{"id":83677,"date":"2017-10-05T15:34:27","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T06:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=83677"},"modified":"2017-10-05T15:34:27","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T06:34:27","slug":"another-year-of-wonderful-memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=83677","title":{"rendered":"Another Year of Wonderful Memories!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-05-at-11.09.58-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"868\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83671\" \/><\/p>\n<p>so stoked that the waves came up today in town.  super clean conditions and super fun waves.  went surfing with Oku-san.  as always, we had fun!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_7307.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83680\" \/><\/p>\n<p>last week, a box was at my front door?  i came home and thought somebody made a mistake.  a Yeti box???  i thought i won a lottery or some kind of contest???  i knew it wasn&#8217;t for me, but i opened the box anyway.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_7308.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83681\" \/><\/p>\n<p>OMG, the coolest Yeti cooler ever!  i always wanted to get one of these!  i still had no clue why i got it???  then a few days later, Miwa-san sent me an email &#8220;Happy Birthday!&#8221;  omg, thank you so much Miwa-san!  the cold beers will be waiting for you!!!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_7403.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83685\" \/><\/p>\n<p>to me, i feel like it&#8217;s my birthday every day because i am fortunate to wake up to another wonderful day.  but on October 1st, i took Rikita-san and Toshimi-san surfing and i had no idea they knew i was born on that day?  they totally surprised me!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_7402.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83682\" \/><\/p>\n<p>OMG, this is exactly what i needed for my dinner trips on Mayuki!  thank you Rikita-san and Toshimi-san!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_7399.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83687\" \/><\/p>\n<p>want to thank Kimura-san too!  i can&#8217;t wait to go to Wakayama and get drunk off this bottle of whiskey!  be ready for a wild night!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83688\" \/><\/p>\n<p>ok, another year has passed.  i&#8217;ve had many experiences since my last birthday.  been up in the mountains, been down in the oceans, and had the greatest memories ever.  i look back, appreciate everything that&#8217;s happened, good or bad, happy or sad, everything was great for me.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_6732.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83686\" \/><\/p>\n<p>now, i&#8217;m looking forward to another wonderful year of traveling, friendships, experiences, and many more memories.  i&#8217;m getting older and feel a little more wiser.  i can see a lot more clearly the path i want to take in life.  it&#8217;s a lot more calm, a lot more simple, and a lot more happier.  hope to see you along that wonderful path!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>so stoked that the waves came up today in town. super clean conditions and super fun waves. went surfing with Oku-san. as always, we had fun! last week, a box was at my front door? i came home and thought somebody made a mistake. a Yeti box??? i thought i won a lottery or some [&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-83677","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\/83677","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=83677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83677\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}