{"id":77736,"date":"2017-04-04T08:39:36","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T23:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=77736"},"modified":"2017-04-04T08:39:36","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T23:39:36","slug":"yokohama-landmark-tower-the-27-year-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=77736","title":{"rendered":"Yokohama Landmark Tower:  The 27 Year Dream?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1511.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77737\" \/><\/p>\n<p>this has been my snack every day in Japan.  fresh fruity tomatoes.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77738\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and another snack for dessert.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1516.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77744\" \/><\/p>\n<p>every time i leave Shikoku, i crave Tokushima Ramen on the way out.  so stopped by with the boys yesterday.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1515.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77745\" \/><\/p>\n<p>it&#8217;s worth a 2 hour drive, and it&#8217;s worth 800 yen or $7 for this beautiful bowl of ramen.  omg, why can&#8217;t we have ramen like this in Hawaii?<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1514.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77742\" \/><\/p>\n<p>want to thank the Dove Wetsuit boys for the ride to the airport.  and thank you for keeping me warm!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1519.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77740\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tokushima equals Awadori!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1520.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77741\" \/><\/p>\n<p>only a one hour flight to Tokyo.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1521.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77739\" \/><\/p>\n<p>ANA airlines staff with the sayonara.  this is the part of Japan i like.  waving to an airplane?  that&#8217;s cool!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1522.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77746\" \/><\/p>\n<p>closed my eyes and when it opened, i was in Haneda.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1524.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77743\" \/><\/p>\n<p>after all these years in Japan, i still trip out on the train system.  and i realize more and more that no way it will work in Hawaii.  no way!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1525-e1491261097630.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77747\" \/><\/p>\n<p>back in 1990 on my very first trip to Japan, a friend brought me see the Yokohama Landmark Tower.  i remember looking up and the hotel was going into the clouds!!!  i couldn&#8217;t believe it.  it was still being built and finally finished in 1993 with 69 floors.  it became the tallest building in Japan.  they even included a 5 star hotel on the top and i remember thinking &#8220;i hope i can stay there someday.&#8221;  well, in my world, dreams come true!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>this has been my snack every day in Japan. fresh fruity tomatoes. and another snack for dessert. every time i leave Shikoku, i crave Tokushima Ramen on the way out. so stopped by with the boys yesterday. it&#8217;s worth a 2 hour drive, and it&#8217;s worth 800 yen or $7 for this beautiful bowl of [&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":["post-77736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-kirby-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77736","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=77736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77736\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}