16 Oct October15th…ish,2013
Hafa Adai&Yoroshiku
Its October 15th,2013 and I believe tomorrow will be our 36th day of the walk…currently roughly halfway across Japan from our launching pad in Sapporo to our landing field in northern Kyushuu by or before November 20th.
Id originally planned to maintain a frequent and steady blog entry on www.fokai.tv via my new phone but i never really put enough effort into learning how to use my phone better… no qualifiable excuses. Since Enson has been more than frequent enough posting on facebook, his blog, and instagram–it almost feels that anything i might post would be redundant. but after realizing that though we have are walking down the same roads, meeting the same people, and relatively doing the same things…in more ways than one–we are all having a different experience. IT is something that im not yet quite able to put down in words but have tried to highlight via instagram…since a picture tells athousand words, a daily entry at 36 days can sure say alot but yet fails to offer the path to what lies in between the lines.
There efintiely is a lot to say–in between the horros of what happened through the tsunami and the kindness that lies deep inside the people and heart of Japan–we have been lucky enough to exhaust, proceed, and cultivate in the land of the Rising Sun.
So to simplify things and to spare any readers of unnecessary drama, bells, and whistles i thought to try and highlight some key aspects that have started our walks in the day and put us to sleep at night.
OCTOBER 15,2013
OFFERING OF THE DAY:
BondsSecurity:
PHOTO OF THE DAY:
http://instagram.com/thefokaieffect#
WORD OF ADVICE FOR THE DAY:
Learn to embrace sacrifices
JAPANESE WORD OF THE DAY:
Daihyoo:Represent
NITTY GRITTY:
The walk has been more than amazing so far. and there really is a whole lot to talk about…beautiful places, beautiful people, and hundreds and hundreds if years of romantics, martial arts, hard work, and insane architecture supported and sustained by utmost effort.
Crazy Mike Fowler has joined the batch and that’s definitely stimulated the chemistry. Mike is going through some powerful things in life and its real cool to see him walk here to come back to center. Enson and Mike have proven themselves worthy among the best in the world and its an honor to walk with them and hopefully honorably through a personal rite of passage.
A Whole lot of crazy coincidences have had a large part in guiding us through some impressive adventures since our last blog entry …Totally stoked to receive the Guam and Hawaii flags from Ensons cousin Jared–unbelievably honored to carry the Fly the Spirit of Hafa Adai, Aloha, and Yoroshiku across Japan…we finally got to stand up paddle surf, caught up with an old friend Rumina Sato, Pulled our bags up this really huge mountain, feast with the gods, walked the streets like ghosts, and those kinds of things. We learned a lot about Dignity and manhood from a homeless man named Tomio, Enson almost got arrested, we didnt get to sleep to sleep next day and it was really hot walking ..but at least we got to meet a lot of police officers, ride inside a police car, and get interviewed and photographed see inside of the police station!
The next day…We walked right into the middle of a village festival and small parade after watching the sunset one night this bridge in a small village i lost my passport and found it in this really cool village aaaaaand…met a reeally pretty girl! didnt get her name or picture or number but it was a brief yet great vibe.
We walked the beach and saw a whole bunch of surfspots. Got more respect for Jaonese surfing now…its an amazing subculture here as well. Meeting all kinds of good people and really seeing the goodness in humanity.
so thats the entry..it isnt poetry, not even sure if its understandable.Thats about it for now–todays typhoon has passed and i will be missing out again on tons of waves and good times on Guam the next few days. but still and again—the Adventure continues.