Toumori Sanae walked into the room and closed the door directly. Eriri didn't react for a moment. When she remembered to open the door, Yushan Kazuto had already gone for a run.
“Winter melon seedlings!”
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At around six in the morning, Kazuto Yuyama and Megumi Kato left the hotel. Today's travel schedule was still very tight, with almost no rest from morning to night.
The first destination in the morning is Hokkaido Jingu Shrine, located in Maruyama Park in Chuo Ward, Sapporo.
After exiting Maruyama Park subway station, walk a few steps and you will reach Hokkaido Jingu Shrine, surrounded by more than 1,700 Ezoyama cherry blossoms in full bloom.
Compared with large shrines such as Ise Grand Shrine, Heian Grand Shrine, and Meiji Grand Shrine, Hokkaido Grand Shrine is neither grand nor has any heritage, but this does not affect the status of Hokkaido Grand Shrine in the hearts of the people of Hokkaido.
The main entrance of the Hokkaido Shrine is very special. In the early days of the shrine's construction, the main entrance was facing northeast in order to defend against the Russian Empire in the northeast. People hoped to use the power of the gods to curb the ambitions of the Russian Empire.
More than a hundred years have passed, and the world has changed dramatically, but the direction of the main gate of Hokkaido Shrine has not changed.
The shrine was already very busy early in the morning. Today was Sunday, so there were many tourists and local believers. Kato Megumi walked through the pilgrimage path guarded by century-old elm trees and cypress trees and stopped by the water tower.
The water-washing room is the place where people purify themselves before worshipping the gods. The strange thing is that the Japanese toilet is also called the water-washing room. Although the two are pronounced differently in Japanese, it always seems a bit hard to accept.
Yushan Kazuto does not have much reverence for the gods. Although he has been to many shrines, this is his first time to walk into a water fountain. In fact, in modern times, the purification ceremony before worship is just a symbol of cultural inheritance.
There were dozens of water ladles neatly placed in the hand-washing room. Kato Megumi took one and started washing it skillfully.
After the purification, Kato Hui turned around and looked at Yushan Kazuto who was indifferent beside him, and said: "Yushan, pay your respects to the
If you are not pious, the gods will not bless you to make your wish come true."
Yushan Kazuto scratched his head. Actually, it was fine to wash hands, but the purification process also required worshippers to rinse their mouths, which was a little difficult for Yushan Kazuto to accept.
As if she could see Yushan Kazuto's concerns, Kato Megumi took a ladle, scooped a bucket of water, and placed it in front of Yushan Kazuto: "Elementary school student, please stretch out your left hand!"
Yushan Heren blinked, then stretched out his left hand angrily, with his palm facing up and fingers facing down. A cool breeze flowed through his left hand, washing it clean.
"Next is the right hand!"
Yushan Kazuto blinked, thinking that he was really a primary school student. However, he still stretched out his right hand and washed it in the same way.
"Well done." Kato Megumi praised.
Surrounded by the gazes of the people around him, Yushan Kazuto blushed a little.
"Okay, last step, open your mouth!"
Kato Megumi scooped up a small ladle of water with her right hand, put it in the palm of her left hand, and brought it to Yushan Kazuto's mouth.
Yushan Kazuto took a step back, a little at a loss, but Kato Megumi took a step forward and refused to give in.
As a last resort, Yushan Heren had to open his mouth.
A handful of water flows into my mouth, cool and sweet, and there seems to be a faint scent of cherry blossoms.
"So sweet."
Chapter 86: Sakura Amulet
The front of the main shrine of Hokkaido Shrine looks a bit like a samurai helmet from the Warring States period. If you look at it from a distance, it always has an indescribable sense of humor.
There was a matchmaking box at the door. Yushan Kazuto felt his pocket, took out a five-yen coin and stuffed it into the box.
In Japanese, the pronunciations of 五元 and ご缘 are very similar, so people generally assume that 五元 means fate. So people only put small coins with a face value of 5 yuan into the fate box.
Kato Megumi stood nearby and rummaged through the small bag, but found nothing.
“Did it fall off when you were applying sunscreen?”
When applying sunscreen in the morning, the small packet slipped off Kato Megumi's thigh and the small thing was scattered all over the floor.
As I was in a tight schedule when leaving, I simply packed my things without checking them carefully. The small coins I had prepared in advance were probably lost at that time.
"I don't know." Kato Megumi shook her head.
"Here you go." Yushan Heren took out another coin.
Kato Megumi took the coin and looked at Yushan Kazuto with some confusion.
"Well, this is the change I got when I bought something in Otaru yesterday." Yushan Kazuto touched his nose.
"Yeah." Kato Megumi nodded, put the coin into the bond box, and glanced at Yushan Kazuto.
[Primary school students have learned to lie! There were no five-yuan coins in yesterday's change.]
The way of worshipping at Hokkaido Shrine is not complicated. Bow twice, clap twice, and bow once again to complete the worshipping process.
After entering the shrine and paying a brief respect, the two went to the place where the lot was drawn.
Coins are also needed for drawing lots, each lot costs two hundred yen. Just as Yushan was about to take the money, Kato Megumi had already taken out four hundred yen and handed it to the shrine maiden in charge of drawing the lots.
The miko smiled and shook her head, accepting only 200 yen. She reached out a bare hand from her sleeves and pointed at Yushan Kazuto. Kato Megumi understood and handed the remaining 200 yen to Yushan Kazuto.
"The God has sensed your intentions. You can now draw the oracle."
After drawing the fortune stick and taking a look at it, Yushan and others quickly put the paper away.
The first sign, good luck!
I don’t know if it’s really fate, but Yushan Kazuto always feels that Hokkaido favors him. He won the grand prize in the lottery and came first in the draw. Why does he feel like he’s getting lucky?
"Kato, what's your fortune?" Yushan Kazuto asked.
Kato Megumi hid the fortune stick and said, "I can't tell you."
Yushan Kazuto shrugged. Looking at Kato Megumi's performance, he could guess that Kato Megumi must have drawn a good lottery.
Hokkaido Shrine. Auspicious sign
A good marriage was created from the beginning of the world, and a lucky day and a good time bring double happiness.
April is the beautiful season in the world, with peach blossoms yet to fade and cherry blossoms still in bloom.
After hanging the oracle on the tree of fate, Yushan Kazuto looked at Kato Megumi who was on the other side of the tree. Kato Megumi had just hung up her oracle, and their eyes met.
The breeze blew gently, and the fortune sticks on the entire tree began to flutter. The paper moved with the wind, creating a unique scene.
Kato Megumi lowered her head, held her fortune stick, and took another look.
Hokkaido Shrine. Nine lucky numbers
On sunny days, the warm breeze brings the smell of rice, and the green grass is in bloom.
As soon as Jinfeng Yulu met, they won but countless on earth.
"Hayama, let's go and ask for some amulets." Kato Megumi walked to the side of Hayama Kazuto.
"Ah."
Among the various shrines in Japan, the fortune sticks, amulets and ema always make tourists love and hate them.
What I love is the creativity of each shrine. Even a small amulet or ema can be designed to be unique and cute.
What I hate is the money-eating ability of these little gadgets. Pick one at random and Fukuzawa Yukichi will be gone from you.
It is the cherry blossom season in Hokkaido, so it is natural for Hokkaido Jingu Shrine to launch the Sakura Amulet series.
The entire series consists of thirteen pieces.
Hokkaido Jingu Shrine carefully selected twelve kinds of Hokkaido cherry blossoms, and used a special method to extract the moisture from the petals, leaving only the fragrant floral scent, solidifying the beauty of the cherry blossoms to create twelve kinds of cherry amulets.
As we all know, it is basic common sense that there are thirteen of the twelve types of Sakura amulets.
The last cherry amulet is a little special. On the surface, it looks like a large mountain cherry amulet, but the cherry tree that provides the raw materials is of great origin.
According to legend, it was a cherry tree planted by the founder of Hokkaido Shrine himself, and it witnessed the entire history of Hokkaido's development and rise and fall.
Among the thirteen sakura amulets, the other twelve can be purchased directly, each for 1,200 yen. Only this special Oyama sakura amulet will be given to tourists as a gift by the shrine only after tourists have collected the other twelve sakura amulets.
Even though Hokkaido Shrine made such exaggerated statements, Yushan Kazuto immediately realized that this was just a bundled sale.
After walking out of the Hokkaido Shrine, looking at the small bag full of Sakura amulets in his hand, Yushan Kazuto touched his forehead, feeling a little overwhelmed.
Sure enough, even if one is aware of the existence of commercial traps, it is still difficult to resist the temptation of commercial traps. The bag of cherry amulets in Yushan Kazuto's hand is the best proof of this.
"Yushan, why did you buy so many cherry amulets?" Kato Megumi finally couldn't help asking after walking out of the black torii gate of Hokkaido Shrine.
Yushan Kazuto bought two sets of Sakura amulets. In comparison, Kato Megumi was much more rational. She only bought two Sakura amulets with more exquisite designs, one of which she hung on her small bag and the other on her mobile phone.
"This is for you." Yushan Kazuto took out a cherry amulet, which was the special Oyama cherry amulet.
"This...give it to me?" Kato Megumi did not reach out her hand.
"Of course, otherwise why would I buy two sets of Sakura Amulets?" Yushan Kazuto asked back, his hands hanging in the air.
Kato Megumi blinked and took the amulet. Perhaps due to the limitations of the raw materials, this large mountain cherry amulet was very light, the lightest of all amulets, but when Kato Megumi held it in her hand, it felt heavy.
In Maruyama Park, in addition to the Hokkaido Shrine, another attraction is the Maruyama Zoo, which is also a popular attraction.
Yuanshan Zoo includes a tropical bird house and an insect house, housing about 200 species of creatures.
There are not many kinds of animals, but they are very distinctive. If you come here in winter, after the heavy snow, you can see giraffes and lions running back and forth in the white land. This is a unique sight that cannot be seen in other zoos.
Unfortunately, it is not winter now. In the zoo in early summer, cherry blossoms are flying. Although you can't see the animals playing and chasing in the snow, you can see the animals jumping around to chase the falling cherry blossoms.
Yushan Heren felt that the current vibrant scene was probably no less beautiful than the scenery in winter.
"Yushan, it's time to go!" Kato Megumi raised her cell phone. She didn't know when the amulet on the cell phone had been replaced with the one that Yushan Kazuto gave her.
Chapter 87 You were demoted to kindergarten
There are four wonders in Maruyama Park. The first is the endless cherry blossom forest on Mount Ezo, the second is the solemn Hokkaido Shrine, the third is the interesting Maruyama Zoo, and the fourth is the flocks of crows in the sky.
Unlike China, Japan regards crows as a kind of auspicious bird. Many classics record the stories of crows repaying their parents and Yata no Crow pointing the way. The streets and alleys are full of traces of crow culture.
However, too many auspicious things can also be annoying, just like the macaques on Mount Emei, the doves of peace in Plaza San Martin, and the flock of crows above Kazuto Yuyama and Megumi Kato, like dark clouds pressing down on the city, threatening to destroy it.
The hoarse and mocking crows' cry was really hard to hear, but fortunately they came and went quickly. In just a dozen seconds, the crows had passed through the cherry blossom forest, leaving behind only cherry petals flying all over the sky.
Cherry petals were swirling around, and Kato Megumi's hair was blown by the breeze, what a magnificent scene it was.
After being stunned for a few seconds, Yushan Heren hurriedly loosened his hands. Just now, a crow flew by, and their hands were clasped together tightly without them knowing.
After leaving Maruyama Park, the two took a car to Sapporo Farm.
Sapporo Farm is far away from the city, about ten kilometers away, which is almost equivalent to the distance from Sapporo to Asari.
On the way from the city to the farm, there stands a factory in the style of an English castle. It is the famous White Lover Chocolate Factory in Hokkaido, also known as White Lover Park.
Shiroi Koibito Park is also one of our destinations today. We will visit here after returning from Sapporo Farm.
There are many farms in Hokkaido, each with its own unique style. The most famous farm in Sapporo is its high-quality agricultural products.
Strawberries in early summer, rice in late autumn, and consistently high-quality milk all year round.
The milk we drank at the Otaru Canal Restaurant yesterday and the milk for the cocoa cookie and yogurt cake at Rokkatei were both produced from the Sapporo farm.
When you get off the tram, you can see the iconic Europa train. Unfortunately, this train is just a decoration of Sapporo Farm. If you want to tour the entire farm on the train, you can only dream about it.
"That's the dairy shop. Let's go there." Standing at the intersection, Kato Megumi pointed in the direction.
A variety of fresh dairy products are displayed in the dairy hall, and staff in protective clothing stand by and introduce them enthusiastically.
Yushan Kazuto and Kato Megumi walked into the dairy shop and unexpectedly met an acquaintance.
"Minister, why are you here?"
The head of the football club was standing next to a bottle of high-calcium milk, listening to the staff's introduction seriously. He didn't even turn his head when he heard Yushan Kazuto's words. Anyway, as an absolutely black-body unmanned creature, it was hard to tell whether he was facing the front or the back: "It's been too long since you appeared, so you came out to make a presence?"
Yushan Kazuto blinked and asked, "Could you please not be so blunt?"
"Are you purchasing supplies for the football club?" Yushan Kazuto ignored the resentful remarks of the football club director and looked at the high-calcium milk in front of him.
"Then I may have to wait until I win the lottery before I can purchase supplies."
"Doesn't the ministry have its own budget? Why do you need to pay for it yourself?"
The football club still had plenty of money, after all, the members didn't have any personalities, so there were fewer places to spend money. While other clubs were tightening their belts, the football club always had a large surplus of money.
"The department fee is gone."
The shorter the words, the bigger the problem. Yushan Kazuto remembered that before the midterm exam, the football club still had nearly 200,000 yen in club fees. How come it was all gone suddenly?
"Besides, this doesn't count as my own money. After all, the money for buying lottery tickets is just part of the expenses."
The minister suddenly took out nearly two thousand lottery tickets and stacked them together like a small mountain.
