At noon on Saturday, after a brief lunch at a soba restaurant in Asakusa, at 1:30 a.m., I took the Tobu Nikko train, and after a transfer in Shimo-Imaichi City, we arrived at Tobu Nikko Station about two hours later.

There is a famous saying in Japan, "You don't know how beautiful you are until you reach daylight", which refers to Nikko National Park in Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture. Nikko National Park is located northwest of Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture, most of the area is located in Tochigi Prefecture, but it also includes parts of Gunma and Fukushima Prefectures, surrounded by mountains and scenery, and the temperature is lower than Tokyo due to the high altitude, and since the Edo period, it has been a summer resort for shoguns and princes and nobles, and many ancient buildings such as Buddhist temples and shrines have been designated as World Heritage Sites.

The weather was still very sunny on the way here, but when I was about to enter the station, there were small pieces of rain. Out of the platform, the rain was not heavy enough to hold an umbrella, and the rain with a hint of coolness fell on the face, which felt quite pleasant. Looking up at the sky, although it was raining, the sun was still hanging there, shining brightly.

"Looks like the rain will stop soon. ”

"Uh-huh," Yukie Nakama nodded, "Still, it's still very comfortable to get a little rain like this once in a while." ”

……

About a week ago, when he and Yukie Nakama were having dinner at a Chinese restaurant in Ikebukuro, Ye Zhao mentioned to her that he had finished part of his TV series, "Thanks to your 'devil training mode', the filming went quite smoothly, and it didn't hold Ban-san back at all." ”

Leaving the situation at that time, and mentioning the words "devil training mode" again, Yukie Nakama lowered his head a little embarrassed and took a sip of herbal tea, "Because Brother Ye Zhao is really working hard." ”

"That being said, it wouldn't have been that fast without your help. So, as a thank you for making a request for me, I'll do my best to accommodate you. ”

"Is it okay to ask for anything?"

"If it's the kind of thing you can't do in women's clothes, dance the comaneci on the street, or go to the dessert shop to grab a doughnut, or so on. ”

“…… No one would want to make such an excessive request!" Yukie Nakama grummed quietly. After thinking about it, "If you don't cause trouble to Brother Ye Zhao, I want to go on a short trip to a place with fewer people." ”

"There are fewer people...... In this case, you have to stay a little away from the center of the capital. "However, if a hot singer and a cute girl go on a trip alone away from the center of the city, this kind of thing is a little unreasonable in any way.

So a week later, on Saturday, Ye Aki and Yuki Nakama, plus Yuki Tamura and Yuki Uemura, two men and two women, took the train to Nikko City together.

The night before departure, Ye Zhao confirmed to her: "Do you want to go back and forth on the same day, or stay overnight?" If you go back and forth on the same day, we will leave earlier, and the itinerary is a little tighter, if you don't mind staying overnight, we will set off at noon, take a slow tour, and then return to Tokyo in the afternoon of the next day." ”

Obviously, in the end, Nakama Yukie chose the plan of staying overnight.

Ye Zhao wears an off-white wide-brimmed sun hat, a pair of sunglasses on the bridge of his nose, a blue and white slender striped shirt, and the cuffs are loosely pulled up to the elbows, paired with loose dark cropped jeans.

Yukie Nakama wears a khaki checked baseball cap and a white short-sleeved T-shirt with the words "Inspiration Message" printed on it, perhaps ready to have a good time, her clothes today are quite loose and simple, and it can even be said that she is a little boyish, and the two of them are dressed quite plainly, standing together, like two ordinary students who have come to travel.

Yuki Uemura is still dressed in the usual ordinary dress, but Yuki Tamura is wearing a fashionable, printed dress with a black background, and delicate makeup, at first glance, he has become the most eye-catching one in the group.

Out of the station, Tamura Yuki put on pink-rimmed sunglasses and said in a comfortable tone, "The president is finally willing to take me out on a trip, and the last time I went to the north with Takeda-san and Uemura-san, I didn't have my share at all." ”

"We don't go to the north just to enjoy the mountains and rivers, but we are really running publicity. Yuki Uemura retorted.

"But what about the souvenir packages that come to the office every few days?"

Uemura Yuki was choked up, and looked silently at Ye Zhao, who had nothing to do with himself, and his eyes conveyed the message that "if you don't do my business, Ye Zhaosang wants to play".

“…… Ahem!" Ye Zhao coughed dryly, turned around and greeted Yukie Nakama, "Time is precious, let's leave quickly." ”

Nikko is a sparsely populated pocket city, and although it is a famous resort, there is no noise of tourist attractions at all, and the streets are surprisingly few pedestrians, which of course has to do with the fact that it is not the peak season for autumn leaves and hot springs. Coming here from the fast-paced city of Tokyo can even give you the wonderful feeling that time has slowed down in an instant.

Instead of taking the bus from Tobu Nikko Station to Lake Chuzenji, the group of four took a taxi directly from the station and headed down the winding Iroha Mountain Road towards Lake Chuzenji.

"Why 'Iroha Mountain Road'?"

"Well, I think it was named after I, RO, HA, because there were 48 sharp turns on this part of the mountain, which is the same as the 48 kana numbers in ancient Japanese. Ye Zhao explained.

The reason why I know about this is from "Initial D", the prototype of Akinayama in the comics is taken from here, and the lake where Takumi took his girlfriend on a date is the Lake of Chuzenji that they are about to go to. Regarded as one of the most difficult mountain roads in Japan, this section of the Ring Road, which is almost entirely full of sharp 180-degree turns, has attracted many experienced drivers.

"SOGA~" Yukie Nakama nodded, leaning on the window and looking out at the towering mountain peaks.

When I came to the lake of Zhongzen Temple, the rain had stopped. There were few tourists on the lake, and the four of them arrived a little late, the sightseeing boat had already left the port, and there were still a few lonely hand rowing boats moored on the shore.

When he learned that the next sightseeing boat would not be until 4:30, Ye Zhao pointed to the hand rowing boat on the shore and confirmed to the staff: "Can that be used?"

The staff told him "yes".

"Ye Zhaosang wants to row by himself?" Yuki Uemura was a little worried.

Ye Zhao put on a life jacket and asked, "Are you two with us or are you going to do it anyway, there are staff members here who help rowing, if you are not sure about my skills, you can rent another boat." ”

"The two of us......" Yuki Uemura was about to answer, but Yuki Tamura interrupted first: "Let's ask the staff to help row." ”

"Oh well. Ye Zhao nodded, put on the rented life jacket, stepped on the boat first, and stretched out his hands to greet Yukie Nakama. After all, she was born and raised in Okinawa, her father was a crew member, and she was even a person who took her out to sea.