{"id":82225,"date":"2017-08-21T05:48:02","date_gmt":"2017-08-20T20:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=82225"},"modified":"2017-08-21T05:48:02","modified_gmt":"2017-08-20T20:48:02","slug":"stress-free-travel-the-waiting-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=82225","title":{"rendered":"Stress Free Travel:  The Waiting Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_6142-e1503261251164.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82226\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i got up yesterday and decided to take a chance.  all flights outbound and inbound from Japan were fully booked because it&#8217;s peak summer holiday season.  so it was kind of a gamble but why not try right?  i&#8217;ve been pretty lucky recently.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_6143.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82227\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i get to the airport and the staff tells me &#8220;no way.&#8221;  i wait for the first flight to Narita.  it leaves me behind.  then as i was walking back to my motorcycle, i thought i&#8217;d try another flight.  i sit, wait, everybody boards the full flight, then last minute, the staff calls my name.  OMG, i got the very last seat because someone didn&#8217;t show up.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_6144-e1503261213791.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82228\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and guess what?  it was the best seat on the plane!  score!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_6148-e1503261234873.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82231\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i take out the menu and order the Japanese selection.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_6147.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82230\" \/><\/p>\n<p>get out my Free Surf magazine and recline my seat.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_6145.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82229\" \/><\/p>\n<p>been into off-roading too because my dream is to have one of these in Molokai someday.  i&#8217;ll need it to get deep into the mountains.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_6150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82232\" \/><\/p>\n<p>ate dinner and was so stoked that Delta brought back there ice cream service!  this is my favorite part of the flight!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_6151.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82233\" \/><\/p>\n<p>after this, i closed my eyes and woke up in Japan.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_6154.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82234\" \/><\/p>\n<p>then waited forever in immigrations because there were a hundred Chinese in front of me.  the staff at the airport started talking to me in Chinese.  is said &#8220;really?&#8221;  haha. <\/p>\n<p>well, in Japan now and going to spend my own summer vacation in Okinawa.  from one paradise to another.  but first, it&#8217;s a night in Tokyo with friends and sushi.  i&#8217;m so happy to be here!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i got up yesterday and decided to take a chance. all flights outbound and inbound from Japan were fully booked because it&#8217;s peak summer holiday season. so it was kind of a gamble but why not try right? i&#8217;ve been pretty lucky recently. i get to the airport and the staff tells me &#8220;no way.&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-82225","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\/82225","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=82225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82225\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}