Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 439: Thinking nonsense in the bath

After stopping and walking, visiting shrines, and rushing to Lake Toya from the hotel, Takigawa Hikari cycled slowly around the lake until around four o'clock in the afternoon, when he completed a full circle.

Returning to the starting point when she came here, she looked at the time and was not in a hurry to leave. She turned around and rode in the other direction for a while, found a place to stop the car, and then came to a pavilion by the lake and sat down. .

Lake Toya is a volcanic lake with many hot springs around it, and here is a free footbath.

"Ah... so comfortable."

Taking off his shoes and socks, and immersing himself in the hot foot bath, Takigawa Hikari suddenly felt that most of the fatigue on his body had disappeared, and he felt so comfortable that his eyes were a little blurry.

"What a great place."

After enjoying it for a while, she took out her mobile phone, took a photo of her feet soaking in the hot spring, and then pointed the camera at the vast lake more than ten meters away.

At the beginning of twilight, the sky is no longer pure blue, but takes on warm colors, dyeing the clouds gorgeously.There are many pleasure boats, large and small, floating on the lake, floating freely, doing whatever they want, peaceful and leisurely.

She took a random photo and put down her phone.

"It's still very early..."

She was waiting for the fireworks display in the evening.

The Lake Toya Fireworks Festival is one of the rare long-term fireworks festivals, lasting for half a year from the end of April to the end of October.

The fireworks start at 45:10 every night and last for 350 minutes. A total of [-] fireworks bloom over the lake.

She didn't come here for the fireworks display, but she was here, and it felt a pity not to watch it.

It's just too early.

wow-

After being dazed for a while, Takigawa Hikaru shook his feet under the water, tilted his head, and looked at the other little girl sitting next to him.

She stared at her for a long time.

She probably caught her attention because of her equestrian attire.

The index and middle fingers were brought together and waved lightly in front of the forehead. Hikaru Takigawa smiled. The little girl opened her eyes wide and her face quickly turned red due to excitement.

As a result, when she opened her mouth, she spoke a language she basically didn't understand.

Foreign tourists...

Takigawa Hikaru didn't care, and smiled at the parents beside the little girl who were also looking at her.

Smile is a universal language.

After soaking for a while, without a towel, she raised her feet to dry, then picked up her phone and checked her itinerary.

The fireworks display won't start until eight or nine in the evening. How should we spend the time before that? Should we go back to the hotel first?

After his feet were almost dry, Takigawa Hikaru put on his shoes and socks and returned to the car.

She decided to take another ride around the lake.

"Well, there's still a lot of oil left."

The fuel tank of the motorcycle under the seat was surprisingly large, and it could run for a long time once it was filled up. It was completely incomparable to her Honda Cub.

After checking the motorcycle, Hikaru Takigawa put on his helmet, and his phone suddenly vibrated one after another.

It's a message in the group.

She looked at it and saw that Naoko had sent a dozen photos of Magomejuku in succession.

Naoko: It’s time to go back to the hotel.

After clicking on the photo and looking through it, Hikaru Takigawa put away his phone, held the handlebars with both hands, and prepared to set off.

"..."

After a pause, she let out a breath and let go.

buzz-

Hikari: Are they all ancient buildings from the Edo period? There are many.

Shangzi looked up at the road ahead, continued to be pulled forward by her boyfriend, lowered her head and started replying on her phone.

Naoko: No.

Naoko: Harumi said that there had been a fire here before, and all the original buildings were burned down, but now these were rebuilt later.

Naoko: Only the stone pavement under my feet was originally there.

Light: That’s incredible.

"We're here." Naruse reminded.

Naoko looked up and walked around Magome-juku before they returned to the hotel.

“It doesn’t look like a big place, so it’s quite hard to walk around.”

Naruse smiled, "The main thing is that there are more ramps."

"Yes." The two of them walked into the hotel. It was almost five o'clock, so they could naturally check in.

And since it was not too early, the female general checked them in and then asked about the dinner arrangements.

"As soon as possible."

"Then we'll arrange it at six o'clock, okay?"

"can."

"Ok."

Follow the female general to their room and pass the entrance hall. Inside is the foyer. There is a conspicuous stove in the middle of the floor. Under the iron hook hanging from the beam, there is a black iron kettle hanging.

There is still unburned charcoal underneath. If you get closer, you can feel the burning heat released from it.

"I thought it was just decoration..." Shangzi whispered.

Naruse stared at the iron pot, "I thought so too."

Japan's irori can be traced back to the Jomon period. It has many functions such as cooking, heating and lighting, and is very practical. The irori in the hotel in front of you probably has far more ornamental value than practical value.

Seeing that their eyes were lingering on the hearth and their steps slowed down a bit, the female general did not rush them and instead introduced them to them, and then took them around the hotel.

The White Horse House is divided into two floors, with the guest rooms upstairs and the bathhouse and restaurant downstairs.

What made the two of them a little regretful was that there were only two large hot springs for men and women, and there was no separate hot spring pool, so they couldn't bathe together.

After walking downstairs, they came upstairs. The female general led the two of them into the room and went downstairs.

The room is not small, and is divided into two parts: the inside is the bedroom, and the outside is the living room. The sliding door in the middle is fully opened, and it is no different from a room.

After putting down their luggage and closing the door, the two of them looked around in the room and quickly rolled onto the tatami.

"Well...wait a minute, I'll take it off first, otherwise it will get wrinkled..."

But they were both a little tired, so they rolled around a few times, nibbled on each other a few times, and then lay down on the tatami.

Looking at the old-fashioned ceiling lamp above his head, Naruse said: "Ms. Yukieda said that there will be a kabuki performance at the tourist center in the evening. Let's go and see it."

Ms. Xuezhi is the female general of the White Horse House.

"Okay."

Shangzi turned over and put his legs on top of him. Suddenly he touched something and slowly rubbed it against his belly.

"..."

The two looked at each other, smiled at the same time, and then kissed each other.But I just indulged for a while, but I didn't have all the fun.

It was still not time for dinner, so Naoko said she wanted to go down to the hot springs for a while, so Naruse went down with her yukata.

"How long should I soak in the spring sea?"

"Come out when you've had enough soaking."

"uh-huh."

The two separated at the entrance of the men's and women's hot spring pool and went in separately.

The hot spring pool is semi-open-air and there is not much light. When Naruse entered, several lanterns beside the pool were already lit.

There were already several people soaking inside, each sitting separately with no communication at all.After rinsing his body, he sat down nearby.

He couldn't help but groan as the hot water submerged him.

"so comfortable……"

Leaning on the edge of the pool, looking at the increasingly twilight sky above his head, he closed his eyes slightly.

After soaking, you can go have dinner.

I don’t know what will be on the table, are there any special dishes here, I didn’t care about this before... What will be the content of the kabuki performance, will it be the story of Magome-juku, or will it be the same as other places... ...Speaking of which, next to the hotel tourist center is the memorial hall of Shimazaki Fujimura, the novelist and poet who pioneered Japanese naturalistic literature...

Soaking in the hot springs, the waves surged through his body. His mind relaxed along with his body, and his thoughts were like a runaway horse, running wildly.

——What is Morimi doing at this time?
"..."

Without warning, she suddenly appeared in his mind, cutting off the running thoughts.

Immediately afterwards, small and distracting thoughts came out of nowhere, giving him no time to stop them. In just a moment, her flag was planted in every corner of his mind.

He was like a lone soldier surrounded by thousands of troops. Everywhere he looked he could see her shadow.

The slender figure walked over, put one hand on his shoulder, reached into the bottom of the skirt with the other hand, pulled something off, stuffed it into his pocket, and then whispered in his ear. :

"Let me be your lover..."

Whoa!

Other people in the hot spring pool looked towards the edge of the pool and saw the tall young man who had just arrived, splashing water on their faces.

"Oh, hot springs are not meant to be soaked in this way..."

(End of this chapter)