From Matsumoto Station, the train arrives at Shin-Shimashima Station and the bus departs for Kamikochi.

As soon as he got off the train, Naruse pulled Naoko out of the station and squeezed into the bus that was almost full.

A little over an hour later, in a light breeze and drizzle, the bus arrived at the bus center in Kamikochi.

The two of them deposited their luggage here, then walked out into the rain with umbrellas and walked back along the stream.

The rain falls on the surface of the umbrella with a subtle clicking sound.

Naoko looked back a few times and said, "There are many people like us." ”

Naruse also turned his head, and many of the tourists who were walking in the same direction as them were on the same bus just now.

"After all, everyone doesn't want to drag their luggage around, so they can only come here first and store their luggage."

In the Kamikochi area, the scenery is mostly concentrated in the valleys along the Azusa River, and the section from Taisho Pond to Myojin is especially concentrated.

The bus center is set in the middle of this elite route, and there is a platform to get off at Taisho Pond, so if it weren't for the luggage storage, Naruse would have gotten off there.

"If I were to run it, I would set up a luggage drop-off point near the platform in Taisho Pond, and for 1,000 yen, I would be able to deliver it to the bus center."

"It's a 1,000 yen for such a distance, it's really black."

"If you don't want to spend this money, of course, you can drag your luggage all the way through."

"It's still a bit far away with your luggage...... Four or five kilometers away. ”

"Otherwise, you can only be like us, and you have to go back one more time."

Naruse sighed, just looking at the misty and rainy mountains and forests in front of him, as well as the blue stream flowing below, and the depression was quickly swept away.

Walking in such a beautiful scenery will not make people tired.

Naoko took his arm and looked up and down, feeling like she couldn't see it.

"It's beautiful......"

Lingshan is beautiful, empty and watery.

There are misty peaks, the primeval forest in the middle rises and falls with the mountain, and the bottom is a stream with jewel-like colors.

The two of them walked all the way down the promenade, and most of the time, Azusa River was within reach, very close.

"Can't seem to get along on the other side?"

"Well, no one can see it, so it shouldn't be able to pass."

The two walked in the rain for nearly an hour before they came down to the Taisho Pond.

The pool is wide and shallow, and the stones at the bottom can be seen directly from the water's edge four or five meters away. Rain flowers bloom one after another on the water surface, and the fine ripples continue to spread, and then blend into the waves, and the water surface is not calm.

There were a few hands rowing on the water, and it was raining, but there were still people who were enthusiastic and continued to float with umbrellas.

Seeing that the rowing boats that stayed on the shore were already wet from the rain, Naruse still dismissed the idea of renting a boat.

The two looked at this side for a while, and rested by the way.

"Let's go back."

"Hmm."

The Kamikochi area has strict and even harsh requirements for environmental protection, such as not allowing self-driving into the mountains to stay, and Naruse Monk has not seen a few private cars coming in so far.

Even at seven or eight o'clock every night, the road into Kamikochi is closed.

The city is also open to the public for a limited period of time, from mid-April to mid-November, when the mountains are closed in winter – of course, this is mainly due to heavy snowfall.

"The amount of snowfall after the winter here is not much worse than that of Aomori."

"No wonder it's going to be closed...... But I'd like to see how it looks like it's covered with snow. ”

"Come here before the mountain closes in mid-November, you can still see it."

"At that point, we won't have time to come out."

"Then let's have another trip when we go to college."

"Huh...... Well! ”

When the two of them went back, they walked faster, and it only took more than forty minutes. Back at the bus center, the rain also stopped.

After walking for two hours, no matter how beautiful the scenery was, it was still a little tiring in the end, and they were already hungry.

Near the bus center, it is a place to eat and rest.

There is a kappa bridge on the Azusa River, not far away, which is quite famous, and there is also a shop here that specializes in kappa yaki, and the shape is quite cute, but the taste is quite ordinary.

The restaurant next door offers a little more food, Naruse asks for yakisoba, and Naoko tries the tonkatsu sandwich at the store, and both are satisfied.

He arranged a day and a half for the Kamikochi side of the itinerary, and stayed at the hotel here at night, so he was not in a hurry to visit other places, and after filling his stomach, he rested for a while, but it rained outside again.

In the afternoon, the place to visit was the Myojin area above the Kappa Bridge, and the two of them simply sat for a while, preparing to set off at two o'clock, no matter whether the rain was falling or stopping.

"Later, take your luggage to the hotel to store it, otherwise you have to come back."

The bus center was full of people and the sound was noisy, and Naoko said it a second time, and Naruse could hear it clearly, and with a lift of her buttocks, she sat closer to her.

"After checking out tomorrow, you can also store your luggage here again, and then go shopping until four or five o'clock in the afternoon and then go to Hirayu Onsen." He said.

"Can you go shopping for that long tomorrow?"

"I really like it here, and I don't get tired of visiting it a few times."

"Okay." Naoko doesn't care, as long as you're with him and stay here until the end of the summer vacation.

Buzz –

The mobile phone vibrated suddenly, but Naoko's mobile phone next to him did not move at all.

It was a message sent to him individually.

Sitting close to each other, Naoko seemed to hear it too, and looked over calmly.

“……”

Naruse also calmly looked at the rain outside.

"It's almost two o'clock." She spoke.

"Well, sit down a little longer and let's go."

Buzz –

Another message was sent.

"There's news." Naoko said.

“…… Well. ”

Naruse couldn't pretend not to notice anymore, and when he took out his phone, his face continued to remain calm, and he was about to stiffen.

He could only hope that the person who sent the message would also maintain his previous sense of proportion.

It turned out that the message was not sent by Morimi.

"My mother's message ......"

Hearing that he seemed relieved, Naoko glanced at him more.

"What did Auntie say?"

"She asked me where I was."

Naruse lowered his head and replied twice, suddenly frowning.

"What's wrong?" Naoko asked.

Song Qianqiu had known about the fact that the two of them had come out to travel, so he shouldn't be dissatisfied with this matter...... She guessed to herself.

He looked up, "My mom said she was coming." ”

"Oh...... Yes? ”

Naoko was stunned for a moment.

"Come here...... Come here? ”

Naruse nodded, "She said that she is in Karuizawa right now and has no work for the next two days, so she plans to come to us." ”

Karuizawa is not far from here, just over two hours by car.

"Will you come here this afternoon?"

"That's what she intended."

Naoko blinked, continuing to be stunned.

Song Qianqiu is of course no stranger to her, but after she dated him, she hasn't seen her again.

She suddenly felt a little nervous.

"If she wants to come, let her be." Naruse shook her hand, "There are still more than two hours, we can't wait all the time, let's play our own first." ”

"Good ......"

At four or five o'clock in the afternoon, in the bus center, the two waited for Matsu Qianqiu, who came with the assistant lady.

(End of chapter)