Breakfast was served until 10 a.m., so a few people got up not early, but they had the same fine breakfast as yesterday's dinner.

"Ha ......"

Naruse let out a long yawn.

"Harukai didn't sleep well last night?" Starfish moved to the side, put it against her boyfriend's shoulder, and asked.

He pursed his lower lip, "I didn't sleep well in the morning." ”

The other three people next to him looked away at the same time.

"Fortunately, I still have to spend a lot of time on the road today, so I can make up for sleep slowly." Naruse said again.

Starfish sighed, "Obviously, Hokkaido is much closer than Tokyo, and it will take four or five hours to go back." ”

"So let's hurry up and have breakfast, go to Hell Valley after eating, and then go back."

"Uh-huh."

Starfish lowered her head and continued to eat, and Naruse and the other three looked at each other.

"It's pathetic."

"Huh?" Starfish looked up at Morimi, "What? ”

"Huh?" Morimi looked at her too.

"Ah...... Didn't Kazuha speak just now? ”

"Did I speak?" She asked rhetorically.

"Eh......"

"Stop bullying starfish." Hikaru Takikawa said.

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"Nothing." Naoko took a piece of uneaten egg roll from the small bowl in front of her and gave it to her, "Eat more." ”

Starfish blinked, a little dazed, "Thank you......"

"Eat more." Morimi also sandwiched an egg roll for her.

"Well, eat more." Hikaru Takikawa followed.

Starfish looked at the three of them, then at Naruse.

He hugged the bowl and stared down at his breakfast, "Eat it." ”

After breakfast, a few people took advantage of the fact that there was still half an hour before the check-out time, and seized the time to soak in the hot spring pool for more than ten minutes.

"It's so comfortable...... I want to soak it for a while. ”

"It's too late to soak again."

After soaking out, they dragged their luggage to check out.

The hotel offers a free direct delivery service to the station, and Naruse's request to temporarily store his luggage and go to the station after visiting Jigokudani was readily agreed.

"Let's go."

Traveling lightly, I left the hotel and walked along the hot spring street for a while, and sure enough, as Hikaru Takikawa said yesterday, I arrived at the entrance of Noboribetsu Jigokudani in about seven or eight minutes.

There is a visitor center at the entrance, but the interior of Jigokudani is open 24 hours a day and free to visit.

Noboribetsu Jigokudani is actually a strangely shaped lava valley formed after a volcanic eruption, and there is no grass growing at all, but volcanic smoke with a strong sulfur smell constantly gushes out of the valley, and it feels like you are in hell.

The abundance of hot springs in the Noboribetsu area is actually geothermal energy generated by volcanic activity.

The white snow country also takes on a slightly richer color here: grayish lava, sulphurous and patina sediments, and black bald trees all over the mountains......

"Yikes!"

The soles of his feet slipped, and his body fell backwards, and the starfish screamed, and was grabbed by Naruse and Hikaru Takikawa just as he was about to fall.

The main way to visit Jigokudani is through the walking boardwalk, and in the current weather, the snow on the boardwalk is basically cleared, but when you encounter the uphill and downhill slopes, it is very slippery.

"Be careful." Naruse let go of the starfish, "Grab the handrail." ”

"But the handrails are so icy ......"

"If you fall, it's 'your ass hurts', so you can choose for yourself."

Starfish chose to hold his arm.

After walking forward for a while, the plank road was undulating, and a small downhill appeared.

"Wow!"

Looking back at the starfish and her boyfriend who fell to the ground, Naoko was a little helpless, "Be careful." ”

Starfish was pulled up by Morimi and Hikaru Takikawa together, "The ass hurts so much......

After falling once and experiencing pain, she was really careful.

Looking at her nervous face, Morimi smiled and looked at Tanaka again.

"'Otome Hell'...... There's a name here. ”

"yes, there's a Santugawa ahead."

Continuing to stroll forward, we passed the Santu River until we reached the Iron Spring Pond at the end of the boardwalk, and took some photos around the geyser that is said to be 80 degrees, and the group returned the same way.

Returning to the intersection and looking at the other road leading to Oyunuma, Naruse asked Hikaru Takikawa, "Is it worth going over there to see?" ”

"I think it's average."

"Then I won't go."

They didn't take a long detour, but went back the way they came.

Near the entrance, I looked out from the observation deck for a while and took a few photos, and the tour of Jigokudani ended here.

"It's not scary." Starfish said.

Mori looked over, "I've been scared all the way, don't you feel like hell?" ”

"That's because I'm afraid of falling!"

"It feels the same."

There was nothing to linger about, and the group left Jigokudani and returned to Shimizuya, picked up their luggage, and then got into the hotel car and headed to the station.

Ten minutes later, they returned to the Noboribetsu station where they had come yesterday. After waiting for another half hour, I finally got on the tram back.

From Noboribetsu to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station, you have to skirt the coastline to almost the entire Uchiura Bay, and the train takes about two and a half hours.

By the time we arrived at the current terminus of the Hokkaido Shinkansen, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon.

The station was quite deserted, so I bought a bento box, and Naruse and his party went to wait on the Shinkansen train.

"In just over two hours, we'll be home."

"More than two hours to go......"

"Let's go back to sleep after eating." Morimi said to the starfish.

"Can't sleep......"

Naruse picked up a slice of beef and put it in his mouth, and there were almost no people on the platform outside the window, and there were only a few of them in this carriage.

"There are so many tourists who come to Hokkaido to play, why don't you stop by and visit Aomori......

After another moment, the train departed and sped off towards Honshu Island.

The Shinkansen is much faster than the train, crossing mountains and mountains and crossing the strait through the undersea tunnel to Shin-Aomori Station in just an hour.

"I'm back!"

Pulling up the cheering Hikaru Takigawa, several people went to catch the train again, and it took more than half an hour to return to Tsumae.

"The month has come."

When Hikaru Takikawa got on the train, he had already sent a message to his sister. Dragged out of the station with luggage and found Takikawa Yue in the parking lot, she came alone, she didn't bring anything with her, and there was plenty of space.

"Wow, how many things have you bought?"

"There's a gift for Sister Yue inside."

"Is that so?" It was so cold outside, Takikawa Yue didn't bother to get out of the car, so she sat in the driver's seat and watched them go about their work, and when Naruse and Naoko also got into the car, she was a little silent.

"Sister Yue, long time no see." The latter took the initiative to greet her.

"Long time no see......"

She looked at them, her eyes rolling on their faces, "Spring Sea is really amazing." ”

He knew what she was talking about, so he just laughed and didn't say much.

"Chunhai, they still have to buy something, let's go quickly." Hikaru Takikawa sat next to her sister and said.

"What to buy?"

"Those things for the New Year."

Takikawa Yue's eyes widened, "It's the twenty-ninth today, so you're not ready yet?" ”

"We're all out traveling, and there's no one at home."

"You can't put a mirror cake today, it's unlucky."

"I know ......"

Takikawa Moon explained as he drove them to find shops that hadn't closed yet - it was freezing cold, and most of them closed around two o'clock in the afternoon.

Finally found a store, and when Naruse and Naoko went in to buy something, they were reminded again.

"Okay, I got ......"

Carrying my things back to the car, and then back to Aoyagi, it was already dark.

Because there were a lot of things, Takikawa Yue drove the car directly to the door of the two of them.

Takikawa Hikaru also got out of the car to help carry things, and when he ran for the last time, he deliberately said in front of everyone: "Harumi and Naoko will clean up tomorrow, and we will also come to help." ”

Starfish nodded, then looked at Morimi again.

“……”

Seeing that several people were looking at her, she sighed.

"Yes, yes...... I'll come over too. ”

"Then it's settled." Hikaru Takikawa smiled, sent the things to Naruse's house, and said goodbye to the two.

"I'll see you tomorrow when I go back."

"Well, I'll see you tomorrow."

Looking through the car window and looking at his sister and Naruse who continued to kiss at the door, Takikawa quickly retracted his gaze and slowly exhaled.

"These kids are too messy......"

"It's the only way to keep everyone together." Said the man in the back seat.

Glancing at Morimi through the rearview mirror, Takikawa shook his head.

Hikaru Takikawa quickly returned to the car, still sitting next to his sister.

"Let's go, let's send Ichiha and the starfish home."

Outside the car window, the two figures in front of Naruse's house waved their hands to this side, and Takikawa Yue also honked his whistle, then turned around and drove out.

(End of chapter)