Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Feast of the Ukiyo
Located in the heart of Tokyo's Shinjuku district, Kabukicho is one of Japan's few red-light districts, and is known as the "Street That Never Sleeps" as it often runs from night to dawn.
In addition to the many custom shops, there are also many movie theaters and food courts, so even serious travelers can enjoy the lively atmosphere and enjoy Japanese food.
Walking through the long food street, you will come to Tokyo's busiest shopping area, where men and women gather and you can often see signs full of handsome men and women standing in front of the ambiguously lit hotels, which is common in very sexually open Japan.
Most of these shops are modern buildings, and they are compact and compact in the style of Tokyo, which has a strong population density, and there is a feeling of wanting to make use of all the space, but this unique Japanese old style building is very eye-catching, except for the few old buildings, the space is also very large, and it looks very spacious.
Walking through the large entrance, you can see that the interior is also quite old-fashioned, with a wooden sign hanging high above the hall that reads "Ukiyo-kan", and the lobby is full of people dressed in kimono waitresses, which makes the guests in casual clothes very out of place.
Ukiyo-kan is a special place in Kabukicho that matches the name of the street, but it doesn't fit in with it at all, because it's the only place in Kabukicho where Kabuki performances are performed.
This kind of kabuki hall is a bit similar to the ancient Chinese Qinglou, the difference is that it is more focused on performing arts, and the performance of kabuki is a separate performance in a private room, not in the lobby, unlike the hall of the Qinglou often has a song and dance performance.
The first floor is for dine-in, and the second floor is a private room, which can also be used for sleeping, and the restaurant is different in that there is not only a low table and a few cushions in the private room, but also the facilities of the hotel room are readily available, just like returning home, entertaining guests and friends in the restaurant, there is a more intimate feeling.
There is a hot spring in the back hall on the first floor, but the male and female baths are not strictly separated by rooms, but a large pool with a wooden screen in the middle of the pool, and men and women can also talk through the screen. At this time, Hakumasa quietly leaned against the stone shore near the screen, enjoying the warmth of winter.
Unlike hot baths, you can always feel the heat coming up from under your body, and soaking in the hot water that never cools down will instantly sweep away all your worries and fatigue.
"Are you still there?"
On the other side of the screen, the sound of the white bird feather was heard very closely.
Such a close distance made Bai Maxiao feel that she was right next to him, soaking in the hot spring like him, very relaxed.
"Yes. Say yes and go together. Bai Maxiao responded, losing his temper with her during the day, and although she was quickly persuaded to go back, he still felt a little guilty at this time.
Recently, for some reason, Hakuma Shino feels that his temper is getting worse and worse, and it may be that the pressure has been there for months, which has made him irritable.
"You guys, too** love, you have to stay together in the bath, you just go to the opposite couple hotel to open a room, and wash together in the big bathtub in the room. Ji Keyan's voice came from afar, listening to the changes in the distance, it seemed that he was swimming happily in the huge pool.
"What is a love hotel, and is it different from a regular hotel?"
Sachiko's words made Ji Keyan blush in embarrassment, knowing that he had said the wrong thing, he quickly made it up, "That...... It's an ordinary hotel, which can only be visited by adults, and it is different from the kind you can go. ”
"Oh......" the little girl said in disbelief, and swam to the side of the white bird feather, not knowing what she had done, so she heard a fierce sound of slapping water.
"Stinky girl, what are you doing!" Shiratori Ling said with a smile.
"Auntie's figure is so good, can I have such a good figure in the future?" Sachiko asked very simply.
Shiratori Ling looked at her newly developed body and said with a smile, "There will be a chance, as long as you eat less snacks and exercise more, you will ......"
"You'll have the same little thick legs as your sister Ji!" Bai Maxiao said loudly.
"I'm going to kill you!" Ji Keyan swam over quickly and slapped the screen hard.
The loud noise really startled Bai Mashio, and as soon as his feet slipped, he slipped into the depths of the pool, and struggled a few times before he could sit down, and he knew what happened to him just by listening to his movements, and several girls laughed happily.
At this moment, the door of the bath opened, and a person entered.
Bai Maxiao turned his head and found that it was Nie Jianfeng, and said curiously, "Didn't you say you wouldn't come?"
"Xiao Jingfei asked me to come. Having said that, he couldn't help but let out a sigh as he sat in the bath.
A few people in a group of people were invited by Iori to have dinner at the ukiyo-e pavilion, and before eating, they soaked in the hot springs, and the two brothers and sisters Ning Yuan were injured and wrapped in gauze, so it was not appropriate to go into the water at this time, Nie Jianfeng wanted to accompany her on it, but she sent her here.
"How is Ah Jing's injury?"
"It's much better, but it might be scarred. ”
remembered that the knife was stabbed in the stomach, but she was much luckier than her brother scratching her face, "It's okay, it's a caesarean section." Anyway, you can see the scar in that place. ”
If someone else said such a thing, Nie Jianfeng would definitely be unhappy. But he knew that Bai Maxiao's concern for Tranquility was not much worse than his own, so he understood that he was just comforting Tranquility, or rather, comforting Nie Jianfeng himself, so he said with some gratitude, "Today's matter ......"
"It's embarrassing for a man to apologize, if you want to apologize, you don't have to force yourself to say it, what you say is uncomfortable, I feel uncomfortable to hear. Hakumashi put a towel over his face, and after the comfort, he felt sleepy, and if it weren't for the hunger in his stomach at this time, he might have fallen asleep like this.
Nie Jianfeng laughed, didn't say any more, and the two of them sat quietly in the hot spring, and the pressure on their bodies was swept away.
After soaking for an hour, someone at the door shouted something in Japanese, and Sachiko said, "The food is almost ready, we can go up." ”
Although they were a little reluctant, they couldn't match the needs of the Five Organs Temple, so a few people went ashore and put on the kimonos prepared in the store.
It's a bit of a hot spring trip, so it's a pleasure to change into a kimono and have a Japanese meal after soaking in the hot springs.
Out of the bathroom, I met the girls again in the corridor, at this time they were wearing kimonos of different colors, they were already beauties, they exuded a different style of charm at this time, the white bird Ling in the red kimono looked a little cold and glamorous, the pale green Sachiko looked a little playful and lively, and the blue Ji Keyan looked a little neutral and beautiful, and the white horse Xiao looked a little crazy.
"Look at it, you pervert!" Ji Keyan said unceremoniously.
Bai Maxiao came back to his senses and fought back even more ruthlessly, "I'm watching, not everyone looks beautiful because of their beautiful clothes, look at these two girls, the hangers in their bones, look at you again, tsk tsk......"
Seeing him shaking his head with disgust, Ji Keyan crossed his waist and said angrily, "What's wrong with me!"
Nie Jianfeng behind him said with a smile, "I think Senior Sister Ji is also dressed beautifully." ”
"If you look at people, they wear kimonos like an upright samurai, and if you look at you, you're like a lewd idiot. ”
Hakuba Shino smiled lewdly, "Yes, you do look good in your clothes, but you look like the heroine of the hot spring series in a small Japanese movie." ”
"You're looking for death!" Ji Keyan stepped forward to fight, but was blocked in the middle by Nie Jianfeng.
Nie Jianfeng said with a smile, "Let's go up quickly, the dishes will be cold in a while." ”
For the sake of dinner, Ji Keyan let him go, pulled the two girls to talk and laugh and left.
In a private room on the second floor, a long, low table is filled with delicate Japanese cuisine, and a girl in a kimono is kneeling in front of a dresser not far away, and an old woman in a kimono is tying her hair behind her.
The hairstyle is complicated, but it matches her kimono very well, and it looks like an old-fashioned hairstyle.
Ning Yuan on the side also changed into a black kimono, but with his head wrapped around gauze, he looked like a Japanese samurai who had just returned from being wounded on the battlefield, which was very funny.
Hakuma walked straight up to the girl and stared at her for a long time.
The girl didn't dare to move her head, her eyes glancing at him, "What are you looking at?"
"Beauty, you're in the wrong room, aren't you?" said Hakumashio deliberately.
Tranquility gave him a blank look, and then the old woman behind her tied her hair, and she stood up, like a beautiful woman who had crossed over from ancient Japan, and squatted down slightly at them, and bowed.
When Ji Keyan saw it, he stepped forward with great interest and said to the old woman, "Mother-in-law, help me get a hairstyle like this." ”
Seeing that this old woman was very talkative, Bai Ma Xiao fiddled with her hair, and said to Bai Bird Ling on the side, "Why don't you get one too?"
"If you like it, I'll learn if you like it. ”
"Forget it, it looks weird. Hearing that she cared so much about her likes and dislikes, Bai Maxiao had any other requirements, and pulled her into the seat.
Nie Jianfeng praised a few words of quiet appearance and said to the old woman, "Old woman, I'm really troublesome to you." ”
The old woman fiddled with Ji Keyan's hair and smiled, "You are all friends of Miss Iori, this is nothing." ”
"This old woman speaks Chinese so well, I almost forgot that we were in Japan. Bai Maxiao whispered.
Tranquility said, "This is Iori's home, maybe the staff are all spirits, there is nothing strange about being familiar with Chinese, and the common language is a compulsory course." ”
Bai Maxiao is very glad that the lingua franca of the spiritual world is Chinese, which gives them one less foreign language to learn, and they can easily travel around the world spiritual world.
He looked at the table full of food, excitedly grabbed a delicate sushi and stuffed it into his mouth, "Wow! It's fishy! This is raw meat?!"
Tranquility smiled and pointed to a stack of black dipping sauce in front of him, "This is salmon sushi, sashimi, of course, dipped in soy sauce." ”
After trying to dip it in soy sauce and taking a bite, Shirashino found that the fishy smell was much less, and the tender texture was instantly highlighted.
Over there, Ji Keyan's hair was also finished, she crawled to the table and asked, "How is it?"
Everyone praised it for its good looks, and even Bai Maxiao said again and again, "Good, good." ”
Bai Ma Xiao actually didn't scold her, Ji Keyan asked him suspiciously, "Really?"
"I said that the sushi was delicious and the salmon was beautiful. ”
Everyone laughed, and Ji Keyan grabbed the napkin box on the table and threw it over.
A few people were frolicking, and a woman came in the doorway.
The woman was dressed in a gorgeous kimono, with delicate disc hair, a bright flower hairpin, and a thick white smear on her face, which set off the extra red of her lips and cheeks, which is typical of geisha makeup.
Seeing her appear, everyone was stunned, not knowing what this woman was doing when she came in, Hakuma Shino said directly, "Iori is really interesting, and you also ordered a kabuki show for us?"
The geisha laughed, "If you want to see it, I can give you a performance." ”
Hearing this voice, everyone was surprised, "Iori?!"
At this time, Iori was wearing a thick geisha makeup, and she couldn't tell that it was her at all, and this makeup was like a mask, which played a very perfect camouflage role.
Everyone applauded and asked Iori for a while.
Iori walked to an open area in front of the table and sat down on her knees. The old woman stood up, brought a shamisen from outside the door, knelt beside Iori, and said with a smile, "You guys really have a face, Miss Iori doesn't perform easily." ”
The people who said this were even more looking forward to it, and they all quieted down to watch.
As the thick Japanese-style sound of the shamisen resounded in the room, the old woman sang a folk song with a long trill, which is unique to Japan, as the shamisen played.
The Japanese-style song and dance is very distinctive, she kneels and sits down, the range of movements is not large, and it is slow, but it is very elegant, echoing this strong style of folk songs, and everyone seems to have traveled to the ancient times of Japan and appreciated this ancient art.
For a while, almost everyone forgot about their troubles and immersed themselves in the dance in front of them, and the movements that didn't seem difficult had a different kind of beauty.
About five minutes later, as the song ended, her singing and dancing also ended in the last bow, and they were stunned for half a minute before they realized that it was over, and applauded.
Iori straightened up with satisfaction, and the two sides were about to say hello when suddenly a scream came from downstairs.
The cries came and went, mixed with the sound of smashing tables and chairs, and from time to time a few words of swearing Japanese came up.
Iori stood up, "It's the Shinguchi-gumi." ”