XIV - Asakusa Kaminarimon
After Emiya Shirou and Yanagito Kazunari returned to the class team, the teacher's roll call was completed soon after. After repeatedly confirming that there were no people or luggage left, Emiya Shirou and the others headed for the first destination of their trip.
Under the leadership of the teacher holding the flag, a large group of people broke into the Tokyo subway station.
Nearly 100 people, what kind of situation will it cause to rush into the subway station in one go? The answer is that from someone else's point of view, it's like a flood coming, thrilling.
Even though the procession was unusually neat, the number of people did not diminish the crowd of teenagers, as if the entire subway station was going to be submerged!
Hundreds of students, plus ordinary civilians, and more than a dozen teachers who lead the team, if you really want to say it, it is more terrifying than the rush hour! The situation in front of us, even if it is said to be stuffed with water, cannot be accurately described!
At this moment, they are either discussing what they have seen along the way, or sharing their excitement; Whether they are surprised by such a number of students, or confirm each other's next itinerary, whether it is a student, a teacher, or even a passerby, you say a word, I say a word, the sound of discussion comes and goes, and all of a sudden, the calm station becomes unusually lively!
Because of the liveliness, this station, which has always been dead and silent because of its remote location, has also become vibrant, but on the back of the bustle, there is also a hidden danger!
After all, hundreds of people are not a small number, and if so many people get together, it will be difficult for people to calm down and enjoy the scenery at the scenic spots, and it will cause considerable distress to the local residents and affect the reputation of the school.
Therefore, in order to avoid causing the flow of people to the local area, when arranging the itinerary, Emiya Shirou and others also deliberately arranged different classes to different places at the same time.
With high spirits, they boarded the advanced train, and the students each headed for their first destination. As for Emiya Shirou, Yanagito Kazunari, and Rin Tosaka, they took on the responsibility of sharing the pressure of the accompanying teachers, and transferred their classes to the Toei Asakusa Line in the central area of Tokyo, heading for their first destination, Sensoji Temple.
Compared to long-distance trains, there are many subway stations in Tokyo, but the distance between them is not too far. Even if you walk, it usually only takes ten to twenty minutes to walk from one station to another, not to mention that Emiya Shirou and others are now traveling by car instead of walking.
After just a few dozen minutes, Emiya Shirou and the others had already arrived at Toei Asakusa Station. Stepping out of the platform from the train, he immediately followed the escalator to the bottom floor of the station and let the gate eat the ticket in his hand, and in a blink of an eye, Emiya Shirou and others had walked to the exit of Asakusa Station.
Looking ahead, there is a street separated by a road. On both sides of the road, there are a variety of shops, most of which are food-related shops. In addition to convenience stores, there are ramen shops that look like they have been around for many years, and there are also Western-style and Japanese-style sweets shops that look like they've just opened!
Countless people walk into the store empty-handed, and then countless people walk out of the store with bags or two of merchandise, and the number of customers who enter is always proportional to the number of customers who go out. In addition, there are occasionally some able-bodied people pushing almost extinct rickshaws carrying couples and tourists on both sides, and the people on the streets are bustling with each other!
"Wow, can you already see the Kaminarimon Gate of Sensoji Temple from here? It is really worthy of being a famous temple, and the magnificent Cheng dù and Liudong Temple are not comparable at all!" Looking at the ancient temple gate looming in the distance, Rin Tosaka couldn't help but admire it from the bottom of his heart.
Even though they were quite far apart, the big red lantern hanging under the gate could still be clearly seen. The vermilion color symbolizes both festivity and the solemnity of the gods. The two huge black characters are mentioned in the middle of the lantern, as if to highlight the identity of this place, so that people will not admit it even if they are far away.
Just looking at the past from here is already so shocking, but if you get closer, what will it look like? Thinking of this, Rin Tosaka's heart couldn't help but quietly look forward to it.
After all, this was the first time she had visited such a large ancient temple!
"Of course. Yanagitoji is a local temple at best, but Sensoji Temple was designated as a place of worship for the shogunate during the Edo period, and if you have to say, it is the oldest temple in Tokyo, so how can the two be compared?" At the same time that Rin Tosaka was taken aback by the grandeur of Kaminarimon, Yanagito Kazunari also pushed his glasses and responded to the other party's teasing without being salty.
However, from the perspective of Emiya Shirou, you can clearly see that Yanagito Issei's eyes hidden under the lenses are also with a hint of excitement!
For a long time, Yanagito Issei has been studying with Shirou Emiya and Soichiro Katsugi, who live in his house, and pursues the highest state of joy and anger, but he can't suppress the emotions in his heart It can be seen that Sensoji Temple is so attractive to Yanagito Issei?
For many years, I have been believing in Buddhism at this moment, and I finally had the honor to visit one of Japan's most famous ancient temples, and Yanagito Kazunari's current mood is indescribable even with the word "elated"!
"Well, if you really want to say it, it's a little smaller than Ise Jingu, and it seems a little weird to walk in and visit a shrine with my status?"
If there is one person who is not shocked by the Kaminarimon Gate in the distance, it is Emiya Shirou, who once visited Ise Jingu.
It's not that he doesn't have the slightest feeling for the ancient temple in front of him, but after all, Ise Jingu is also one of the best shrines in Japan, and the magnificent Cheng dù is better than the Sensoji Temple in front of him, or it should be said that Emiya Shirou's shock to the ancient temple can be said to be all given to Ise Jingu.
But having said that, even though he was not shocked by Sensoji Temple in the distance like everyone else, looking at Sensoji Temple in the distance, Emiya Shirou felt an indescribable awkward feeling in his heart, so awkward that even the corners of his mouth became slightly crooked.
Speaking of Sensoji Temple, it seems that the gods of Buddhism and Kannon are enshrined, right?
He, such a Shinto god, walked into a Buddhist temple to worship his real husband?
P.S.1: Well, probably in the next chapter or so, there's a long-lost character coming out~
P.S.2: When I first ran to Sensoji Temple, I saw all the rickshaws carrying a man and a woman, and I already felt a sense of helplessness in my heart One day later, when my friends and I bought a roadside snack and planned to eat on the side, there were two couples next to us who were sandwiched between us by the left and right, and then a cold wind blew (really), and the grief in my heart
P.S.3: Anyway, it's a shrine but there are no shrines, so it's a Buddhist temple and I'm in the wrong place
P.S.4: Again, I have to attend the ceremony tomorrow, so I have to break for a day~