I am a literary giant in Japan

Chapter 212 Xiujun, are you going to write the novel first or take a hot spring bath first?

Izu City is located in the eastern part of Shizuoka Prefecture. It is composed of the Izu Peninsula and the Izu Islands of Tokyo. It is a well-known tourist destination in Japan.

In the world where Hideo Kitagawa lived, Izu was already a world-famous hot spring tourist destination, with countless tourists from overseas soaking in its major hot springs every year.

But in fact, from ancient times to the present, Izu's hot springs and tourist attractions have not been well-known in Japan.

Speaking of hot springs, Japan, known as the kingdom of hot springs, has hot spring hotels worth visiting almost everywhere in the country, such as Beppu Onsen in Kyushu Island and Kusatsu Onsen in Gunma Prefecture.

Unfortunately, the most famous Izu does not have such a famous hot spring.

The reason why Izu is famous both at home and abroad is because of Kawabata Yasunari's "The Dancing Girl of Izu", which is worthy of being recorded in the history of Japanese literature.

In this parallel universe, there is no Yasunari Kawabata, and naturally there is no such well-known novel.

Soon after arriving in Izu, Kitagawa Hide remembered the novel.

As one of the three pillars of Japanese literary world in the original history, if Kawabata Yasunari were to come to this world, he would definitely be above all the "best in the world".

Moreover, his books far surpass those of other Japanese writers of the same period in terms of sales and literary quality, making him a standout among the crowd.

However, just one article, "The Dancing Girl of Izu", cannot support the volume of Kitagawa Hide's new book - many readers thought it was a long love novel after hearing the title and introduction.

But in fact it is a short story with only three chapters and a total of 1 words.

Moreover, the theme of "The Dancing Girl of Izu" does not conform to the anti-war theme that Kitagawa Hide wants to write now.

Therefore, he planned to find more inspiration during his vacation in Izu, and then put together seven or eight short stories, a complete collection of short stories, and then release them as a trump card after returning to Tokyo, and by the way, shut up those literary critics who had always criticized him for not being able to write short stories!

The Izu in this parallel universe is not yet popular. After Kitagawa Hide and his companions got off the "Dancing Girl", all they saw were small villages clinging to the layers of mountains and the endless sea.

The taxi driver waiting outside the station saw them dressed as tourists at a glance, quickly put out his cigarette, rushed over, and helped Kitagawa Hide move the heavy suitcase to his car.

Kitagawa Hide is not a "travel novice", and he specifically asked about the taxi price and whether it included various strange "service fees".

The taxi driver explained everything with a smile and assured that there would be no extra charges or detours.

After everything was settled, Kitagawa Hide quickly helped Yumeko, who was about to faint from the heat, into the air-conditioned car, and then continued chatting with the driver.

Perhaps because this place has not yet become a real tourist destination, the locals and travel agencies are relatively warm and simple.

Unlike some places, where everyone is rushing to rip off tourists, foreign tourists don't get any travel experience at all.

"Are you two coming to Izu for your honeymoon?" The driver glanced at the rearview mirror and said cheerfully, "The recent fireworks festival and marathon are very popular. You can go and participate if you have time."

"Yes. I heard that the Izu City Government has specially closed the road and adjusted the local prices for this marathon to make it more convenient for tourists and contestants to travel in Izu."

Kitagawa Hide fanned Yumeko with a small round fan while looking out the window.

There were few vehicles on the crisscrossing roads. Men and women in volunteer uniforms were standing at many intersections. Patrolmen and traffic police worked with them to erect inflatable road signs. The ubiquitous red and yellow warning lines divided the roads into pieces.

Occasionally, a few heads popped out of the self-built houses in the countryside on the street, looking at the scene with curiosity. The bolder villagers walked out of the houses and stopped on the roadside to watch the staff build the marathon stadium.

The villagers' clothes are plain and worn. It is hard to imagine that in 1996, when cars, computers and mobile phones were already everywhere in Japan, there were still such poor and backward places!
Seeing the curious looks of Kitagawa Hide and the other man, the driver smiled and explained the situation and history of the place.

Izu was also known as Zuzhou during the Warring States Period. It was one of the ancient Ritsuryo provinces in Japan and belonged to the Tokaido.

The so-called Ritsuryo Province, also known as the Ritsuryo Province, was a local administrative division set up in ancient Japan under the Ritsuryo system. It was implemented since the Nara period and abolished in the Meiji era.

The Ritsuryo system was inherited from the Tang Dynasty next door. It was a relatively complete centralized ruling system, that is, a large country was ruled by the central government over other Ritsuryo states. The Ritsuryo states nominally belonged to the dynasty, but in fact they were autonomous. The Ritsuryo states also imitated the Sui and Tang dynasties in terms of their status system. The boundaries between the good and the lowly were clear, and intermarriage was not allowed.

In ancient times, Izu Province had always been a place of exile for untouchables and criminals, so most of the indigenous people here had poor backgrounds and were very poor.

However, this is only limited to Kitaizu on the mountain side. Minamiizu, which is on the sea side and is also the destination of Kitagawa Hide and others, is a completely different scene.

Crossing the bridge at the border between the north and the south, a modern atmosphere hits you. The short and dilapidated rural houses are almost extinct, replaced by high-rise buildings and various landscape buildings that are no less than those in the Tokyo area.

The driver was very talkative. After introducing the must-see places and must-eat foods in Izu along the way, he also started talking about his own stories nonstop.

He works part-time as a pastor at a church in Minamiizu. On days when he doesn't have services or other classes, he drives a taxi to earn some pocket money.

".So you two are from Tokyo too! I have a daughter who is about your age. She was disobedient before and ran away from home to Tokyo after finishing high school. I haven't heard from her in three years."

The driver has a photo of himself and his daughter hanging on his car. There were many cases of rural girls running away from home to work hard in big cities in the 1980s and 1990s, but due to educational issues, most of them either returned home in disgrace or became practitioners in the sex industry in big cities.

In his previous life, when Kitagawa Hide was a graduate student at the University of Tokyo, he had a roommate who loved to go to various sex shops. According to him, those sex shops were basically from Shikoku Island, Kyushu, Okinawa, Izu and other places. He always felt out of place when he heard their Kansai accent.
However, the driver's daughter was lucky. Not only did she not lose herself in Tokyo, she also brought back a gentle fiancé.

"That kid has no parents, no brothers or sisters, and he looks so fragile, as if he will die at any time."

The driver smiled carelessly, as if he was not worried at all about his son-in-law dying early and his daughter being a widow at a young age.

"But it's okay to die, that's okay too."

Mengzi was about to say something to comfort this enthusiastic and cheerful uncle, but when she heard the second half of the sentence, the words in her mouth were choked.

The driver didn't say much about this and quickly changed the subject.

Half an hour later.

Kitagawa Hide and his companions successfully arrived at the Amagi Yushima Onsen Hotel designated in the luxury package.

The driver got out of the car enthusiastically to help them with their luggage. Before leaving, he gave a smile that every man could understand, and secretly told Kitagawa Hide that there would be a circus performance near Shuzenji recently, and they could go there to see something "interesting".

Kitagawa Hide was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. He kept it in mind, then quickly took Mengzi to the front desk to book a room and quickly pushed the suitcase to the room.

"Finally alive~"

Yumeko felt as if her whole body was in a steamer wrapped in the heavy kimono, and she was sweating all the time.

Now that they are in their private space, they can finally take off the two layers of kimono and free their imprisoned bodies!

She was turning on the air conditioner, leaning slightly forward against the wall near the bathroom, and began to take off her kimono.

Along with the rustling sound of silk satin friction, the kimono belt around Yumeko's waist slowly loosened, and then a few belts were pulled out, and the knot of the kimono belt also fell off.

The room that came with the deluxe package was just an ordinary king-size bed room, but Kitagawa Hide just spent an extra 3 yen downstairs and upgraded the room to a deluxe presidential suite with its own small hot spring.

On the inside of the room, if you open the sliding door printed with various Japanese-style decorations, you can see the small hot spring filled with steam.

Kitagawa Hide took out the typewriter from the suitcase and put it on the table. When he turned around, he saw Yumeko, who was facing away from him, looking as if she was wearing a transparent blouse in the heat, which was extremely attractive.

In ancient Japan, noble ladies would wear a thin shirt from head to toe when going out to show their temperament and status. That's what Yumeko looked like at this moment.

Mengzi turned around and gave him a shy smile. She knelt on the ground naked and folded the expensive kimono. Then she stood up and went to get the bathing utensils while stroking her hair and asked, "Xiujun, are you going to write the novel first or take a hot spring bath first?"

Kitagawa Hide originally wanted to take advantage of Yumeko's bath to read some anti-war novels in his "arsenal", but when he saw her snow-white, slender legs and her sexy and seductive body, he had no other ideas!
(End of this chapter)