{"id":74467,"date":"2016-12-20T15:05:53","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T06:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=74467"},"modified":"2016-12-20T15:05:53","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T06:05:53","slug":"urashima-taro-and-tom-curren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=74467","title":{"rendered":"Urashima Taro and Tom Curren"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_7727.jpg\" alt=\"img_7727\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74475\" \/><\/p>\n<p>thank you Nao-san for sending me these beautiful photos from yesterday&#8217;s pipeline masters.  glad you guys came to hawaii at the perfect timing!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_7725.jpg\" alt=\"img_7725\" width=\"640\" height=\"160\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74473\" \/><\/p>\n<p>we had the best seats in the house!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_7733.jpg\" alt=\"img_7733\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74474\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nao-san and Asayama-san wanted to see Kelly Slater and John John Florence up close.  so they went to the front row.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_7732.jpg\" alt=\"img_7732\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74478\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kelly Slater running the beach.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_7729.jpg\" alt=\"img_7729\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74482\" \/><\/p>\n<p>John John Florence interview.  so glad you guys got to see these surfing icons.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_7731.jpg\" alt=\"img_7731\" width=\"640\" height=\"482\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74472\" \/><\/p>\n<p>but Kelia Moniz is my favorite and way more pretty then Kelly and John John.  haha.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_7730.jpg\" alt=\"img_7730\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74477\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Asayama-san is Kelia&#8217;s number one fan!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_7736.jpg\" alt=\"img_7736\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>omg, after we surfed this morning, we were so hungry!  so went to china town and ate chinese food.  this was amazing!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_7735.jpg\" alt=\"img_7735\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74470\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and this has always been a favorite.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_7746.jpg\" alt=\"img_7746\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74479\" \/><\/p>\n<p>then went to Izumo Taisha to pray for happiness.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_7742.jpg\" alt=\"img_7742\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74476\" \/><\/p>\n<p>this place is amazing!  so stoked to have such  cultural place in hawaii.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_7748.jpg\" alt=\"img_7748\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74471\" \/><\/p>\n<p>then some milk tea as we drove around listening to my classic japanese music.  we felt like going to karaoke.  haha.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_7761.jpg\" alt=\"img_7761\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74483\" \/><\/p>\n<p>then went into the wild blue to explore the underworld.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-20-at-12.29.12-PM.jpg\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-12-20-at-12-29-12-pm\" width=\"640\" height=\"362\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74484\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and the underworld never lets us down.   it was freaking beautiful!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_7754.jpg\" alt=\"img_7754\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74481\" \/><\/p>\n<p>after surfing and diving, you have this sense of peace and tranquility.  it&#8217;s hard to explain, but once you feel it, you will be hooked.  there&#8217;s no better feeling in the world.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_7756.jpg\" alt=\"img_7756\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74468\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Asayama-san feeling very calm and relaxed.  good job guys!  i&#8217;m sure you&#8217;re sleeping very good tonight.  see you tomorrow!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Flyers_TomCurren.jpg\" alt=\"flyers_tomcurren\" width=\"1275\" height=\"1650\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-74469\" \/><\/p>\n<p>last, i&#8217;m looking forward to going to Blue Note Waikiki to see Tom Curren and Hironobu Saito live on December 21!  going to sip on some whisky and enjoy the live music.  can&#8217;t wait!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>thank you Nao-san for sending me these beautiful photos from yesterday&#8217;s pipeline masters. glad you guys came to hawaii at the perfect timing! we had the best seats in the house! Nao-san and Asayama-san wanted to see Kelly Slater and John John Florence up close. so they went to the front row. Kelly Slater running [&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":[1381,1382,1383,666,107,667,1384,1385,1219],"class_list":{"0":"post-74467","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-kirby-blogs","7":"tag-blue-note","8":"tag-blue-note-waikiki","9":"tag-hironobu-saito","10":"tag-john-john-florence","11":"tag-kelia-moniz","12":"tag-kelly-slater","13":"tag-north-shore-hawaii","14":"tag-pipeline-masters","15":"tag-tom-curren"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74467","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=74467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74467\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}