<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:18:56 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@justinchicken/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Day out in Yui, Shizuoka]]></title><description><![CDATA[We went to a town called Yui to see some cherry trees in bloom recently. Before we went, I checked around the town for other things to do there, so we could spend a few hours there doing several other]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@justinchicken/day-out-in-yui-shizuoka</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@justinchicken/day-out-in-yui-shizuoka</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163772]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[justinchicken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 08:35:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMkf3udiCagKn5vdJx67RUPnkunk9EMeiDGuv2viQCk7bSyHWAFQR3gpLTGJDTsygWkkT4yXNSSXH75xJB6SFtY2S?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kannami Cherry Blossom Festival
]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Sunday, it being a sunny and quite warm day, we decided to cycle to Kannami and see the early cherry blossoms near Hatake Onsen, on the Kakizawa River. If you're coming by train, there's a bus from]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@justinchicken/kannami-cherry-blossom-festival</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@justinchicken/kannami-cherry-blossom-festival</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163772]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[justinchicken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2023 08:30:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMkf3udiCagKn5vdJx67RUPnkunk9EMeiDGuv2viQCk7bSyHWAFQQurAS15tu2bkqu6AFSQqbme8CWjVJwcW6dH6v?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Odawara Plum Blossom Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[Odawara is a city by the sea in Kanagawa, Japan, which is famous for, among other things, its foods, kamaboko and umeboshi and the drink umeshu. Kamaboko are fish cakes, umeboshi is pickled plum and umeshu]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@justinchicken/spring</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@justinchicken/spring</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163772]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[justinchicken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2023 08:30:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMkf3udiCagKn5vdJx67RUPnkunk9EMeiDGuv2viQCk7bSyHWAFQQurARpWYFLmfc5jMAUFDti6H3tVXkx29xcVpi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Makuyama Park, Plum Blossom Festival]]></title><description><![CDATA[Its been a cold year in Japan this year. It was snowing in Fuji city last week. The blossoms are all late this year. This Saturday, we went to Yugawara Onsen, in Kanagawa Prefecture to see some plum blossoms,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@justinchicken/makuyama-park-plum-blossom-festival</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@justinchicken/makuyama-park-plum-blossom-festival</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163772]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[justinchicken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2023 08:34:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMkf3udiCagKn5vdJx67RUPnkunk9EMeiDGuv2viQCk7bSyHWAFQQurARN5AHtt9wmA4M4BUFLtvjA9b5RTujkgGn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early Cherry Blossoms in Atami.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Recently, we went to Atami, in Shizuoka, Japan. Atami is a hub for people going to Izu, its a hot spring area, a port, a bullet train stop, and recently an Instagram hotspot too, so its generally pretty]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@justinchicken/early-cherry-blossoms-in-atami</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@justinchicken/early-cherry-blossoms-in-atami</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163772]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[justinchicken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2023 08:30:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMkf3udiCagKn5vdJx67RUPnkunk9EMeiDGuv2viQCk7bSyHWAFQQurA2JLD2E3NxVREPZJRq1k5xdLkx2C5YmbYA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yamanashi Holiday Day Three.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today was a short day, as we had multiple hangovers and were in for another morning of drinking, before going back to Kofu City and catching the Fujigawa train back to Fuji City and then getting home.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@justinchicken/yamanashi-holiday-day-three</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@justinchicken/yamanashi-holiday-day-three</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163772]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[justinchicken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2023 08:30:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMkf3udiCagKn5vdJx67RUPnkunk9EMeiDGuv2viQCk7bSyHWAFQQurA2D3Xq6ixnFii69ntRbPquVizmR2ACoGj8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yamanashi Wineries Holiday Day 2
]]></title><description><![CDATA[Day two was our winery visiting day. We got up and ate a typical Japanese breakfast, of fish, rice, fried egg roll and miso soup and took the free shuttle bus from our hotel to the station, then a train]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@justinchicken/yamanashi-wineries-holiday-day-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@justinchicken/yamanashi-wineries-holiday-day-2</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163772]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[justinchicken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2023 08:30:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMkf3udiCagKn5vdJx67RUPnkunk9EMeiDGuv2viQCk7bSyHWAFQQur9dWTGoVjLuuzxqFeAieL81oZ9Kdu1zka38?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Winery Holiday in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.]]></title><description><![CDATA[We had a little holiday for three days, two nights in Yamanashi. We had to go by train of course, because we would be drinking wine the majority of the time. This holiday was on weekdays, so it was maybe]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@justinchicken/a-winery-holiday-in-yamanashi-prefecture-japan</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@justinchicken/a-winery-holiday-in-yamanashi-prefecture-japan</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163772]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[justinchicken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2023 08:30:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMkf3udiCagKn5vdJx67RUPnkunk9EMeiDGuv2viQCk7bSyHWAFQQur9dRAbsZLkfD33gLrCKmiaH8oQAzEc6SSza?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hike through the mountains in Kanagawa.
]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Sunday, we took the train to Shin-Matsuda Station on the Odakyu Line and hiked over the mountains to the Wintersweet Festival in Yadoriki. 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Kozu]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@justinchicken/walking-from-shimo-soga-to-kozu-station</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@justinchicken/walking-from-shimo-soga-to-kozu-station</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163772]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[justinchicken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2022 13:06:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMkf3udiCagKn5vdJx67RUPnkunk9EMeiDGuv2viQCk7bSyHVxdMpzWLjyBcSDQ3EudJ4Aifs2gjXou4tiCBvkPkA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Around Shuzenji in Izu, Japan.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The season for beautiful leaves and warm glowing vistas in the warmth of the midday sun is almost over and winter is approaching rapidly in Japan. 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The book was written nearly a hundred years ago and has become a classic work]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@justinchicken/hiking-on-the-odoriko-trail</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@justinchicken/hiking-on-the-odoriko-trail</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163772]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[justinchicken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2022 11:15:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMkf3udiCagKn5vdJx67RUPnkunk9EMeiDGuv2viQCk7bSyHVxdMprfgq9rWM9iSDSZ2sKuZhSfb5uTcNcaGZc23x?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Matsumoto City, Nagano, Japan.]]></title><description><![CDATA[At the weekend, we went to Matsumoto. a decent sized city in Nagano which is historically significant because Matsumoto castle is located there. The castle is original, something very rare in Japan. It]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@justinchicken/matsumoto-city-nagano-japan</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@justinchicken/matsumoto-city-nagano-japan</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163772]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[justinchicken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2022 11:38:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMkf3udiCagKn5vdJx67RUPnkunk9EMeiDGuv2viQCk7bSyHVxdMprfgSMyaPcLE6PsMqbU7E13AC9VVwTL6duGES?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A morning and an afternoon in Suwa.]]></title><description><![CDATA[This weekend we went to Nagano. It was my first time in this prefecture. Its in the center of Japan, and very mountainous and cold in winter. 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