The sun shines warmly on Natsume, who is standing alone in front of the shrine, Natsume looks at the first torii gate of Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine in front of him, (a large torii gate donated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1589, and the main hall and other buildings of the shrine are behind) Next to the torii is a running fox with a string of rice in its mouth, and the fox is considered to be the representative or incarnation of Inari on the earth. Natsume www.biquge.info passes through the first torii gate (a torii gate is a Japanese shrine building. It is mainly used to distinguish the divine realm from the secular realm inhabited by humans, and it is regarded as a kind of enchantment, representing the entrance to the divine realm, which can be regarded as a kind of door. The torii gate generally has two pillars with two beams on it, and there is also a plaque with an inscription on it. It is generally made of wood and painted with lacquer. Inari Okami is the god in charge of the prosperity of business, so many industrial and commercial groups come here to pray for protection. After going back, you may make money, and then you have to come to make a vow, so you will build a torii gate here to make a vow, and over time, there will be more and more torii gates here, and in the end, it will become such a landscape, and the torii gate that stretches for several kilometers is on Mt. Inari, and it will take about three and a half hours to walk it all. And each torii gate is also different, the richer ones make the big torii, and the less rich make the small torii, so there are still places that will be divided into two, consisting of two tunnels leading to the same place, so that more torii can be accommodated. The torii gate is colorful and the materials and textures are varied. Wood is the most commonly used, and the torii gates are most commonly painted orange and black, while the torii gates of Fushimi Inari Shrine are mostly red. The main gate, along the way, the cherry blossoms on the side of the road are in full bloom, which contrasts sharply with the red torii gate, (Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine was built in the 8th century to worship the Inari gods led by the god of Uga's imperial soul.) Inari is a god of agriculture and commerce, and pilgrims come to worship for a good harvest, prosperous business, and safe traffic. Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine is the closest shrine to Japanese people, and is revered as "Mr. Gokugami". There are a total of 300,000 Inari Shrines in Japan, and the Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine in Kyoto is the main shrine, and many Japanese people come here every year to pray for their prayers. The starting point of the Inari faith is Mt. Inari, which is behind the Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine. Going up the trail, Natsume enters the second torii gate, which is considered to be the actual entrance to Inari Shrine. It is the season when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom, and the red buildings of Inari Shrine are set against each other, and it is very beautiful. Behind the second torii gate is the gate of the Taisha shrine, and outside the main hall there is a statue of the fox who was the envoy of the god Inari. There is a pool at the entrance of the shrine, which is used for "purification". Before visiting the main hall, you should take some water from a small ladle of water that has been placed, wash your hands and rinse your mouth. The place where the prayer cards are hung is filled with small torii gates filled with wishes for a prosperous business. Natsume walked up the stairs step by step, and behind the torii gate on the right-hand side was the starting point of the Senbon torii gate, and after walking through the first row of large torii gates, I came to the small torii leading to Okunoin Temple, and walked into the Senbon torii gate, where the old and faded dark red torii and the shiny vermilion torii are densely intertwined, and the sunlight is particularly spectacular and charming, and the vision is quite shocking. There was nothing written on the pillar in the direction Xia was entering, and when I looked back, the name of the donor or institution was written on the back of the column. Natsume saw a shrine maiden heading to the shrine on the mountain from a distance in the torii corridor full of mystery, Natsume quickly ran to the shrine maiden and grabbed her sleeve, and the shrine maiden looked at him in surprise, "Little friend, is there something wrong?" Looking at the empty road behind Natsume, he asked, "Kid, are you alone?" What about your mom and dad? Natsume tilted his head and replied, "Sister Shrine Maiden, I came to find my parents, and they said that if I want to find the priest and the shrine maiden, I will know their location." "Oh, who are your mom and dad?" The shrine maiden asked, crouching down. "My mom and dad are Yao Nakamura and Shiori Nakamura." "Ahh Your parents are Nakamura Shaogong and Shiori, and they talked to me about you in the morning, and I should be your aunt according to my generation! Let's go, I'll take you to your mom and dad. "Thank you, Auntie," Natsume replied earnestly. Ah, Natsume still don't call me aunt like this to look like I'm so old, call me sister" The shrine maiden said embarrassedly. "Okay, sister shrine maiden," Natsume hurriedly changed his words.

The shrine maiden took Natsume to the main hall of the shrine (the main hall (main hall) and the worship hall (拝殿) are separated. In the deepest part of the main hall, offerings are placed, and worshippers pray in the main hall for personal offerings. The shrine maiden who was cleaning at the door saw them and smiled and said to them, "Wako-chan, who is this, such a cute little friend." ”

"This is Natsume, Shiori-san's son."

"Please wait a minute, I'll take him to Sister Shiori and come back to help."

"Okay, don't be in such a hurry."

Take Natsume into the Japanese-style room at the back of the main hall, and say to Natsume, "Natsume, go in!" I'll leave first. "Okay, thank you, sister," Natsume politely thanked him. After the shrine maiden left, Natsume knocked on the sliding door of the Japanese room, "Mom, Dad, are you there?" "Natsume is here, come in." Amaterasu's voice came from the Japanese room, and Natsume, "Good Daddy", agreed after hearing it. Natsume gently opened the sliding door and poked his head out to quietly observe the indoor environment, but was so shocked by the fantastic scene in the room that his jaw was about to fall, the shrunken fox dog low-level god envoy flew in the air with a scroll in his mouth, and the high god envoy with fox ears and a hunting suit was sitting behind the desk nervously correcting the documents that were stacked into a thick mountain, and after the correction was completed, he threw it into the air, and immediately there was a low-level god envoy who quickly caught it and sent it to the processed document stack. One by one, the medium shrines wearing kimonos are sorted out and sent to Inari shrines in various places. The high speed of the low-level divine envoys left a series of afterimages in the air, and the medium divine envoys carried the plates containing the scrolls in and out of the Japanese-style room, and they disappeared into the air when they left the Japanese-style room, and there were constantly high-level divine envoys who put down the pen in their hands, picked up the scrolls, and walked to the Inari God to find him to sign and ask for his opinion. Although the work scene seems busy, it doesn't feel cluttered, and everything runs in an orderly manner.

Natsume walked in lightly, carefully avoiding the little fox that almost crashed into him, and walked over to Inari, who was wearing a black hunting suit but wearing gold-rimmed glasses, "Dad, are you working?" I'm not going to bother you" "It's okay, you'll be in contact with it a lot in the future. Inari's smile was very meaningful. What," Natsume said he didn't understand. "Alright, alright, Natsume, come and see what Daddy does" Inari hugged Natsume to his lap. Blindfolded him, the surroundings changed when Inari lowered his hand. The two of them sat on top of the torii gate and looked at the pedestrians and worshippers who came and went below, but these people didn't seem to see the two of them, "Yes, oh, they can't see us" Natsume wondered why he didn't say what he was thinking, why did Dad answer, and he didn't speak! "This is listening, we are in the state of the gods, of course they can't see it, you can also listen to people's prayers and wishes with listening, this is the job of the gods." "Really? I want to try it too. Natsume said excitedly. Close your eyes and focus on the person who is visiting and listen to what she is saying. According to the words, Natsume closed his eyes and concentrated on the female college student who looked like she had just graduated while making a wish underneath, and in an instant everything around her was quiet, only to hear a strange female voice, "Lord Inari God... I hope... When I graduate, I will find a job that I love. Natsume was happy when she heard this, and the world returned to its original state, and Inari looked at Natsume, who was so happy, "How is it?" Did you hear that, is it fun? "Well, it's funny, what was Daddy doing when we heard their wishes?" Natsume asked, shaking her feet on the torii. "The oracles will enter these wishes into the dossier, and after further examination of the wisher, we will decide whether the wish has been fulfilled and to what extent. After that, you can see the work in the Japanese-style room, and of course there are many aspects of work, because Inari is not only worshipped as the god of agriculture, but also as the god of industry, commerce, the god of house protection, and the almighty god of good fortune. It is very popular not only in the countryside, but also among scholars and samurai. So the work will be a lot and miscellaneous, and I will show you in the future. Okay, mom is shouting that we can't play when we eat! "Okay, Dad" Inari hugged Natsume and jumped lightly to the ground, walking towards the shrine together.

The setting sun shines through the gap in the Senbon torii gate and shines on the father and son walking hand in hand under the sunset, and a long projection is drawn on the bluestone pavement full of history.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, Natsume and Inari father and son walked on the way home, and the two returned to the mansion of Nakamura Miyaji to eat, and saw Amaterasu waiting for them at the entrance from a distance, "Come back, go wash your hands and get ready to eat" "Okay, Mom" The two changed their shoes at the entrance, and the dining room had a rich seafood feast on the table next to the atrium, including fresh seafood sushi, sashimi platter, short-legged rock crab, omelet rice, chai-flavored small tofu and other foods. During the meal, Miyaji Nakamura and Amaterasu Inari raised their glasses together, "Welcome Natsume to be a member of our family." After eating, the four of them sat together on the edge of the courtyard and made tea, enjoying the night view, and the Ginza in the distance was brightly lit, but it was quiet and leisurely. Natsume secretly found that it was a teabowl-shaped monster that poured tea for them, holding a teapot bigger than him, pouring tea into everyone's cups, and found that Natsume was looking at him, smiling at him, and handed him a glass of milk, Natsume's head didn't turn for a while, and he took the milk a little mechanically and said "Thank you", looking at Natsume's stunned performance, Nakamura smiled and said, "Grandpa Natsume, there are many youkai and grandfather's Shikigami in this house, and they borrow to live here and repay with their work, for example, they made the dinner you had tonight, I can see that they like you very much, after all, I'm still very boring as an old man, and you can come and play with them often in the future. Natsume still didn't seem to be relieved, "Okay, grandpa." Amaterasu explained to him, "Chawanko: It is said that a tea bowl smelted by a famous craftsman, after being damaged and discarded, will absorb the power of the earth, and it is possible to become a youkai." And then because I like all human beings, they will live under the floor of old houses. If a disaster is about to befall that home, it will run around the house to inform humans, and when it comes to whims, it will act as a substitute for humans to bear the calamity on its behalf. This is a very kind youkai! Hearing Amaterasu's explanation, Natsume reluctantly accepted the reality, turned sideways and said to the tea bowl demon again, "I'm sorry, and thank you." Hearing Natsume's thanks, the tea bowl demon turned red, turned around and ran away. Oops, oops, shy? Amaterasu smiled. The first day at the shrine ended peacefully, and everything seemed to fall into a deep sleep at night. () "Natsume Homo Summer as a Demon" only represents the author's intermittent and leisurely point of view.,If you find that its content violates the content of national laws.,Please delete it.,The position is only committed to providing a healthy and green reading platform.。

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