red light district, Down Town Miyazaki

Japanese bar, and a larger sized one at that

Open for business

Hyuga, Miyazaki Prefecture

Some shots from here and there while hanging at the WQS Hyuga Pro. There was hope of a small Typhoon forming off the coast while we were there,  but it never did eventuate. Instead the waves have been painfully small for the past week.

River mouth

I was pretty stoked to have the opportunity to surf this river mouth with only 4 of us out...It's renowned as having one of the heaviest local presence in Japan and you pretty much need an invite, or be with someone in the know to surf it.  Kinda hammers home how different the surfing scene is over here... there seems to be territory lines for each break and everyone only surfs their local most of the time. Kinda frustrating when the local is average and you just know the beach down the road is pumping.

Although it wasn't as big as we were hoping, Bonga Perkins, Tosh Omi(simmo Japan distributor) and myself had some sic little runners. Rode my green PROJECTIONflex 'Kicking Mule' model this day.

Bonga showing us how it's done on a shortboard

Omi goin around-the-house

Mic Growing Surf shop, Tahara

I recently jumped on the Bullet Train and shot down to Tahara City to spent 3 days with my friends at Mic pro surf shop. A total contrast to where I am staying near Tokyo, as it's pretty much country meets ocean. Not much to do other than surf, eat and cruise! The waves where really fun for majority of the time, which gave me good opportunity to surf and hang out with some of our customers and friends alike.