Chapter 28: A Hot Spring Journey for Two (1)
"Well, I didn't think the resort you were talking about was going to Japan? I thought it was near Wuyi and Huangshan......" On the plane to Tokyo, Xia Youran looked at Yan Yi, who was staring at the window with a sad look. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć I didn't expect that the first time I went abroad was to Japan alone with my future mother-in-law, and I didn't know it.
"When it comes to hot springs, of course it's Hakone." Yan Yi took off her sunglasses and turned her head around. "I didn't expect you to have a visa for Japan, and I thought you wouldn't have one. If not, it's good to go back to the country......"
"Well, that visa was applied for last year, and I was going to go to Japan for a two-month training, but I didn't go because I knew that no one would bring it." Xia Youran leaned back and said boredly, thinking that the airsickness had been cured, but it turned out that it was just a coincidence last time, and now the stomach is turning upside down, and it is super good to be able to say a few words. (Ah, why is the camera so heavy, it's really hard to carry it now.) Not only did I not have the energy to take pictures, but I made myself even more uncomfortable...... ļ¼
āā¦ā¦ Oh" Yan Yi originally wanted to say something, but the stalk was in his throat, and he really didn't know what to say, plus Xia Youran's face was very bad now, so he must not want to speak anymore.
"What, want to throw up?" She propped her hand on the small table in front of her and asked leisurely in front of Xia.
"Well, it's okay, it's just a little uncomfortable." Xia leisurely took a sip of warm water, felt a little more comfortable in his stomach, and then replied slowly.
"Didn't Aze buy you several kinds of sour plums and stuff them into your backpack, why don't you take them out and eat them?"
"Did he buy me sour plums?" Speaking of this, Xia Youran really didn't care, and she didn't check the backpack well before going out, she took her black leather backpack and rummaged through it, and sure enough, a few cans of sour plums were turned out at the bottom, "Hey, when did he put it in, why didn't he tell me?" ā
"Oh, he was in a hurry to go to the company in the morning, and he hurriedly told me, and I forgot about it after I got on the plane." Yan Yi smiled, even though she was almost fifty years old, she really looked good when she smiled. (Well, people will always easily forgive people who are good-looking...... ļ¼
"Hey, this is not the brand that Lin Wei gave me last time, I didn't expect him to remember it." Xia Youran opened the jar and took out one of it and stuffed it into her mouth, although the taste was very sour, she felt so sweet.
The plane arrived at Haneda Airport quickly, but fortunately, Xia Youran had taught himself Japanese, and although he didn't speak very standardly, he was able to communicate easily. Before coming here, Bai Ze helped them book a hotel near Haneda Airport, thinking that they should go out shopping that night, but because of the severe motion sickness, after getting off the plane, Xia Youran was still groggy and fell asleep as soon as he arrived at the hotel.
At seven o'clock, Yan Yi woke up Xia Youran, and they took a taxi to a nearby sushi restaurant for a meal. After eating, Xia Youran really felt alive. In addition to being happy, he also drank a small bottle of sake. Yan Yi is very familiar with this place, and from her mouth, Xia Youran knows that she has been here for more than a month, of course, it is nothing more than visiting the opera house, watching art exhibitions, attending festivals and the like. Although she doesn't speak Japanese, her native American English sounds very comfortable.
"The streets here are no different from the streets of Shanghai, nothing more than houses and people......" Because after drinking, Xia Youran's cheeks were crimson, and her expression was very funny when she said this, she put her arm on Yan Yi's shoulder, and the two talked and laughed. She wasn't drunk, she just felt happy. There is a lot of traffic, those things that are none of my business, and everything is left behind by myself. She finally understood why those people always wanted to travel, because only in a completely unfamiliar environment can she freely say what she wants to say, do what she dare not do, meet different people, appreciate different scenery, and taste fresh and distinctive food. Only in this way can life be truly fulfilled.
On the streets of Tokyo, the two of them walked like this, occasionally hearing a word or two of Chinese, she would turn her head very curiously, and then smile at the person, only in a foreign country, she felt that her mother tongue was very kind.
The next day, before dawn, the two of them got up, after checking out, they took the express train to Hakone at half past six, after arriving in Hakone, under the leadership of Yan Yi, they changed to a small red train, it is said that it is the legendary mountaineering tram, because it has to climb the mountain, so this tram is relatively compact, and the design inside is also step-like, which makes people feel a little novel, after arriving at a certain place, they even changed the front of the car. The small train runs up the mountain in a zigzag shape.
"Zigzag, I know this, I have learned it in primary school texts, this is probably the same as Zhan Tianyou once designed a double locomotive and used a herringbone to go up the mountain. It is said that near the Qinglong Bridge, the slope is particularly large, and in order to allow the train to climb the mountain, he designed a "human" herringbone line. When the northbound train arrives at the south exit, it uses two locomotives, one pulled in front and one pushed in the back. After the Qinglong Bridge, the train goes northeast, and after the fork of the "human" herringbone line, it is reversed, the locomotive that was originally pushed pulled, and the locomotive that was originally pulled pushed, so that the train moved to the northwest. In this way, it will be much easier for the train to go up the mountain......" As soon as he talked about this, Xia Youran gushed a lot.
"Well, this is the wisdom of mankind...... No matter what difficulties you encounter, you can easily solve them with your brain. Yan Yi smiled, to be honest, she began to like this girl more and more who was open-mouthed and couldn't keep any secrets, "Xia Youran, look here, if we come here in May or June, we can see patches of hydrangeas, and it will be really beautiful at that time......" Yan Yi pointed to the two bare branches of the train and said to Xia Youran.
"Hydrangeas?" When it comes to hydrangeas, Natsu begins to get a little excited, and the hydrangeas in Manyo are called "Anji Sawei" or "Miso Blue", which means "gathered blue flowers." In China, it is commonly known as "hydrangea". In many anime works, patches of hydrangeas are planted in the garden, and although this flower is also grown in China, it is rare to see it planted in patches like that.
"Well, so this mountain railway also has a nice name called 'Ziyang Mountain Railway'. In the past 13 years, I have been on the 'Hydrangea of the Night', which was temporarily operated at the time, and the hydrangea looks particularly dreamy against the special lighting at night, as if I was in a fairy tale. ā
"Oh my God, I'm so envious...... That must be beautiful, right? ā
"Well, I even recorded a special paragraph at the time, go back and show it to you......"
"En'en......" Xia leisurely nodded vigorously, thinking that it was really good to come to Japan this time. The speed of this mountain tram is a bit slow, it takes about 40 minutes to reach the station, and then they change to the cable car to go up the mountain, and look down on the cable car, Xia leisurely saw the white smoke of the wasteland below.
She took out the map and looked at it, then turned her head and asked, "This place of smoke down there should be Owakudani, right?" ā
"Well, yes, Owakudani is a still smoking volcano, which is a legendary active volcano, and it is in danger of erupting at any time, but it is precisely because of this that there are so many large and small hot springs here. And you can see how barren it is and smoking, so it has another nickname called 'Hell Valley'. Yan Yi introduced some things about Owakudani like a tour guide, and even connected several places to visit in Owakudani in detail.
Speaking of Dachong Valley, of course, the "black jade", that is, the legendary "black egg", this is to throw the egg into the hot spring at 80 degrees and cook it, and when you take it out, the whole body is black, of course, the taste is full of sulfur smell, even so, Xia Youran still ate two, because Yan Yi said that eating this "longevity egg" can prolong life for seven years, and it is also very effective for health preservation.
In addition, Owakudani is also a viewing point of Mt. Fuji, and when the weather is good, you can see Mt. Fuji, although the temperature is relatively low on the day they arrive, the weather is not bad, and they also see the complete Mt. Fuji, of course, at the beginning, Xia Youran did not notice, she only paid attention to the scenery around her, and only raised her head to see it under Yan Yi's reminder. After reading it, she was excited for a long time, but she didn't take fewer photos while she was excited.