The Pentium Era - South to North

Kinosaki’s seven outdoor hot springs include, in addition to Yanagi hot springs, Jizo hot springs, Ichino hot springs, Gosho hot springs, Sato hot springs, Kono hot springs and Mandala hot springs. .

Mandala, a flower name that originated in Mexico, seems to have become popular in Japan, and then brought back to China with Yu Dafu and Su Manshu, literati who studied in Japan in their early years or were born in Japan. The term "" was also popular in China during the Republic of China and became romantic.

Lao Qiao and Zhang Xiangbei soaked in Liutang for an hour. After coming out, they went to the second "Gosho no Yu". The locals called "Gosho no Yu" Meiren Soup. The reason why it was called Meiren Soup was Lao Qiao said. , I’ll tell you after I get in.

The two of them didn't eat much for lunch. They were sitting in the lobby of the "Gosho no Yu" decorated with huge ukiyo-e murals. Lao Qiao asked Zhang Xiangbei if he was hungry, and Zhang Xiangbei said he was.

"You wait, buddy."

As Lao Qiao said this, he took out his mobile phone. Zhang Xiangbei smiled and said, "Why, you still want to order takeout?"

"Yes." Lao Qiao said. He then dialed the phone and chatted to the other party in Japanese for a while. After putting down the phone, he said to Zhang Xiangbei:

"Okay, he's here."

Zhang Xiangbei didn't understand and asked: "What did you order, and you made it so quickly and delivered it to you?"

Lao Qiao laughed, knowing that Zhang Xiangbei had misunderstood, he said:

"It's not done and delivered, but it's cooked at the door. I ordered the fried soba noodles. The man who made the noodles was an uncle who drove a mobile cooking truck. We locals all know that his home cup ramen is very good. Eat, if you feel hungry while soaking in the hot springs, he will drive over with just a phone call, prepare it at the door and then bring it in."

The two of them waited for less than ten minutes, and sure enough, they saw a very thin man coming in with a tray containing two bowls of soba noodles.

No need to say hello, the uncle knew Lao Qiao. He came directly to them and put the noodles on the table in front of them.

Lao Qiao asked Zhang Xiangbei to try it, and Zhang Xiangbei took a bite. As expected, the soup was delicious and spicy, and the noodles were chewy and chewy.

Lao Qiao asked how it was?

Zhang Xiangbei said: "It's delicious. Even for you Japanese, it's too troublesome to sit or kneel on the ground like this when eating. It feels like your stomach is being squeezed. If you eat sitting on a stool, it's too much trouble." happy."

Lao Qiao patted the table and said to Zhang Xiangbei, "You can sit here and eat."

"Go, I don't want to be embarrassed in Japan and be thought of as a monkey." Zhang Xiangbei said, and Lao Qiao laughed.

After eating the noodles, they felt much better. The two of them got up, took a shower first as usual, and then walked into the hot spring at the back.

The hot spring here is built at the foot of the mountain and is divided into inner and outer chambers, but the inner and outer chambers are separated by wood and large pieces of glass. You can also see the lush mountains outside from the inner chamber.

Whether it is an inner room or an outer room, the shape of the hot spring bath is the same. It is surrounded by huge pebbles. People soaking in the pool can use these pebbles as backrests, sit, or half lie down.

The pool is not big, and there are already three people soaking in the pool in the inner room. Zhang Xiangbei heard that they were still speaking in Chinese, and he couldn't tell for a moment whether they were Taiwanese who spoke Mandarin with a strong accent, or mainlanders who spoke southern Mandarin. people.

The two of them walked to the outer room and soaked in the pool. They could see the hot spring water gurgling down from a huge rock at the foot of the mountain like a small waterfall. Zhang Xiangbei thought to himself, if it were winter and the mountains were all white, the mountains would be white. Wouldn’t it be more interesting to soak in the hot springs and enjoy the snow here?

Because of the gurgling hot spring water, compared with the inner room, the open-air outer room is shrouded in mist. Lao Qiao and Zhang Xiangbei said, you know why this place is called Beauty Hot Spring. Look, the waves of mist are drifting into the room. On your face, are you steaming your face? It has beautifying effect, so it is called beauty soup.

"It's far-fetched." Zhang Xiangbei said, "I don't think so."

"Then you have a different explanation?" Lao Qiao asked.

"Yes." Zhang Xiangbei said, "I think when men and women bathe together, if there is a woman on the opposite side of the pool, even if she is ugly, she can feel a hazy beauty and become a beauty."

When Zhang Xiangbei said this, he thought of his sister. However, her sister was inherently beautiful and did not need to be covered by fog.

Lao Qiao laughed loudly and said, "Okay, your explanation is better than mine, and it makes people think more."

"By the way." Zhang Xiangbei said, "Do the hot springs here have outdoor rooms?"

"One family is not there, and another is in a cave. What's wrong?" Lao Qiao asked.

"I'm wondering if the word 'outer soup' means not only a public bath, but also an open-air bath. Anyway, in our Chinese understanding, like here, the inside would be called the inner soup, and the outside here would be called the inner soup. , it will be called Waitang." Zhang Xiangbei said.

Lao Qiao thought for a moment and said, "What you said makes sense, but in Japanese, we have a special word for open-air hot springs, called 'open-air bath.' 'Feng bath' means bathing, like in Shirahama Hot Spring." Over there, there are many open-air baths by the sea that can be reserved."

The two of them were soaking in the pool, talking endlessly, and watching the sky getting dark little by little, they were ready to go to the next hot spring.

"Wait a moment."

The two walked back to the lobby with Ukiyoe murals, Laoqiao and Zhang Xiangbei said.

He walked away after saying that, and came back after a while, holding a cloth bag in his hand. He took out the contents of the cloth bag, which were several books, and said to Zhang Xiangbei solemnly:

"This was in 2013, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Naoya Shiga's coming to Kinosaki. A local group in Kinosaki launched a 'Book and Hot Spring' publishing event and invited well-known designers in Japan to help design it. This series of books hopes that in this era when everyone is holding a smartphone every day, they can pick up paper books to read again.

“I also hope that through this event, we can continue the literary atmosphere of Kinosaki.”

Zhang Xiangbei heard Lao Qiao mention the name Shiga Naoya again. He didn't know what this Shiga Naoya was, but seeing that Lao Qiao said it so seriously, he felt embarrassed to go against him. This whole small town, Everyone is proud of this guy. Probably this Shiga Naoya is some kind of great person. Anyway, I don’t know any Japanese writers.

Lao Qiao was so serious, so Zhang Xiangbei also became serious.

Laoqiao held two palm-sized books and said to Zhang Xiangbei: "This is "In Kinosaki" by Naoya Shiga. The original book and the annotated version come in a set of two. This was designed by Shio Haranshi. By the way, Brother, do you know the original history of Shiwei?"

Zhang Xiangbei shook his head and thought, I only know bull shit and dog shit.

Lao Qiao rolled his eyes at him and said: "He is the soul of "R25". Do you know...forget it, forget it, he is a very famous designer. He designed this book to be so big just for convenience. Put it in your yukata pocket and take it with you, so you can take it out and read it at any time.”

Zhang Xiangbei thought to himself, if the design is like this, does he count as a designer? I know how to do it, and I can design it even smaller.

Lao Qiao then took out a book wrapped in a towel and said to Zhang Xiangbei:

"This is the famous writer Manmu Jomanabu who has won the Naoki Award. He was invited by a group here to follow the footsteps of Shiga Naoya and travel around to experience it. The final completed work was bound and designed by Rikako Nagashima..."

Lao Qiao was too lazy to explain who was who to Zhang Xiangbei and continued:

"Look at this book. The outside is wrapped in a towel as a book cover, and the inside is made of waterproof paper, so you can read it even when you are soaking in the hot spring."

Zhang Xiangbei laughed: "This is interesting. By the way, you haven't told me what the title of this book is yet."

"'Jogasaki Judge'." Laoqiao said.

Lao Qiao then picked up a book. This book was long and narrow, like a big matchbox. When pushed out from the inside, it was a book. The color of the outside box was like a cooked crab. There was a plush feeling in his hands, like touching the shell of a crab. Zhang Xiangbei said to Lao Qiao:

"The outer cover of this book looks like a crab shell."

Laoqiao laughed and said: "Now you are right. The designer's creativity really comes from Matsuba Crab, because Matsuba Crab plays an important role in it. You have always read "Confession" Alright?"

"I think I've seen a movie." Zhang Xiangbei said.

"Okay, this is "Return to Kinosaki" written by Kanae Minato, the writer of "Confessions". It tells the story of a woman who once visited Kinosaki Onsen with her mother. After breaking up with her lover and quitting her job, she returned here again. It's a very beautiful story. ,very nice."

"It's pretty but useless." Zhang Xiangbei scolded, "It's all in Japanese. Are you Japanese so arrogant? You know that there will be many foreign tourists coming here, but you don't know how to print the Chinese and English versions?"

Laoqiao laughed and said: "The original flavor is interesting. Is it interesting that you came here to buy a Chinese book and take it back? Let me tell you, almost everyone who comes to Kinosaki will buy these books and take them back. To commemorate.”

"Why?" Zhang Xiangbei asked.

"Because these books can only be bought here, you can't buy them in bookstores in Tokyo or online." Old Bridge said.

"That's not bad. When you mention it, it seems to have some commemorative significance."

Zhang Xiangbei said that at the same time, he thought that he had Hayao Miyazaki's books at home that he brought back from Japan last time. It seemed that those books could only be purchased in Hayao Miyazaki's art museum. Japanese people like to do this kind of thing. Is it a marketing technique or is it just a stereotype? Aren't you printing books so that more people can read them?

The two of them walked outside to the street. Zhang Xiangbei's eyes lit up. The street lights on the riverside and on the street outside were all on. The willow trees by the river looked more lush in the night. The shops on the street were of various colors and shapes. Shop signs and shop fronts of all shapes and sizes are all lit up, making them look graceful and unique.

This kind of scene has become increasingly difficult to see in China. In domestic street shops, all signboards are now required to be the same size, with the same materials and specifications. Many even have the same fonts, which look very neat. , but to be honest, it’s ugly.

There were many more pedestrians on the street than during the day. Everyone was still wearing their yukata, especially the girls. The yukata they wore were very bright, as if they were competing with each other. Everyone was walking leisurely in twos and threes, with the sound of clogs tapping. The intersection does not make people feel noisy, but instead makes them feel careless and relaxed.

"No more hot springs, let's go shopping." Zhang Xiangbei said to Lao Qiao.

It’s more interesting to go to a hot spring bathhouse and see all the naked butts than on the street, to see all the gorgeous people.

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