old events in tokyo

Chapter 146
The two walked along the Katsura River while eating, and soon came to the gate of Shuchan Temple. After putting the last piece of Taiyaki into his mouth, he began to look at the temple in front of him.

To be honest, he is not very used to this taste, it is a bit too sweet.On the contrary, Sakai Quanshui eats it with relish, it may be her favorite type of snacks.

"It's much smaller than I imagined." Kazuki Akiyama looked at the front door of the temple. It looked as small as an ordinary Japanese-style courtyard, and it was much weaker than the Liuliguang Temple I had seen in Kyoto, let alone Compared to Sensoji Temple in Tokyo.

"But it looks very impressive. It is said that it was built by Kobo Daishi in the Heian period."

Izumi Sakai raised his head and looked at the mottled old temple gate above the stairs, and murmured.

Master Kobo is the monk Ikkyu, which reminds Kazuki Akiyama of that painting, which is a stick figure of herself with a bald head.

Smiling, "Then let's go in and have a look." Kazuki Akiyama turned to look at her, her skin was white and round under the spring sunshine.

"En." Sakai Quanshui nodded slightly, and walked up the gray and simple steps with him.

After crossing the gate of the temple, the place inside the temple is not very big, probably because there are no special attractions and few tourists, the whole temple is elegant and quiet.

On the contrary, there are many kinds of lush trees and shrubs, and the ground is mostly paved with gray stone slabs, only the brown soft soil under the upright maple trees.

In front of the stone road is the main hall of the monastery, the two of them didn't go in but just strolled outside.On the contrary, Sakai Quanshui stopped in front of a sacred place, clasped his hands together, closed his eyes and paused for a while before leaving.

Kazuki Akiyama didn't study Japanese gods, but he didn't bother him either.

Then the two walked towards the outside of the temple, passing under a maple tree, a small statue of a doll with its eyes closed and its cheeks resting attracted Akiyama Kazuki's attention.

"Sister Quanshui, stand by the side and let me take a photo." Kazuki Akiyama suddenly felt a little naughty, he wanted to take a special photo of Izumi Sakai.

Izumi Sakai looked at the statue, then walked over and squatted by the side and smiled at him.

"You have to have the same expression as the statue." Kazuki Akiyama locked her figure in the viewfinder with the camera.

"Hey" She smiled and asked a question, but she still rested her chin on one hand according to his request, tilted her head to the side, closed her eyes and raised the corners of her mouth.

Looking at the picture of her and the statue, Kazuki Akiyama quickly pressed the shutter to record this precious moment.

Putting down the camera and looking at Izumi Sakai who was still squatting there, he couldn't help laughing.

"Akiyama-kun, come too." Izumi Sakai took his camera with a smile, and motioned him to take a picture like just now.

"Do I want too?"

"Of course."

Seeing how excited she was, Kazuki Akiyama squatted beside the statue, imitating its expression.

"Hay" with a brisk tone, she smiled and pressed the shutter.As if it wasn't fun, I took a few shots in succession before I got up and fiddled with the camera in my hand.

It's a pity that it's not a Polaroid, otherwise it will definitely make her more addicted.

After taking the photo, the two walked out of the temple, and a figure came from afar.Both of them put on their sunglasses and walked naturally at a neither fast nor slow speed.

"Nami heard that the gods enshrined here specialize in fate, and it is a holy place to pray for fate. It is most effective to come here with your sweetheart. Shall we pay a visit?"

"Huh~, I don't want to pray for fate with you, you are not my sweetheart. Keiko, you don't like boys, you like girls, right?"

"What a nuisance."

The two young girls chased and slapped past, blowing towards each other with a gust of wind and then flashing past.

"Let's go!" The voice of Sakai Spring awakened Akiyama Kazuki who was distracted.

The air outside the monastery seems to be a little more active, and occasionally there are a few "ding dong" from the opposite Guichuan River, and everything becomes full of vitality again.

After walking a few more steps along the path, the green bamboos gradually increased.

The river was becoming more and more turbulent because of the blocking of the stones, and the white water splashes swirled downstream with foam.

A path made of irregular bluestone slabs stretches forward, and there are short bamboo fences on both sides of the slate path.

The dense turquoise bamboo forest surrounds it, and the sunlight passes through the gaps, leaving mottled light and shadow on the stone road.

Looking up at the sky, a small piece of blue sky is surrounded by green bamboo shoots, making people seem to forget the time.

"It's so beautiful. It must be a happy thing that time has been staying here." Kazuki Akiyama stood on the bamboo forest path, feeling relaxed and happy.

Sakai Izumi looked at him beside him and nodded. "But the future may be more worth looking forward to."

"It's true, the future is more worth looking forward to." He nodded in agreement. Although the present is beautiful, he believes that the future will be even more exciting.

The two stopped and walked like this, experiencing the quiet and gentle spring in the small town of Shuzenji.

Stepping onto the red Togetsukyo Bridge, the river flows under your feet, with lush bamboo and forest leaves on both sides, giving people the illusion of standing in the sky.

Kazuki Akiyama raised his camera and kept taking pictures of the exciting scenery. Two old ladies and grandfathers were also sightseeing on the bridge.

Kazuki Akiyama walked over and asked them to take a photo of himself and Izumi Sakai, he had never been in the same frame as her.

Leaning his back against the vermilion railing, Kazuki Akiyama leaned slightly towards her, and Izumi Sakai's eyes moved slightly, but there was no unnecessary movement.

The "click" shutter sounded, and the two figures who were less than the social distance were frozen in the picture.

Kazuki Akiyama walked over to take the camera and thanked him with a smile.

"It must be very affectionate for the two of you to take a group photo on the Togetsu Bridge." The old lady smiled cheerfully.

"Hey" Kazuki Akiyama was stunned, but he didn't explain anything, and said goodbye to them with a smile. Izumi Sakai was waiting for him at the other end of the bridge.

"The two of them are not lovers yet. Why are you so stupid? You can't even tell." The old man complained to the old lady.

"You're stupid, you'll do it right away, you can't even see it." The old lady ignored the old man's white eyes and responded very firmly.

Kazuki Akiyama walked to Izumi Sakai, "It's almost noon, let's go eat something first, and start filming in the afternoon, shall we?"

"The whole morning went by before I knew it, and I'm really hungry." The two of them came together early in the morning, and the food they ate in the morning had already bottomed out.

He and Izumi Sakai came to a restaurant called Izuya. There are Japanese restaurants on both sides of the Katsura River, and the style looks very historical.

This is a Japanese-style soba noodle shop, and it is also a century-old shop according to the introduction.

Open the curtain and enter the store. The decoration style inside is simple, quiet and nostalgic.

He and Izumi Sakai each ordered a jukari soba noodles, a fried gyoza, and tempura to go with the noodles.

On the other side of the river outside the window is the bamboo forest that just passed by. The environment here is beautiful and elegant. It is really a different kind of enjoyment to taste the firm and smooth soba noodles while admiring the beautiful surrounding environment.
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PS: there is still at night

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