{"id":77676,"date":"2017-04-02T08:30:03","date_gmt":"2017-04-01T23:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=77676"},"modified":"2017-04-02T08:30:03","modified_gmt":"2017-04-01T23:30:03","slug":"winters-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=77676","title":{"rendered":"Where&#8217;s the Cherry?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1418.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1478\" height=\"1108\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77686\" \/><\/p>\n<p>it&#8217;s crazy how cold Japan is right now.  i wasn&#8217;t surprised when Toda-san sent me this photo of Mt. Fuji snowing.  i&#8217;ve been coming here at this time for the past 25 years and it&#8217;s never been this cold.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1416.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77677\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i was even cold in the airport.  Tokyo was 7C and raining.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1417.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>jumped on a plane to the beautiful island of Shikoku.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1419.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77680\" \/><\/p>\n<p>it started looking a lot warmer outside.  but when i landed, it was still freezing cold.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1426.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77679\" \/><\/p>\n<p>the drive is amazing.  25 years in a row i seen the cherry blossoms, but not this year.  it&#8217;s too cold for it to blossom.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1425.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77681\" \/><\/p>\n<p>want to thank Yassan for taking care of me.  it&#8217;s a long 2.5 hours one way to the airport so that means Yassan drove for 5 hours today just to pick me up.  i really appreciate it.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1420.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77678\" \/><\/p>\n<p>stopped by to grab a snack.  eating tomatoes in Japan is like eating strawberries in Hawaii.  it&#8217;s just as sweet.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1432.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77685\" \/><\/p>\n<p>arrived to one of the biggest surfboard factories in Japan, Ono Glass Works.  this is where my surfboards are born.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1429.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77687\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i always take my time walking around looking at all the artwork.  the best quality in the industry.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1430.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77684\" \/><\/p>\n<p>who ever ordered this board is going to be super stoked.  i love this tail!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1434.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77682\" \/><\/p>\n<p>so happy coming here to see the new addition to the TSSC family.  welcome to this world Hiyori-chan!  i hope a magic board will change your life too!    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>it&#8217;s crazy how cold Japan is right now. i wasn&#8217;t surprised when Toda-san sent me this photo of Mt. Fuji snowing. i&#8217;ve been coming here at this time for the past 25 years and it&#8217;s never been this cold. i was even cold in the airport. Tokyo was 7C and raining. jumped on a plane [&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-77676","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\/77676","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=77676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}