{"id":23186,"date":"2011-06-16T23:58:56","date_gmt":"2011-06-17T03:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/?p=23186"},"modified":"2011-06-16T23:58:56","modified_gmt":"2011-06-17T03:58:56","slug":"japan-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/japan-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Want to visit Japan?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/japanth.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/japanth.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"japanth\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-23188\" \/><\/a>Applications being accepted<!--more--><br \/>\nThe Michigan-Shiga Sister State program is currently accepting applications for the 2011 Goodwill Mission, traveling from Michigan to Shiga, Japan, November 7 \u2013 19, 2011. The deadline for applications is July 1, 2011. This program is open to all interested adults; children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.<br \/>\nIn the past two months, concerns have been expressed over the March 11 earthquake and nuclear reactor disasters in Japan. Governor Kada of Shiga Prefecture, which is the sister state of Michigan, has said, &#8220;Though we remain concerned about damage caused by the nuclear facilities in Japan the hazards are limited to the immediate area surrounding the nuclear power plants, and western Japan has not been affected. Please know that despite harmful rumors to the contrary, there is no risk or danger in visiting Japan.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/japan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/japan.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"japan\" width=\"500\" height=\"340\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23190\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>In this picture are Shirley and Charlie Cook of Marshall, MI with a Japanese couple they were staying with in Shiga Prefecture.<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\nThe affected region is 450 miles northeast of Shiga (about the same distance as it is from Lansing to Buffalo, New York).<br \/>\nThe 12 day trip includes air fare, bus transport, luggage handling, interpreter, most meals, visiting castles, temples and museums; the highlight of the trip will be a five day home-stay with a Shiga family, and the trip will conclude with two days in Kyoto, often referred to as the &#8220;cultural center of Japan&#8221;.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\nThe total cost is $2,990.00, which is a real bargain. A deposit of $1600.00 needs to be mailed with the application, both due on July 1.<br \/>\nIf you would like an application or additional information, contact Gerry Congleton at 989-640-5000 or visit the Michigan-Shiga Sister State website at www.mishiga.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applications being accepted<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}