Chapter Ninety-Eight: Visiting Mt. Fuji

In fact, in Hong Tao's view, this sushi is just a rice ball, and then wrapped in all kinds of fish, octopus and the like, although the taste is not unpalatable, but it is far from the extent that he can spend so much money to be slaughtered. This should be the cultural tradition of the two ethnic groups, looking at the respectful appearance of the two Muraichi and Yae from the moment they entered the house, Hong Tao really wanted to get up and leave, but for the sake of Zhou Xiaoli's face, he still reluctantly stuffed these rice balls and rice rolls into his stomach with a smile.

Until he left, Hong Tao didn't see the legendary Ono Erlang, and when he inquired with Zhou Xiaoli, he learned that this old man suffered from heart disease a few years ago, and he rarely cooks by himself, and this old man has a strange temper, he doesn't like to receive foreigners very much, whether white or black, so even if he is not sick, he is estimated not to show up now. He is now succeeded by his eldest son, who is also very skilled.

"Superb hairy! Could he have just finished watching a Japanese love action movie, and then pinched rice balls for me without washing his hands? Hong Tao muttered darkly in his heart, and the rice and fish in his stomach seemed to move towards the ground.

After the meal, Muraichi and Yae both said goodbye and went home, and before leaving, they specially told themselves not to run around tomorrow, and waited to listen to their notice, because sea fishing depends on God's face, and when you can go to sea and when you can get on the boat, you have to wait for the captain's notice.

The next day, Hong Tao was not waiting for the sea fishing notice from Muraichi and Yae, but Zhou Xiaoli, who told Hong Tao that the sea fishing would be postponed for a few days due to weather problems, and in the meantime, she would take Hong Tao to Mt. Fuji for a walk to see the symbol of the Japanese country, which was not in vain.

Hong Tao readily agreed to this decision, coming to Japan to see Mount Fuji is as natural as a foreigner going to China to see the Forbidden City and the Great Wall, the reason why he did not make this request before is mainly because he has not been idle these days, and he forgot about this matter, and now it is just right to make up for it.

Mt. Fuji is Japan's highest mountain and the "sacred mountain" of the Japanese nation, and at more than 3,700 meters high, it is one of the largest active volcanoes in the world. It is located in Shizuoka Prefecture, about 80 kilometers southwest of downtown Tokyo, and not far south of Suruga Bay on the Izu Peninsula, which is designated by the Japanese government as Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park.

There are only two people on this trip, Zhou Xiaoli and Hong Tao, Zhou Xiaoli drove from the hotel where Hong Tao lived, as soon as he got on the highway, Hong Tao was stupid, there were not many cars on the streets of downtown Tokyo, it turned out that they all ran here, and there was a traffic jam on the highway.

"Actually, Japanese shouldn't be difficult to learn, right? I have looked carefully in the past few days, I know many words, and the meaning is similar to Chinese, for example, this highway is called No. 4 Shinjuku Line, right? The car was slowly moving forward, and Hong Tao was idle and began to chat with Zhou Xiaoli.

"Then why don't you come and drive, I'll help you watch it on the side, see if you can take us to the destination, don't you learn to drive." Zhou Xiaoli wants to be lazy.

"No, I can't drive your car, and the right-hand drive is still on the left, I'm not used to it. But I can show you the way, don't listen if you're wrong, and if you're right, follow it and see if I can get there correctly with the map. "Hong Tao is not modest, he really has never driven this kind of British left-hand road.

"It's also true, if you point the right way, there will be a reward where you go, and if you point wrong, the reward will be gone." Zhou Xiaoli was in a good mood today.

"Can you tell us what the reward is? Don't let me bother for a long time, you said that the reward is a piece of chewing gum, what a disappointment. Hong Tao plans to listen to the content of the reward first, and then decide whether to play or not.

"Keep it secret, if you give up, the reward will be gone." Zhou Xiaoli smiled and lured Hong Tao to participate.

"Well, I'll believe you for once, but is there anything else to do on Mt. Fuji other than Mt. Baektu? I'm most annoyed to climb mountains, so if I just climb mountains, I might as well change places. "Hong Tao is telling the truth this time, he doesn't like to climb the mountain the most, no matter how beautiful the scenery on the mountain is, as long as he climbs the mountain, he is reluctant to go up, this is a habit, just like he is unwilling to eat in a restaurant in line.

"You're a turtle!" Zhou Xiaoli learned Hong Tao's usual tone of speech very similarly.

"Then you don't want to be a turtle, tell me where there is anything to play, anyway, it's a traffic jam now, so it's time to chat." Hong Tao was still not at ease, and insisted on listening to the itinerary.

"Let's go to Lake Yamanaka first, where we have lunch and then go to the 5th station, then go to Fuji-Q, go back to Lake Yamanaka in the evening to soak in the hot springs, and return to Tokyo tomorrow morning, what do you think?" Zhou Xiaoli said the itinerary in one breath, and Hong Tao was so confused that the second monk was confused.

"What is the 5th station, Fuji-Q thing?"

"The fifth station is halfway up the mountain, in winter, there is heavy snow on the mountain, we can't go up to the top of the mountain, we can only drive to the fifth station to see and go down."

"Oh, it's good to drive up, as long as you don't climb the mountain, but what about Fujikyu?" Hong Tao was very satisfied.

"There's a playground at the bottom of the mountain that has some of the most exciting roller coasters in Japan, and I love to play them." Zhou Xiaoli was obviously excited when she talked about the playground.

"Oh, the playground, didn't the two of us soak in the hot spring that night?" Hong Tao has no interest in playgrounds, and he has also been to Disney in his previous life, which is what is going on.

"It depends on your ability, you can't lead the way wrong!" Zhou Xiaoli said with a smile.

"Yo Xi...... Flower girl big drop! Hong Tao also said a word of Japanese that he thought was Japanese, then picked up the map and studied it carefully.

Not to mention, Hong Tao's ability to recognize the map is still good, although the text on some maps is still different from the text on the actual road signs, but with the kilometers on the odometer, it is still relatively accurate to judge where to turn from, exit from that high-speed, and smoothly bring himself and Zhou Xiaoli to the lake in the mountains.

In his previous life, because he often had to go to some unknown reservoirs to fish, he relied on a general direction provided by his fishing friends, and then relied on the map to find it himself.

Lake Yamanaka is actually one of the many lakes in the northwest of Mt. Fuji, and it is said that you can visit Oshino Hakkai in the summer. It's a bluffing name, but Hakkai is a series of small ponds that melt snow from Mt. Fuji, and the water flow is relatively clear. And Oshino is the name of a local village, the buildings in this village are all in ancient Japan, there are no modern facilities in the village, and the ancient customs are still maintained, they are scattered between these small ponds, with green trees, grass, flowers, the scenery is still relatively beautiful.

But now it's winter, there are no trees or flowers, just a large white snow. Hong Tao They came down from the highway and drove to Lake Yamanaka through Lake Kawaguchi, they had passed by this famous scenic spot in Japan, and Zhou Xiaoli also asked Hong Tao if he wanted to go in and have a look, and in the end Hong Tao just overlooked the small village in the car even if he had seen it, mainly because there was really nothing to see in this season.

The snow on Mt. Fuji is not small, but it is probably because it is so close to the coast, and the sea breeze brings a lot of snowfall, and from the moment you get off the highway, there is snow on both sides of the road, and you can cover the parked cars in thick places. Although the snow is heavy, the temperature is not particularly low, and there is no sign of freezing in the small rivers and streams that pass by, which makes Hong Tao understand a question that has been bothering him for many years: Why do you watch Japanese movies, Japanese women run around the streets with bare legs and slippers in winter, aren't they cold? It doesn't seem to be very cold.

As soon as the car is at high speed, Hong Tao's pilot task will be completed, and the remaining roads similar to our domestic provincial and municipal highways will not be accurately identified by the map, even if it is Zhou Xiaoli, half of the Japanese, it has stopped the car several times, asked several Japanese locals, and finally arrived at the first destination of their journey, the hot spring hotel.