni flew in yesterday morning from japan.  Ambo-san flew in yesterday afternoon from mexico.  he calls me, we go surfing, and have a great time.  it was Ambo-san&#8217;s first time to hawaii and also his birthday!  super stoked to celebrate it with him riding awesome waves!  score!  and to think we met for the first time a few months ago in el salvador.  this is surfing.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_9464.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_9464.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9464\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59435\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni was walking behind Eri-chan in japan and couldn&#8217;t believe how black her legs were!  OMG!  too much surfing honey girl!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_9801.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_9801.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9801\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59438\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nphoto by Matsu.  people watching in sendai.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_9527.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_9527.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9527\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59437\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni love the little eating parts of sendai.  so cool!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_9890.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_9890.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9890\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59436\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni really wanted to buy this foot massager in japan after feeling so good after my massage.  i was thinking it would go good right under my desk.  it was on sale for 35,000 yen or about $291.  i come back to hawaii and check how much it costs here?  omg!  it was 60,000 yen or $495.  omg, i should have bought it in japan!  next time, for sure!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_9881.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_9881.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9881\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59439\" \/><\/a><br \/>\none of my dreams was to become a salary man in japan.  but after catching the train once to tokyo during rush hour, i changed my mind and decide to become a professional surfer instead.  it was that instantaneous.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_9515.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_9515.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9515\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59434\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nand after becoming a professional surfing and surfing the JPSA contests for 2 years in waves like this, i decided to become a soul surfer instead.  to be honest, chasing points at contests all over japan in waves like this, i knew it wasn&#8217;t for me.  now 20 years later, i can say it was the best decision of my life for both jobs.  i traveled the world, i met so many friends, and have experiences i will treasure for life.   thank you Takami-san for sending me this photo of the contest last week in chiba.  it really made me realize i made the right decisions in my life.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i flew in yesterday morning from japan. Ambo-san flew in yesterday afternoon from mexico. he calls me, we go surfing, and have a great time. it was Ambo-san&#8217;s first time to hawaii and also his birthday! super stoked to celebrate it with him riding awesome waves! score! and to think we met for the first [&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-59432","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\/59432","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=59432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59432\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}