";s:4:"text";s:2722:" Like fine wines, the flavors and legendary intramuscular fat structures of Japanese Wagyu vary noticeably, not just from region-to … On Shodoshima Island, there are apparently cows that spend their lives eating food that’s been mixed with locally-produced olive oil. Raised on a small number of farms in and around Shodoshima Island in Kagawa, these cows are fed a diet of caramelized olive pulp leftover from olive oil production, resulting in high levels of oleic acid and an unbelievable softness that melts in your mouth. One of the famous Shodoshima products is Olive Wagyu Beef. From the Greek, the word means “wind”, the name is apt as the dining offers a sweeping view of the Seto Inland Sea. Olive Wagyu Beef is even rarer. Cows and wind-mills, at Zaanse Schans, Amsterdam, Holland The Netherlands Netherlands Holland Travel Destinations Setonouchi Shimameshiya is a cafe adjoining Yokai Art Museum 4. This is the island most worthy of a sojourn, (and make it at least a three day escape), from the urban throb. The Orchid Hotel on Shodoshima Island has a nice dining room called “Anemos”. Crowd Cow, an online service that offers different cuts of high-quality meat from cows, chickens and pigs, has announced that it will be selling a limited amount of Shodoshima Island olive wagyu—a product that it is calling “the rarest steak on the planet.”