{"id":64653,"date":"2016-02-20T05:17:57","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T20:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=64653"},"modified":"2016-02-20T05:17:57","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T20:17:57","slug":"a-night-outside-honolulu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=64653","title":{"rendered":"A Night Outside Honolulu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>got home after a long day yesterday.  just about to shower and sleep at 7pm.  then i get a call from Takahashi-san for a dinner invite.  splashed water in my face and headed out the door.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6135.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6135\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64657\" \/><br \/>\nwent to yakiniku.  omg, my body needed the protein!  so happy.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6137.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6137\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64658\" \/><br \/>\nwe had a great dinner and talk.  there is 55 total years of friendship on this table.  Maki-san, Takahashi-san, and Kazubo-san are all very good and important friends in my life.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6138.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6138\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64662\" \/><br \/>\nthen we go to drink a few down by the sea.  the topic of our conversation was &#8220;friendship.&#8221;  a great talk about who we are and how we got here.  one drink lead to another and after the Jack Daniels came out, i knew it was going to be a long night.  got a call from Bobby and Mar at almost midnight.  they came down and another drink lead to another.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6142.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6142\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64665\" \/><br \/>\nnext thing you know, we were out in the middle of the sea having drinks and listening to Begin and Kalapana.  it was one of those &#8220;many classic moments&#8221; time.  this is what i live for!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6141.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6141\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64663\" \/><br \/>\nso good to see japan superstar surfer Mar Ohno.  i&#8217;ve known this kid ever since he was 13 years old.  we had fun and Takahashi-san was telling me all night, &#8220;hey you, you&#8217;re living a great life!&#8221;  and my answer to him was always the same &#8220;thank you, it&#8217;s because of you, we are all here right at this moment.  if it wasn&#8217;t for you introducing me to the kind people you know, i wouldn&#8217;t be here right now, in fact, we all wouldn&#8217;t be here right now.  so thank you a million times.  i really really appreciate it!&#8221;  then i look at my watch and it read 12:30am.  i told Takahashi-san, &#8220;hey, it&#8217;s past your bedtime!  for all the years i&#8217;ve known you, you always sleep by 9pm.&#8221;  he looked at his watch and said &#8220;OMG!&#8221;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6148.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6148\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64666\" \/><br \/>\nthen he fell asleep in a minute.  haha.  gosh, i love this guy.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6151.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6151\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64664\" \/><br \/>\nthen i went to drop them off at the doorstep of his hotel. thank you boys and girl for the awesome time last night.  i can&#8217;t wait to do it again!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>got home after a long day yesterday. just about to shower and sleep at 7pm. then i get a call from Takahashi-san for a dinner invite. splashed water in my face and headed out the door. went to yakiniku. omg, my body needed the protein! so happy. we had a great dinner and talk. there [&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-64653","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\/64653","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=64653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64653\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}