{"id":80049,"date":"2017-06-15T17:45:03","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T08:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=80049"},"modified":"2017-06-15T17:45:03","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T08:45:03","slug":"hikari-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=80049","title":{"rendered":"Hikari Single"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_3576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80050\" \/><\/p>\n<p>left Tokyo at rush hour this morning because i wanted to feel the rush.  i was tripping out on everybody walking the sam exact way?  that&#8217;s amazing.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_3580.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80054\" \/><\/p>\n<p>got on the first of 3 trains.  i don&#8217;t know what i&#8217;d do without my Neil Diamond playlist.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_3578-e1497515644626.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80055\" \/><\/p>\n<p>they make it so easy these days in Japan.  the JR staff printed out my schedule.  i don&#8217;t really need it because i&#8217;ve been traveling for years without it, but it sure helps me set my alarm to wake up before i pass my station.  did that a few times before and it sucks.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_3579.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80053\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and yes, the best service in the world!  and no, they don&#8217;t expect a tip.  it&#8217;s just the culture to work hard here in Japan.  a culture i admire a lot.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_3581.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1108\" height=\"1478\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80051\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i was trying to take a nap in the trains but Kimura-san kept on sending me texts and photos.  how can you sleep when you get sent a photo like this?  haha.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_3585.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80052\" \/><\/p>\n<p>the transition from Tokyo to Wakayama is unbelievable.  welcome to the country!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_3608.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80056\" \/><\/p>\n<p>want to thank Inaida-san for giving me a bottle out of his fine whisky collection.  its&#8217; called Hikari and i can&#8217;t wait to open it!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_3609-e1497515672249.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80057\" \/><\/p>\n<p>heading to a restaurant now for a family dinner and hope to take this with me.  sip on a glass, eat good food, and lots of laughs.  can&#8217;t beat this life!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>left Tokyo at rush hour this morning because i wanted to feel the rush. i was tripping out on everybody walking the sam exact way? that&#8217;s amazing. got on the first of 3 trains. i don&#8217;t know what i&#8217;d do without my Neil Diamond playlist. they make it so easy these days in Japan. the [&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-80049","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\/80049","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=80049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80049\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}