{"id":36488,"date":"2014-10-08T16:40:34","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T20:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=36488"},"modified":"2014-10-08T16:40:34","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T20:40:34","slug":"%e3%80%90exploring-unfamilar-japan%e3%80%91we-have-dessert-and-meet-a-cow-named-julia-at-an-organic-island-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2014\/10\/08\/%e3%80%90exploring-unfamilar-japan%e3%80%91we-have-dessert-and-meet-a-cow-named-julia-at-an-organic-island-cafe\/","title":{"rendered":"\u3010Exploring Unfamilar Japan\u3011We have dessert and meet a cow named Julia at an organic island caf\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Michelle Lynn Dinh (Shimane<\/a>-ken,\u00a0Chibu-mura,\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>2010\u201313)\u00a0<\/strong>is an editor and writer for\u00a0RocketNews24<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0a Japan-based site dedicated to bringing fun and quirky news from Asia to English speaking audiences.<\/em><\/p>\n

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La Cigale is a family-run cafe located in the heart of the largest of the Oki Islands, but it\u2019s much more than a place to get a thoughtful cup of coffee. La Cigale is a hub for the community\u00a0that supports local events and hosts field trips to teach\u00a0children about sustainable farming. It\u2019s also a place where\u00a0neighbor kids gather to help pick\u00a0vegetables or collect shiitake mushrooms in the nearby mountains. So while we thoroughly enjoyed the coffee parfait we indulged in at La Cigale, we were completely taken with the cafe\u2019s farm-to-table philosophy and the intriguing history of its proprietors.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more at RocketNews24<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Michelle Lynn Dinh (Shimane-ken,\u00a0Chibu-mura,\u00a02010\u201313)\u00a0is an editor and writer for\u00a0RocketNews24,\u00a0a Japan-based site dedicated to bringing fun and quirky news from Asia to English speaking audiences. La Cigale is a family-run cafe located in the heart of the largest of the Oki Islands, but it\u2019s much more than a place to get a thoughtful cup of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[845,1116,337],"class_list":["post-36488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articlejournalism","category-writers","tag-cafe","tag-rocketnews24","tag-travel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t