Nakasendo means "the road through the mountains".

As the name suggests, most of this road passes through the mountains, but Ye Kai's starting position is one of the accommodations, and it is not known what the road through the mountains looks like for the time being.

Now that the traffic is so developed, you can drive directly into the town from the outside road.

In fact, these towns still make money from tourism, but unlike Huaxia, there are not so many hawkers on the streets, and the things sold are usually handicrafts.

Although it is not a well-known spot, many people still walk this mountain road every year.

There are hiking enthusiasts all over the world, and of course there are island countries, but the whole country is not a dead house, right?

It is estimated that it is not the best weather now, and there are fewer tourists on the road.

Many foreign tourists either go shopping in Shibuya, visit Kabukicho in Shinjuku, or go to Heiankyo to see the cherry blossoms, and they know very little about the Nakasendo.

If you don't understand, of course you won't come.

So all the people you are destined to meet on this road are island people.

At the end of the navigation, Ye Kai got out of the car and walked on the ancient bluestone slab, which had a sense of déjà vu in the ancient town of Huaxia. The waterwheel on the side of the road is also very in the style of a water town in the south of the Yangtze River.

Let's continue to record vlogs.

Ye Kai took out the camera and pointed it at himself, and Wen Yan said: "This is the Zhongshan Road of the island country, it should be said that it is the ancient official road of the island country, and it is relatively intact, so I am going to take a look." ”

The best thing about recording a vlog is that it's more casual, because it's not a live broadcast, and no one on the other side of the camera will watch it. After all the footage is recorded, just delete the bad ones.

If this trip to the island country can leave 300 minutes of material, it would be very good to be able to cut out ten minutes in the end, Ye Kai noticed that many people's vlogs are only about five minutes.

The Zhongshan Road in the lodging is like a Chinese country road, a small part of the place is paved with bluestone slabs, but more is solidified soil, and I don't know how many people have trampled on it for many years.

"It's a bit of the 16th century. ”

Ye Kai walked as he spoke, and soon left the lodging ground and really walked into the mountains and forests.

At this time, the road begins to narrow and can accommodate up to three people walking side by side, with planks in some difficult places, downhill, wooden stairs and wooden bridges in places to wade into the water.

The wood is very old, badly corroded by wind and rain and insects, and it seems that it will not be long before these things will have to be replaced.

This road was really well protected by them, although they have been walking on the mountain road, but there are stairs and bridges or something, it is no different from walking normally.

You can also see the scenery inside the mountain forest.

To Ye Kai's disappointment, it is already June, and the most famous cherry blossoms in the island country have withered, otherwise walking on Zhongshan Road is definitely a beautiful scenery.

It's beautiful enough now, but Ye Kai believes that if the cherry blossoms bloom around, it will definitely be even more beautiful.

"Believe it or not, this road is the same as it was hundreds of years ago. People have been on this path for centuries, and the celebrities of the island nations you know have walked this road. ”

After all, if you want to go to the capital, you have to pass through this road.

And those famous samurai and generals in ancient times of the island country, who did not become famous after traveling all over the country.

Ye Kai saw a phone booth-like thing erected in front of him, continued to walk forward, and when he got closer, he found that there was a clock hanging here, the size of an adult's fist.

On the back, a wooden sign reads, "Ring the bell hard to guard against wild bears!"

Ye Kai pulled the rope below and hit it a few times, then re-got on the road and continued to walk towards Heianjing.

"Wild bears are no longer a threat, but hundreds of years ago, this road was full of dangers, and when the upper echelons of the island nation took this road, they would take a lot of men with them to take precautions. ”

There are abandoned shrines along the road, and some of the trails can be seen along the houses left by the bandits in the past, all on the hillside.

Why did Ye Kai know?

Because everything on this road has been introduced by modern people, the bandits' houses have rotted so much that they have collapsed in many places, but you can still see a little bit of the past.

This path is like a journey back in time, with stories of the island's past being told around every corner.

After walking for a long time, Ye Kai faintly heard the sound of water flowing in the distance, as if it was a waterfall?

It's a waterfall, and as you get closer, the sound of the waterfall splashing from the top becomes more and more rapid, and after turning a corner at an intersection, your eyes suddenly open up.

The mountain on the left opens up, and the water of the waterfall falls like a silver dragon falling from the sky, and there is a loud noise.

The waterfall is divided into three layers, a total of about six or seven meters high, the first and second layers are only about one meter, and the third layer is the closest to the ground, about five or six meters high.

The pond under the waterfall is very shallow, only a dozen centimeters, and the pool is not large, it looks like it is only thirty square meters at most, about the same as a living room.

The stones on the edge of the waterfall are washed by the rapid current of water, which is very clean and smooth, and the water source is transparent.

There was also a sign, and Ye Kai stepped forward to see what story was written on it.

Holding the camera, Ye Kai read: "Oda Nobunaga? It says that Oda Nobunaga once practiced swordsmanship under this waterfall, whether this story is true or not, but I found it really good to practice swordsmanship here." ”

Because the cistern below is only a dozen minutes, if you pull up your trousers slightly, you won't drown your pants when you walk into this pool barefoot.

The waterfall is not high, and there are two levels of buffer on it, so the force of the waterfall cannot directly wash people away. Practice the steady swing of the sword in such a place...... Maybe it does.

There are often such pictures in anime, and maybe the prototype came from here.

After seeing the sign that there was no indication that you could not enter the pool, and no one else passed by before and after, Ye Kai took off his shoes and slowly walked into the pool.

The water is very cold, it is mountain spring water.

Since leaving Hokkaido, the temperature has risen in a straight line, and when you get here, it's almost the same as in Japan, and it's an inexplicably irritating weather.

After walking for so long under the scorching sun, suddenly encountering this clear spring is simply a gift from God to you who are not afraid of difficulties.

The temperature of the water seems to be able to directly affect the whole body from under the feet, and before Ye Kai waits for the center of the pool, he feels that his whole body is cool, and the irritable mood of summer also dissipates.

Both the camera and the backpack were opened by Ye by the pool, and the stones here were a little slippery, and Ye Kai was afraid that the camera would get into the water after falling.

Looking up at the mountain in the distance, this waterfall flows down from the not very high mountain next to it, it is an authentic mountain spring, and Ye Kai should be the upstream of this mountain spring.

Turning around, he took out the thermos cup from his backpack, poured out the mineral water inside, and two square ice cubes also fell into the pool with a clatter.

This thermos cup was bought by Ye Kai in the island country, and the vacuum cup in the island country is very famous. However, in the island country, it is not called a thermos cup, it should be called a cold cup.

Island people rarely drink boiled water except for tea.

Drinks are usually consumed, and water sources such as mineral water are used in cold weather like Hokkaido, and many young people like to drink cola with ice.

Frost resistant indeed.

In the past, Ye Kai also learned to drink Coke with ice in winter, and it was not normal not to catch a cold a few times a month.

After pouring it clean, Ye Kai walked towards the waterfall, and he was ready to taste the taste of this spring water.

Most of the mountain spring water is sweet, in ancient China, in fact, they also drank mountain springs or well water, and drank less boiled water, when the water source was clean and there were few germs.

The leaves are connected to the water that falls directly from the waterfall. Why not get water from the pool...... Because Ye Kai has not yet drunk the habit of washing his own feet.

The palate is silky and indeed sweet.

When traveling in Tibetan areas, the snow water that has melted from the snow-capped mountains is everywhere, and even in broad daylight, the temperature does not rise even under the sunlight.

The water is also very clean, but it is not as delicious as the mountain spring, and it is not as sweet as the mountain spring water.

Ye Kai now became more and more suspicious that the mineral water sold on the market was actually tap water taken from the water plant, and it had no taste at all.

After refilling the cup, Ye Kai went ashore and continued to walk forward, from getting off the car to now, Ye Kai estimated that it was more than ten kilometers, and he would soon arrive at the next accommodation.

Seeing the carp streamers fluttering from a distance, Ye Kai knew that he had come to the end.

It took me most of the day, and I even solved a lunch by myself on the way, and finally walked out of this section of the Nakasendo. It is no wonder that in ancient times, it took about 20 days to complete this path.

There are a total of 69 accommodations, and today's Ye Kai only walked this one.

The road unconsciously turned into a bluestone pavement, and gradually widened, at first you could only see the roof of the house, then you could see the sunny day doll, and finally Ye Kai finally arrived at the lodging.

It's just a village compared to the previous town, but the houses are beautiful, like villas, and the firewood is neatly placed outside the houses.

Do you still burn wood?

There was no one on this street, everything was neatly placed, very beautiful, Ye Kai walked very quickly alone, and finally saw three islanders on foot in the front section.

Nodding to each other, Ye Kai staggered them and continued to walk forward.

A woman who lives here is drying her clothes, accompanied by a little girl who is no more than ten years old, wearing a hat and carrying a school bag, and it looks like she needs to go to school.

Elementary school students in island countries wear hats to prevent accidental falls and accidents.

Ye Kai feels that domestic kindergartens and even primary schools need to learn from this, it is a common thing for children to fall when they are playing, and it is not good if they hit their heads.

Looking at the map in my hand, it seems that I can't get out of the Nakasendo today.

In fact, the position he chose couldn't go long, it was just the last short section of the Zhongshan Road, and it would take two days for ordinary people, but Ye Kai expected to walk in one day yesterday.

Lunch at this village-like lodging site and finally the last lodging in the evening for a ride to Heian-kyo.

But stop and stop along the way, take the path to visit the bandits' cottages, see the ancient and abandoned shrines, play in the waterfalls, and record Vlog materials......

It was already four o'clock in the afternoon when we got here.

You have to rest here today, and you can get out of the Nakasendo tomorrow.