Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 130 Arriving in Yamagata
The bus was shaking, and the speed was slow and fast. When the chat stopped, it didn't take long for Haixing to fall asleep.

When she woke up again, the wind and sunshine outside the window had disappeared, and it turned back to the white world she was so familiar with.

Wrapped in silver, snow flakes are flying.

The bus was speeding on the endless snow field, only the humming engine could be heard.

The drowsiness hadn't completely dissipated, she was in a daze for a while.

"It's snowing again..."

"—Do you hate snow?"

Hai Xing came back to his senses, and it was Naruse who was sitting in front who spoke, and he was looking back at her.

"No."

She answered his question just now, stretched herself, sat up straight again, and asked, "Where are we?"

He looked out the window, "At this time, we should have arrived in Yamagata."

"Oh……"

Hai Xing looked at Hikari Takikawa beside him, and then looked back at Morimi and Takikawa Tsuki.Except for him, several companions are still asleep.

"Did you not sleep?"

"Sleeping." Naruse said, "I'm a little hungry, I just woke up."

Hai Xing laughed and touched his stomach, "I'm a little hungry too."

"When we get there, take the Yamagata Shinkansen and have lunch together."

"Uh-huh."

The wind and snow continued outside the window, and the two of them chatted without saying a word, neither fell asleep, and other companions also woke up one after another.

After a while, other scenes gradually appeared on the vast snowfield.

"We're going to Yamagata City."

The bus traveled west all the way, and it took them more than an hour to drop them off in front of Yamagata Station.

After checking the tickets and entering the station, they got on the train of the Yamagata Shinkansen. Several people took out the bento bought in Sendai and began to enjoy it.

"Ah, what is that, let me have a bite."

"Try this again."

They exchanged lunch boxes, and while eating, Naruse took out his mobile phone, looked at the upcoming itinerary, and then made a call.

"Hello, I'm Naruse who made an appointment to check in today...isn't there? Oh, sorry, the name of the reservation is Takikawa, Takikawa Hikari... Did you find it. We still have about half an hour to arrive at Oishida Station, Come and pick us up, please... are you already at the station, yes, I see. There are six of us."

After hanging up the phone, Takikawa looked over, "Do you need a hotel to pick you up?"

"Well, it's snowing so hard, I'm a little worried."

Naruse continued to eat the bento, and looked at the heavy snow outside the window.

"If the shuttle bus to Yinshan Hot Spring is affected and stopped, the next one will be in the evening, so it's better to ask the hotel staff to pick it up...Anyway, this is also within the hotel's service."

Hikaru Takikawa nodded, and took a piece of beef from his bento.

"Hey."

"Exchange this with you." She gave him a fried chicken nugget.

After about four and 10 minutes, the train arrived at Dashitian.

After leaving the station, Naruse looked around for a while, and soon found the private bus of the hotel he reserved.

"Ancient Silver Pavilion...it's that car, let's go there."

Several people carried their luggage and walked towards the minibus with "Ancient Silver Pavilion" printed on its body, but on the way, someone got out of the car and greeted them.

"Is it Ms. Takigawa—"

"It's me—" Takigawa Hikaru waved.

The other party came over at a faster pace, and while helping with the luggage, led several people to the bus.

After getting into the car, Naruse realized that they were not the only ones in the car, and there were several couples of elderly people who seemed to be guests staying in the same hotel as them.

Several people found empty seats to sit down, Hai Xing squeezed to the very inside, Naruse followed behind, and sat beside her, followed by Shang Zi.

Mori sees the three of them sitting down in front.

After waiting for a while, the minibus finally started as the last waiting middle-aged couple got on the bus, left the station, and drove towards Yinshan Hot Spring.

"It will take half an hour from here, let's take a rest in the car." The person who was escorting him was also the driver, tilting his head slightly and said.

"Good~"

Takigawa Hikaru responded, seeing heavy snow outside the car window, and asked again: "Is the bus going in delayed due to such heavy snow?"

"It seems so."

She smiled back at Naruse.

There is a vast expanse of snow outside the window, the familiar snow scene and the strange city have a different kind of freshness.

Hai Xing walked away for a while, then looked into the car, and found that Hikari Takikawa had chatted with other people in the car.

"...Sure enough, you look like high school students. Then where did you come from?"

"Aomori." Hikaru Takikawa said, and pointed at Naruse again, "He 'come' from Tokyo."

"Oh, that ran far enough..."

Several old people looked at Naruse, but he glared at Takikawa Hikaru without explaining anything.

Starfish couldn't help but smiled, and was also glanced at by him.

She pursed her lips and looked out of the car window again.

Leaning against the back of the chair, she moved slightly towards him, resting on his shoulder.

Half an hour later, after crossing a long snow track, the hotel's minibus stopped at the entrance of Yinshan Hot Spring Street.

"The road inside is too narrow, and the bus can only drive here. Please get off the bus and go to the hotel with me."

Naruse and his party sat in the front, and their movements were more agile than the old people, so they got out of the car first.

After getting out of the car, the cold was oncoming, Hai Xing shook his body, and subconsciously approached Naruse.

And he just glanced at her, then looked forward.

In the snow-covered valley, there is a street with Taisho-style buildings on both sides. This is Yinshan Hot Spring.

"It is said that this place used to be a mine..."

Several people followed the driver to the hotel, and Senjian walked beside the starfish.

"mine?"

"Silver mine." Naruse said.

"Well." Mori nodded, "Because of the discovery of silver mines, this place gradually developed into a town. But that was already a matter of the Edo period, and the development of this place into a hot spring town will not be until the Taisho period."

"So up to now, the hotels here are basically Taisho style." Naruse added.

Hai Xing looked at the two of them, "You guys really know a lot."

Both of them looked at her, "Read more."

The snow on the road has been shoveled aside, and the piles are two or three meters high in many places, almost covering the roadside poles.

Dragging his luggage, he walked forward for a while, and in the snow on the side of the road, Naruse saw the lantern with only the words [Ancient Silver Pavilion] on the top.

"We have arrived."

The driver also stopped in front of the hotel, turned around and introduced to the guests, "Welcome to Ancient Silver Pavilion."

Looking up at the quaint and tall hotel in front of him, apart from heartache, Hai Xing was satisfied with the yen flowing out of his pocket.

"You are valuable..."

"What are you talking about, I went in." Mori Jian patted her on the back.

"Uh-huh."

Walking into the hotel, there is a blackboard at the door, on which are written the places and names of the guests staying today.

Several people quickly found themselves on the blackboard.

【Aomori Naruse】

【Aomori this flower】

【Aomori Maki】

……

Naruse glanced at it. Besides them, there were also some foreign tourists staying today, with several English names behind it.

"There are also Italians from Europe who have traveled far enough."

"Now is the peak season for hot spring travel, so you have to book a room two or three months in advance."

When I came to the front desk of the hotel, it was just after noon, and it was not yet the check-in time at three o'clock in the afternoon.

"It's still early, let's store your luggage here and go out to have a look." Naruse said.

"There is no other way."

After storing their luggage, a few people walked out of the hotel, and started to stroll around the hot spring street in the afternoon.

(End of this chapter)