Chapter 7 This is the legendary Xicheng District
Uesugi Heisuke has been to Nishinari Ward many times in his life, which is why he is so familiar with this place.
When it comes to travel, Uesugi Heisuke has always been a firm believer that if you want to see skyscrapers and see the cityscape, why come to Japan? Let's go straight to Shanghai.
Take a ride along the Huangpu Riverside Trail, and the magnificent buildings on both sides of the river can turn Tokyo and Osaka into scum in seconds, after all, in this world, the name of China's infrastructure madness is not called in vain.
I came to Japan to experience the exotic atmosphere.
So, like all lovers of unpopular travel, Uesugi Heisuke spent his days wandering through the unnamed streets and alleys away from the crowded tourist city, trying to blend in with the locals' lives and try to taste the small restaurants that only the locals know.
In front of the vending machine, Uesugi Heisuke took out two coins from his pocket, both in denominations of five hundred yen, frowned, and handed one of them to Uncle Shimizu.
I have to say that the yen coin is really too bad, 500 yen is equivalent to 33 yuan, what a huge amount of money, it was made into a small coin, if you accidentally lose it, how distressing it is.
When I used to watch Japanese dramas, Uesugi Heisuke used to wonder why almost all Japanese people have a wallet with a zipper.
After coming to Japan, he found that the wallet is definitely needed in Japan, because there are too many coins, which are ping-pong in pockets, and the denomination is huge, and he must use a coin purse with a zipper to put away the coins to feel at ease.
"Heisuke, would you like to drink something too?" Uncle Shimizu chose a large pot of craftsman coffee for himself for 90 yen, and turned around to ask Uesugi Heisuke.
"Green tea is fine." Uesugi Heisuke said.
The so-called 50 yen vending machine does not sell everything for 50 yen, but it means that it starts at 50 yen.
For example, a small pot of artisan coffee costs 50 yen, a large jar costs 90 yen, Uesugi Heisuke drinks green tea for 70 yen, and a bottle of 500 ml mineral water costs 60 yen.
In any case, this is already a low price that cannot be found in all of Japan with lanterns, and most vending machines cost more than 100 yen.
As usual, Uncle Shimizu returned the three hundred and forty yen for the change to Uesugi Heisuke, he may borrow money, but he will never take advantage of others, and sneak the change into his pocket for himself, this kind of thing Uncle will not do.
In fact, once the salary is paid, the uncle will become very generous, inviting the whole theater to eat sea bream and drink high-end sake of the Daiginjo level, so that within three days, the uncle will become the poor bastard who can't even afford instant noodles.
In the end, he was born as a popular idol, the uncle saw the world in his early years, and took the top appearance fee in Japan, but now although he is poor, he doesn't care about money in his bones.
The clothes on his body are all old styles from more than ten years ago, the old ones are old, and the cuffs have been worn bright, but the fabrics are all high-end goods like Zegna, Italy, which shows that the uncle was also wide back then.
The two of them walked towards the depths of Nishinari District under the dim street lamp, Uesugi Heisuke opened the green tea, drank a third of it in one go, looked around, and after getting used to the bright lights of the metropolis, it was also a very special experience to occasionally come to such a barren and deserted neighborhood to walk.
"Heisuke, you seem to like drinking green tea." Uncle Shimizu said curiously: "Recently, when you buy drinks, every time you buy green tea, I remember that you used to drink more Coke." ”
Uesugi Heisuke smiled, it was the original owner of this body who liked to drink Coke, half a month ago, the reborn person from Huaxia occupied the original owner's body, and the taste naturally changed.
"In Japan, almost all green tea drinks do not contain sugar, so they have a refreshing taste and no need to worry about excessive sugar intake, which leads to a large amount of insulin secretion, which leads to obesity." Heisuke Uesugi explains, "To be precise, what I like is not green tea, but health. ”
In addition to green tea, there are many sugar-free drinks in Japan, which can be selected by the public, which is very good, unlike in China, when there were only a handful of sugar-free drinks to choose from, and drinks such as Coke Zero and Oriental Leaves have only become popular in recent years, and there were fewer choices before.
"Health?" Uncle Qing Shui was suspicious, "You are in good shape, not only are you not fat, but you are even relatively thin, where will you have health problems." ”
Uesugi Heisuke smiled bitterly, although he was in good health so far in this life, but in his previous life, he was riddled with illness and died, of course, he will pay more attention to health problems.
After thinking about it, Uesugi Heisuke said: "This is called prevention before it happens, from a scientific point of view, East Asian physique is very unsuitable for obesity, those European and American white-skinned people can't all weigh more than 300 pounds, they can still go to the basket in three steps, they can still dance hip-hop, and under the same weight, East Asians will have serious health problems." ”
"Did you know that the Japanese people, who don't look fat, have the highest incidence of diabetes in the world?"
"This is the difference between race and genetics, white-skinned obesity tends to accumulate fat on the limbs and buttocks, while East Asians like to hoard fat in the internal organs, obviously the hands and feet are not fat, but they have a big belly."
"So in East Asia, to see whether a person is obese, the weight is often inaccurate, to look at a person's waist circumference, as long as the waist circumference is over the standard, there is a circle of fat on the belly, it is unhealthy."
Hojo Shimizu was speechless, and he suddenly realized that Heisuke, this kid, really knew a lot.
Recently, he can feel that Uesugi Heisuke is close to him intentionally or unintentionally, it is said that the age difference is almost twenty years old, and there must be a very serious generation gap between the two, but I don't know why, Hojo Shimizu feels very happy with him, like an old friend who has known him for many years.
What's more, it seems that Uesugi Heisuke is more like a big brother, he took his little brother to Nishinari District to drink, bought drinks for himself, and told himself that he should stay in shape...
What a strange delusion...
Hojo Shimizu shook his head, shook off the cranky thoughts in his head, and when he looked left and right, he was stunned again.
Unconsciously, the two of them came to an alley full of cheap hotels, and the white light box showed the price of hotel accommodation, which was as low as 500 yen, equivalent to 33 yuan, and you could stay for one night.
"Am I dazzled?" Uncle Shimizu muttered to himself.
"You're not dazzled." "That's the price for accommodation in Nishinari Ward, but 500 yen is the rent for a bed, and the hostel will provide a room for eight people to live together, and the beds are bunk beds, similar to university dormitories," Uesugi Heisuke said. ”
"Do college dormitories have bunk beds today?"
Uncle Shimizu was confused, and Uesugi Heisuke thought that he had leaked his mouth.
Since the 70s of the last century, Japan has become the richest developed country in the world, and college students often live in single rooms, even double rooms are rare, and there are no more six-person rooms and eight-person rooms.
Uesugi Heisuke pretended to cough lightly twice, and changed the subject: "The single rooms here are also very cheap, generally between 800 and 1,500 yen, although the rooms are a little smaller, but there are a lot of facilities that should be available, not to mention the first-class environmental hygiene, at least it can be clean and tidy, which meets the strict standards of Japanese hygiene, and is very popular with foreign tourists and homeless people." ”
In the last life, the company organized a trip to Japan to live in a high-end hotel, not to mention, after all, it was spent at public expense.
As long as Uesugi Heisuke pays out of his own pocket, he will choose to live in this kind of cheap small hotel, first, to save money, and secondly, to be close to the local customs, Osaka slum Nishinari, Tokyo slum valley and other places, have left his footprints.
Many people think that travel is a very expensive thing to do, but they forget what it is to travel in the first place.
In fact, if you stay at the Shangri-La Hotel or a small hotel in the Xicheng District, the sun will rise in the east as usual, and the flow of people in Shinsaibashi will be just as crowded.
The cherry blossoms in Osaka Castle are always in full bloom at the end of March and fade in mid-April, so if you miss the time to bloom, you can only see bare branches when you arrive in first class or economy class.
It can be seen that what you are looking for during a trip will not change because of whether the hotel you live in is luxurious or not, what really prevents you from traveling is the courage to step out of your comfort zone and the mood to see the scenery.
In addition, travel is also skillful, it is an art, even if the same destination, with different rhythms and routes, the results are likely to be very different.
There are two ways to master travel skills, first, move around more, and experience more stumbling things, which will naturally increase experience.
Second, learn to use the Internet and learn more from travel experts who have dry goods in their stomachs, rather than from those Internet celebrities.
After all, the reason why Internet celebrities travel is to show off, and it doesn't matter when and where they are, as long as the photos are taken beautifully, become the focus of everyone, and gain everyone's admiration.
And the real deep travelers who travel around the world, their purpose is to experience, life is short, if you can experience as many different lives as possible in a short life, then it is in vain to come to this world to walk.
In addition, it is also a good choice to read more novels written by travel experts, vote more and reward more.