{"id":70663,"date":"2016-08-25T05:33:18","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T20:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=70663"},"modified":"2016-08-25T05:33:18","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T20:33:18","slug":"layover-in-okinawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=70663","title":{"rendered":"Layover in Okinawa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_3022.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3022\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70670\" \/><br \/>\nthe japan paparazzi at work!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_3026.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3026\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70671\" \/><br \/>\nyesterday i already had my ticket booked from narita to taipei.  i had a free overnight stay in taipei and right before i left, i wasn&#8217;t feeling like getting a bus, then looking for a hotel, and hanging out in taiwan overnight.  so i changed my ticket to have a layover in okinawa!  why didn&#8217;t i think about that earlier?<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_3027.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3027\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70669\" \/><br \/>\nit&#8217;s been a while since i came here.  when ever i arrive at the naha airport, i have the same feeling of arriving in hawaii.  weird?<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_3028.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3028\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70665\" \/><br \/>\nthe past few days i&#8217;ve been really down.  no power and my body and mind feeling as weak as ever.  i think it&#8217;s the heat because i feel so dehydrated.  i feel like a fish without water.  drinking water but not enough.  so i thought i&#8217;d better try something else to get some energy back.  took my first sip of this pokari sweat and couldn&#8217;t let my lips off it.  drank the whole thing like how i use to guzzle beer in college.  five seconds after, i feel like running a marathon!  haha.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_3034.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3034\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70666\" \/><br \/>\nwhen you plan things, you have to plan it well.  i planned my flight so i could make the epic okinawan sunrise time.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_3037.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3037\" width=\"640\" height=\"194\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70667\" \/><br \/>\nand yes, it was so beautiful!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_3051.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3051\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70672\" \/><br \/>\ndo you recognize this stomach?  probably not!  it&#8217;s Takahashi-san!  omg!  Takahashi-san came to hawaii back in march.  we surfed everyday and he got focused on living a healthy life.  so he came back to okinawa and started jogging everyday.  he lost 7 kilos and looks like a triathlon.  i couldn&#8217;t believe how good he looks!  so stoked for him.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_3054.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3054\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70664\" \/><br \/>\nthen we had an amazing dinner.  guess what this is.  yes, raw horse sashimi.  omg, it was delicious!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_3056.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3056\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70673\" \/><br \/>\nfinally got to my hotel at 11pm.  another long day but so happy i made a stopover in okinawa.  had a great time last night with Takahashi-san and Hayato.  my 2 great friends forever.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_3055.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3055\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-70668\" \/><br \/>\n@TheBeach<br \/>\n5am and time to check out.  heading back to the airport and jumping on another flight to taiwan.  my plan changed so many times so don&#8217;t be surprised if i change that plan too.  anyway, see you somewhere!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the japan paparazzi at work! yesterday i already had my ticket booked from narita to taipei. i had a free overnight stay in taipei and right before i left, i wasn&#8217;t feeling like getting a bus, then looking for a hotel, and hanging out in taiwan overnight. so i changed my ticket to have a [&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-70663","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\/70663","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=70663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70663\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}