{"id":5457,"date":"2009-09-25T07:44:32","date_gmt":"2009-09-25T11:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/?p=5457"},"modified":"2012-05-28T06:35:17","modified_gmt":"2012-05-28T10:35:17","slug":"ka-3-house-in-takada-higashi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/2009\/09\/ka-3-house-in-takada-higashi\/","title":{"rendered":"Ka-3 (House in Takada-Higashi)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/kathree1.jpg?w=568\"  \/><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/kathree2.jpg?w=568\"  \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" 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