“…… Cheers to the traditional friendship between China, Japan and Russia! ”

(Has there ever been such a strange thing in history?) It seems that there has never been a time when all these three families have a very good relationship with each other! ）

After the two guests scheduled to attend the banquet - Chief Cabinet Secretary Junzaburo Izumida and Tokyo Governor Kamijo Keikatsu - finally arrived belatedly, the only time in the history of the Kotori Cabinet to eat and drink at public expense finally began.

As the opening ceremony of the farewell banquet of the Cabinet of the Birdie Tour, the host, Prime Minister Mashiro Kotori, wore a gorgeous red kimono and took the lead in holding a wine cup to say a toast. Then, as is customary, everyone in the room raised a glass of high-end sake and drank it all after clinking glasses to each other.

“…… Gee! Is this really wine? How do I feel like sugar water? It's really not fun! ”

After first making a glass with a shallow saucer-like Japanese sake cup, and then feeling that it was tasteless, and directly pouring three bottles of "Golden Chrysanthemum" sake into her mouth with a bottle, Sonya, the political commissar who can be called a heroine of the wine country, finally smacked her lips and muttered unsatisfied.

“…… Comrade Commissar, please don't miss your vodka on such occasions! Let's enjoy the flavors of traditional Japanese cuisine! ”

Wang Qiu, who was sitting next to her, shrugged her shoulders while clumsily trying to pick up a piece of grilled eel with chopsticks - although people in East Asian countries eat with chopsticks, the problem is that the chopsticks in the traditional Japanese diet are very short, and the Chinese who are used to long chopsticks are really awkward to use.

And, in terms of the feeling he actually tasted. The taste of this sake is actually similar to that of low-alcohol Shaoxing rice wine, but it is relatively sticky, and there is also a rather long after-strength - in short, it is a sweet low-alcohol table wine that is very suitable for Asians who are not very good.

But on the other hand, for the Russian Maozi, who have too much alcohol, this kind of wine of less than 20 degrees is really similar to Coca-Cola.

-- Next, Wang Qiu spent a lot of energy to use short chopsticks that were completely uncomfortable. Carefully, tremblingly, he picked up a piece of grilled eel in a small dish, brought it to his mouth and tasted it, feeling that the taste was a little lighter. But it also has a unique taste, but unfortunately the number is too small, and only two or three chopsticks will be gone...... As a matter of fact. The other dishes are in the same situation.

On the low hollow-shaped table in front of everyone, there are classic Japanese dishes such as raw tuna, fried shrimp, salmon skewers, steamed chawan, silver cod, salmon roe, tempura, frozen tofu, and tamagoyaki, as well as Shiyugen's special dishes such as grilled red fish in Saikyo, stewed octopus, smoked duck, and honey-glazed beef, as well as the signature assorted rice with crab meat and thickly grilled egg slices at the bottom of the bowl, mixed with shiitake mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, and bamboo shoots.

Moreover, these dishes and cutlery are all beautifully shaped. The colors are gorgeous, not only the tableware is made of haode colored porcelain, but also the carrots, lotus roots and lily roots made into flowers. In addition, even the low tables are painted with gold carvings, and the surface is inlaid with patches of colorful shells. Spliced into the shape of flowers, birds, fish and insects. On the surface of all utensils and furniture, as long as it can be filled, it seems that all of them are painted in a colorful way, lest they are not bright and intense enough. Even on the lintel of the window sill, it is not colorful and colorful...... It is really good for "color, flavor, and flavor".

Unfortunately, the most important problem is...... The number of dishes per dish is simply too small.

――The porcelain dishes used to hold the dishes were already small. There are so many intricate patterns painted on the edges, and they can't hold vegetables, only a very small handful of food is piled up in the middle of the cutlery. Often a small piece of tofu, a small fish with a short finger, or even one or two glutinous rice balls is considered a dish. Therefore, it seems that more than 20 dishes are piled up, but in fact, even if they are all put together, it is only equivalent to half a large bowl. …,

Although these dishes are carefully decorated like works of art, they are not eaten without eating.

Before the geisha who accompanied the wine came up, Wang Qiu and the others had just moved a few chopsticks to go down, and there were already cups and plates on the table, and there was not much left...... In a moment, the rough people ate a portion of their own dishes, and stroked their bellies and shouted that there were too few things.

So, as the banquet organizer who led everyone here, Chief Cabinet Secretary Junzaburo Izumida had to cheekily find the proprietress with a tangled face, and ordered him to go to the kitchen again, and served another batch of sashimi, sushi, and pastries to everyone.

What's even more humiliating is that since you Russian hairymen don't know how to use chopsticks at all, and the restaurant doesn't even think about preparing knives and forks, these swaggering Russian werewolves simply grab the vegetables with their hands, and then pour the bottles of sake that accompany the meal into their mouths, and in a matter of moments, they kill hundreds of bottles - the traditional Japanese sake bottles are really small - so that the geisha who are in charge of pouring sake and accompanying guests simply don't know what to do.

-- Wang Qiu can be assured very clearly that he must have observed a very hidden disdain in the eyes of the proprietress and geisha who came to serve him—as if he were a well-informed city man looking at some country man......

In this regard, Wang Qiu couldn't help but sigh and raised his glass again to take a small sip of sake......

After a moment of hesitation, the geisha, dressed in colorful kimonos and with a thick layer of white lead powder on their faces, began to perform their talents with a smile - the beautiful women in the kimonos, bright red and purple, and light pastel, after bowing to the guests, were like fluttering butterflies, waving their sleeves and beating beats, or playing with shamisen and koto, and each performed their own light songs, blowing, playing and singing......

But the problem is that these Russian hairmen can't even understand Japanese, and these "traditional Japanese art performances" are naturally purely for them to play the piano to cows - so these hairmen barely listened for a while, and because they couldn't understand it at all, they could only continue to drink and gossip on their own. However, although a few of the geisha know English, none of them know Russian, and they just want to laugh and play, and they don't know how to speak.

As for the traditional Japanese-style H games that men like to see, such as Wild Ball Boxing, Strip Mahjong, and "Zhuan Ya Zhuan" (Draw Clothes), no one dared to try it because of the large number of female guests present, as well as the female prime minister Kotori Yu Mahaku, and the entire AKB Singer Idol Cabinet.

Thereupon. In the Akasaka high-end restaurant "Shiyuken", this dinner party with public funds advanced by the chief cabinet secretary for special expenses quickly fell into a strange atmosphere that was both lively and embarrassing.

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It is a membership-based club-style high-end kiosk for regular customers. The area of the entire "Shiyuken" is not too large, and there are only 11 private rooms in total, including a Japanese-style private room for 4 people. There is also a Japanese-style banquet hall for 80 people, which is cleverly divided by the owner with a courtyard and a stream, and a fence made of bamboo is erected in front of the window, which is the classic symbol of the high-end restaurant, the "bamboo barrier".

Prime Minister Kotori Yu Mashiro himself, the ministers of the AKB Idol Cabinet, and the Chinese and Russian foreign guests who were invited to the banquet were seated in the largest banquet hall. The vast majority of the staff in the Prime Minister's Residence, from secretaries and clerks to guards and handymen, were scattered in other boxes, and there were as many as two or three hundred people when it was full, completely filling the entire "Shi Yuxuan". …,

In general, the Russians who came to the Japanese high-end restaurant for the first time tonight. Of course, it is vulgar and rude (in the eyes of the Japanese), and it has a sense of the scenery of burning the harp and cooking the crane. However, the staff of the Prime Minister's Office who took a hitchhike to the banquet were also of mixed quality - some of them were courteous and calm, and even teased the geisha next to them. But more for the first time yujian this scene of ordinary people. is either restrained and restless, or like a bear child, babbling nonsense and wandering......

-- For many years, Akasaka Ryotei, the most noble restaurant in the world of Japanese cuisine, has been able to combine the delicacies of the mountains and the sea with its unique skillful craftsmanship based on the cultural accumulation of its 100-year history. With its elegant and comfortable environment full of Japanese flair and intimate special spaces, it has always been one of Tokyo's most respectable social venues, and only dignitaries, celebrities, and wealthy people can be guests...... But tonight, all this elegant and noble, red tape and luxurious atmosphere was all ruined by a bunch of muddy people.

“…… Tonight's meeting is really ...... The demons are dancing, and Sven is sweeping the floor! Izumita-kun. ”

Sitting in a miniature and exquisite small private room, listening to the noisy noise coming from the window, Tokyo Governor Kamijo Keikatsu couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head, "...... Entertaining a bunch of vulgar and impudent Russian GIs at a high-end restaurant in Akasaka, uh, and a few small Chinese clerks, plus the entire handyman at the Prime Minister's residence? And then make Shi Yuxuan look like a street stall where unemployed drunks gather? Alas, I just saw the expression on the face of Misako (Shi Yuxuan's proprietress chair...... It's like being constipated for three months! I almost didn't have a heart attack! ”

“…… Hehe, I don't think Misako should care too much, because this is also the first time I zuihou have taken care of her business. ”

Junzaburo Izumita, who was sitting cross-legged across from him and snuggled up to a young geisha, drank a glass of wine while leaning his neck and broke the news to his old friend, "...... Make no mistake, it's not that I'm leaving Tokyo, it's that this store is about to close its doors. ”

“…… Is it? This store is about to collapse too? It seems that Akasaka's side is only going to get more and more deserted! ”

For this news, Kamijo Keikatsu blinked his eyes in some surprise, but then he didn't express any overexcitement, just sighed a little lonely, "...... In this way, tonight is not only the farewell banquet of the Birdie Cabinet, but also the dying ceremony of this Shi Yuxuan? ”

He looked around this fresh and elegant Japanese-style garden with nostalgia, and looked at every white wall and green tile, green bamboo and pine, rockery stream for a long time, "...... With the current situation on Akasaka's side, Shi Yuxuan was able to make up so many geisha at such a time, I'm afraid it would not be easy! ”

-- Since the bursting of Japan's bubble economy in the early 90s of the 20th century, many Akasaka ryotei, which had been relying on the "public money to eat and drink" of Japan's government, government and finance, for many years to survive and prosper, have been able to survive and prosper due to the decline in the spending power of their customers. It is also beginning to show a downward trend. For example, the number of geisha who made a living from performing in Akasaka Ryotei was as high as 10,000 in its heyday, but by the beginning of the 21st century, the number of geisha had dropped sharply to just over 200.

After the Tokyo riots and the Fukushima nuclear crisis broke out, most of the Akasaka geisha followed in the footsteps of the big financiers and moved west to Osaka and Kyoto to continue their business, and the geisha who remained in Tokyo at this time. It's just a few.

“…… That's right, almost half of the geisha in Akasaka are here. Junzaburo Izumida nodded and shook his head. …… But it's not difficult to gather them, anyway, there is no business in Akasaka these days...... Okay, let's stop talking about discouragement. Keep drinking the bar! ”…,

However, just as the people attending the banquet were either leisurely or enjoying themselves in the high-end restaurant pavilion in Akasaka, chatting with each other and getting drunk, several convoys singing "Showa Restoration Song" had already rushed into downtown Tokyo from different directions and rampaged through the streets of the capital......

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The waves in Miluo Yuan are turbulent, and the clouds are flying next to the peak of Wushan Mountain; Faint and turbid, the world is independent, and the righteous indignation burns with blood.

The powerful only know the proud family, and there is really no one in the country; The wealthy man knows how to boast and accumulate wealth, and the society thinks about it!

The sage sees the slight signs of the decline of the country. Fools are still dancing in the world. The rise and fall of chaos is like a dream, and the world is really like a game of chess!

Under the Showa Restoration, men are connected to justice! There are a million soldiers in the chest, and ten thousand cherry blossoms are scattered when they die!

The rotting corpses crossed over, and this body fluttered and floated together. Worried about the country and stand forward. The boy sings from now on!

The heavens shook in anger, and the roar roared loudly. The eternal sleeper can't sleep, and Japan is awakening today!

And watch the clouds in the nine days, and listen to the uproar of the four waves. The opportunity for innovation has now arrived, and the night storm will sweep through Japan!

Between heaven and earth, people are down, confused and don't know where to go. The world has boasted of glory. Whose high-rise buildings are still visible?

Fame is just a dream, only sincerity will never be lost. Life but feel angry, who can comment on success or failure!

The song of resignation is chanted, and the song of generosity and sorrow is over today. The sword on my waist is there, and the blood in the sea is surging!

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On the streets of Tokyo at one o'clock at night, bursts of majestic and loud military songs suddenly sounded.

Accompanied by the heart-warming "Showa Restoration Song" over the loudspeakers of the car, trucks and vans with sun flags and banners with slogans such as "Patriotism" and "Respect the Emperor" poured in from the suburbs in droves, and there was almost no end in sight.

Rows of "Imperial Japanese warriors" wearing old khaki combat uniforms, steel helmets, and armed with guns stood tall on the carriages, and from time to time shouted several patriotic slogans to passers-by under the command of the small leaders with sabers.

The citizens of Tokyo standing on the sidewalks all looked at the huge motorcade speeding by while playing the "Showa Restoration Song" with very calm and even numb eyes. Only a handful of people held up their phones and cameras and took a few pictures of the convoy. The reason why these people are so calm is that they have long been tired of watching similar scenes -- right-wing propaganda vehicles with sun flags and military songs playing along the roads, and right-wing gangsters cosplaying officers and soldiers of the old Imperial Japanese Army, which have been a scene on the streets of Tokyo for decades.

Whenever there is a parliamentary election or an international event, these babbling right-wing groups will definitely make an appearance on the streets and brush up their presence, and foreigners may think that this is a resurgence of Japanese militarism, but the real Japanese usually just regard them as funny actors who go out on the streets to play shame -- even if Japan really wants to revive militarism and embark on the road of war again, it will not be the turn of such a group of Koreans in Japan to make trouble! Can this kind of right-wing group, which is not composed of Japanese people at all, still be called Japanese militarists?

Of course, today's propaganda convoy of right-wing groups seems to be a bit large, with only hundreds, or even thousands, of people in front and back, and even when commemorating the 50 th anniversary of the end of the Pacific War, it seems that there was no such big pomp and circumstance. What is particularly striking is that behind the propaganda convoy, there are still Self-Defense Forces members driving tanks and armored vehicles, and they are following behind to watch the excitement...... But even if there are Self-Defense Forces participating in the parade, what can be done? Could it be that these highly myopic Heisei dead houses still dare to engage in mutiny?

However, tonight's batch of cosplay into the right-wing violent group of the old Imperial Japanese Army, although it looks quite imposing, but the props are very unprofessional - the style of those imitation BB guns in their hands is not a unified "38 big cover", but what AK47, Uzi submachine gun, and even bazooka...... Alas, how did they learn their recent history? EVEN A COSPLAY IS UNPROFESSIONAL! What a bunch of uneducated guys!

-- From the beginning to the end, no one, including the traffic police on duty, linked the convoy to the "military coup......

However, there are not many people in Tokyo who understand the truth on this night.

For example, in the high-end restaurant of the "Shiyugen", which was too drunk and noisy, the Minister of Defense and the hot-blooded singer of the current cabinet, Kobayakawa Morinatsu, a vitality athletic girl with wheat-colored skin, quietly approached Prime Minister Kotori Yu Mashiro, bit her ear and whispered, "...... Really white sauce, those people have already taken action! The setup on our side...... There shouldn't be any mistakes! ”

“…… Don't worry, Mori Natsu-chan! The prime minister of the second sick girl showed a confident smile on her face, "...... Everything is under control! (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )