Chapter 286. Okuizumo, the place where the Great Snake fell
The Adachi Museum of Art is located in Yasugi City, southeast of Matsue City, just over 20 kilometers away by car.
But since it was a school trip, it was natural to take a long detour.
The group was on a tram.
Most of Tokyo's trains have been replaced, but in Shimane Prefecture, you can still see old locomotives that have been in use since the last century.
Traveling on the winding mountain railway, surrounded by only verdant mountains and babbling water, it is a pleasant enjoyment.
As for the more famous train bento, Qiao Qiao can only say that no matter how delicious the meal is, the taste is almost the same after it is cooled.
Click, click
Qiao Qiao continues to shoot Sayoko's trip.
Today, Sayoko is wearing a forest dress, which is fresh and natural, and it matches the old-fashioned train and the forest.
"I didn't expect it to be like this, I thought it would be the same as the gardens in China."
Coming to the courtyard of the art museum, Qiao Qiao said.
In addition to the artworks in its collection, the Adachi Museum of Art is most famous for its exquisite garden landscape.
It's just that unlike the landscape gardens in China that allow visitors to enjoy their sightseeing, the courtyard of the Adachi Museum of Art can only be viewed from a distance.
The audience can only look at the surrounding gardens through the glass in the building of the art museum.
Of course, the good thing is that there are not the kind of photos that are full of tourists and can only take pictures of everyone.
Qiao Qiao doesn't matter, as long as you can shoot Sayoko, it's enough.
Whether it's a garden, a courtyard, or something else, it's just a background.
You can't just go for the worse.
After eating Shimane Prefecture's special cuisine in Yasugi City, the students of Minejo University High School took a small train to Okuizumo Town, located in the southern part of Matsue City.
In fact, Okuizumo Town is already very close to Izumo, after all, Okuzumo means Izumo in the depths.
It is home to one of the largest forests in Shimane Prefecture, making the small towns here look like a castle in the woods surrounded by them.
"I see, because iron ore is produced here, there was a technology to smelt metals for a long time......
Okuizumo Yoshida Village, the entire village has become an open-air museum of ancient ironmaking, and it is here that Jobashi and Sayoko are visiting.
At this time, most of them have been divided, after all, these villages are scattered in the mountains of Okuizumo, and the scale is also very small.
Qiao Qiao and Sayoko decided to come here to have a look first.
After all, iron smelting represents the earliest weapon forging.
Qiao Qiao was interested.
"Is there anything about this?"
Sayoko didn't quite understand.
"Well, you see, Izumo has been considered the battlefield where Susanoo defeated Yaki Orochi since ancient times, and after he defeated Orochi, he took out a Heavenly Cloud Sword from the tail of Orochi."
"The Tiancong Cloud Sword is a sword of conquest, and at the same time an iron sword, iron making is a symbol of progress for civilization, look, there is no so-called Bronze Age and Iron Age in history books."
"I think it may be because this is the center of ancient Wakoku Iron that there is a legend that Susanoo defeated Yagi Orochi and obtained the Tencong Cloud Sword."
"And Okuizumo has been the production area of high-quality rice in Wakuni since ancient times, and good rice produces good wine, and the story of Susanoo getting drunk with fine wine is also due to these specialties."
Qiao Qiao looked at the millennium-old iron-making bellows and forges.
I don't know which furnace the Heavenly Cloud Sword was forged.
It's a pity that I can't get in touch with psychics.
He took a few pictures and was about to take them back to show the Tiancong Cloud Sword, maybe he would recognize it.
"But like Susanoo and Yagi Orochi, they shouldn't be fictional, right?"
Recently, in order to keep up with Qiao Qiao's footsteps, Sayoko has also been studying weird knowledge on the app of the Soul Killer Association.
"Well, there is indeed a special aura of spiritual power in this area, which may be left over from the Great War of the year."
Qiao Qiao guessed that it may have been a war between an alien god like Susanoo and the local god Yaki Orochi of Okuizumo, and Susanoo won, classifying this generation into the realm of faith in Kowa Province.
And the Yaki Orochi was defeated, and the godhead fell, and it was beaten into a weird.
If the Yaki Snake had won the victory, perhaps the snake god would have been enshrined in this area.
In the case of the Heavenly Cloud Sword, it may have been an earlier local god, who was devoured by the Yaki Orochi, and finally became a member of the legend of Susanoo.
Thinking of the descendants of the Yaqi Orochi he saw in Atsuta Shrine, and its ability to use the Heavenly Cloud Sword and ignore the enchantment of the Shrine, Qiao Qiao had some new insights.
"Let's go to the abyss and have a look."
Coming out of the museum that demonstrates the jade steel forging process, Qiao Qiao took a look at the Line group and decided to go directly to the place where the Yaki Orochi lived.
Next to the Hii River, there is an abyss at the bottom of the valley between the trees and rocks, and it is said that it is the place where the Yaki Orochi lived, called Tenbuchi.
Going up the river, Qiaoqiao soon saw a valley full of autumn leaves.
There are many students from Minejo University High School who are sightseeing here, and the most common ones are couples holding hands.
Well.
The gurgling water, the red leaves in the sky, and the quiet and secluded, are indeed very suitable for couples to date.
Qiao Qiao looked at Sayoko.
It's also appropriate to take pictures of Sayoko with such a background.
"I didn't expect there to be such a view."
Sayoko lifted the hem of her skirt slightly, squatting down to pick up a piece of autumn leaf that had fallen into the water.
Qiao Qiao captured this moment very decisively.
Sayoko by the valley, get.
"It seems to be an attraction here."
Qiao Qiao looked around and saw a wooden sign.
It reads "Famous Spot, Devil's Tongue Shock".
"The name is unexpectedly scary."
Qiao Qiao also took a photo of Sayoko next to the sign.
Great satisfaction.
Trekking up the stream, in addition to students, I also saw a lot of tourists with their families along the way.
It looks like it's still a camping area.
"Camping?"
Sayoko suddenly imagined the scene of camping in a tent with Qiao Qiao.
Shyly turned his face away.
Walked for about twenty minutes.
The two arrived at their destination.
"It feels like it's just a normal valley."
There are a lot of tourists here, but in Qiaoqiao's opinion, it is very ordinary.
There was no superb view in front of him, and there was no trace of spiritual power, and Qiao Qiao even suspected that this might not be the real residence of the Yaqi Great Snake at all, but only made up by later generations.
After all, a youkai of that level, even if it dies, will remain traces of a land for a long time.
After helping Sayoko take a few photos, Qiao Qiao pulled Sayoko out of the crowd.
"Next ......"
Qiao Qiao was still looking at the attractions near here, but Sayoko pulled the corner of Qiao Qiao's clothes.
"Qiao San, that witch, seems a little strange?"
Qiao Qiao looked at Sayoko's fingers.
It was a shrine maiden wearing a kimono in the style of a shrine maiden, but the hem was dark blue.
It's just that by the shrine maiden's side, there are several ball-like spirits following.