{"id":82380,"date":"2017-08-27T05:06:04","date_gmt":"2017-08-26T20:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=82380"},"modified":"2017-08-27T05:06:04","modified_gmt":"2017-08-26T20:06:04","slug":"20-hard-reef-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=82380","title":{"rendered":"20 Hard Reef Years&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_6319.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82385\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i&#8217;ve been going to Okinawa for 20 years, went back over 20 times, spent months at a time, made lifetime friends, and probably had a Jack and Coke against this famous wall at Hard Reef too so many times i can&#8217;t remember.  so on my last night, i stopped by for one drink on the way back to my hotel.  and like usual, one drink lead to another.  then another, then another.  i wake up the next morning with a headache and a big smile on my face.  it mush have been great!  haha.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_6235.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82383\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Japanese are so smart.  these are the windshield washers.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_6236.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82381\" \/><\/p>\n<p>it spins at high speed so the water flies off.  so smart!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_6308.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82382\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Takahashi-san is living a bubbly life.  so many things are going his way and he worked very hard to make that happen.  he&#8217;s on top if his game right now.  a guy i respect a lot.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_6306.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82384\" \/><\/p>\n<p>what makes him even more interesting is the way he interacts with people.  i&#8217;m just glad i&#8217;m not a woman.  haha.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_6322.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82386\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i could stay at the fish markets in Okinawa forever.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_6326.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82388\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i check each and every fish.  and i look at each and every price.  i know what people like so when i&#8217;m hunting, i can be very selective.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_6323.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82387\" \/><\/p>\n<p>lobster looks so good!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_6324.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82389\" \/><\/p>\n<p>raw oysters!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_6330.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82390\" \/><\/p>\n<p>this is by far the biggest live lobster i&#8217;ve ever seen in my life..<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_6331.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82391\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i wonder how much it would cost?  something i wouldn&#8217;t want to eat because the smaller ones are tastier.  and much cheaper too.  <\/p>\n<p>anyway, i love Okinawa and that place is in my heart forever!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i&#8217;ve been going to Okinawa for 20 years, went back over 20 times, spent months at a time, made lifetime friends, and probably had a Jack and Coke against this famous wall at Hard Reef too so many times i can&#8217;t remember. so on my last night, i stopped by for one drink on the [&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-82380","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\/82380","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=82380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82380\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}