{"id":84757,"date":"2017-11-10T07:54:50","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T22:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=84757"},"modified":"2017-11-10T07:54:50","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T22:54:50","slug":"japans-finest-dining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=84757","title":{"rendered":"Japan&#8217;s Finest Dining"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_8346.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84760\" \/><\/p>\n<p>found the last parking spot at the Honolulu Airport.  and got the last seat on the airplane heading for Japan.  once again, timing was perfect.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_8347.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84761\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i was sitting next to a lady that travels the world scuba diving.  she&#8217;s been pretty much everywhere i&#8217;ve been so we chatted as i was checking out her photos.  she told me this is a Pony Seahorse she saw off a remote inland of Komodo, Indonesia.  this is the cutest sea creature i&#8217;ve ever seen!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_8348.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84762\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i would have seriously cried if i didn&#8217;t get a seat to Japan because i would have missed this.  fresh abalone with caviar that just melts in your mouth.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_8349.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84763\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i can&#8217;t come close to describing how good it was.  once it hit my palate, i was in heaven.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_8350.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84764\" \/><\/p>\n<p>fresh live raw oysters!  omg, it melted in my mouth!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_8352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84759\" \/><\/p>\n<p>the most expensive fungus in the world.  Truffle can cost up to $6,000\/pound.  i can&#8217;t describe the taste of this too but i felt like i was in heaven&#8217;s heaven.  some nice champagne and fine red wine to go along.  this was only the beginning that i didn&#8217;t want to end.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_8369.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84766\" \/><\/p>\n<p>want to thank Inaida-san and Yuki-san for the night in heaven.  lots of good food, lots of good wine, lots of good laughs, and lots of good memories.  i wanted to take out a piece of Truffle for my friends back in Hawaii but found out it wouldn&#8217;t last till then.  so i at all of mine.  Yuki-san had hers wrapped up for later.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_8379.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84765\" \/><\/p>\n<p>customized and personal fine whisky along with good friends.  can&#8217;t beat that combination&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>it&#8217;s crazy that after 27 years of coming to Japan, things are only getting better and better!  please don&#8217;t wake me up from this incredible dream&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>found the last parking spot at the Honolulu Airport. and got the last seat on the airplane heading for Japan. once again, timing was perfect. i was sitting next to a lady that travels the world scuba diving. she&#8217;s been pretty much everywhere i&#8217;ve been so we chatted as i was checking out her photos. 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