Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 624 Otaru Tour

Climbing up the long and slightly steep slope, white snow flakes kept hitting his face. Starfish stopped, took a breath, and looked back. The harbor in the distance was faintly visible in the wind and snow. Lost color.

"One leaf..."

Looking back, she quickened her pace to keep up with Morimi in front.

"Why do you have to climb this slope...You haven't reached where Kazuyo wants to go yet."

Morimi stopped, panting, and it took him a while to speak.

"Didn't I tell you...I'm here to take pictures."

"What to shoot?"

"Just shoot this ramp."

Haixing looked at her, while Morimi looked forward again, squinting and said, "We're almost there, just hold on a little longer."

"it is good……"

The only thing she has to insist on is herself.

The two continued to climb up for a while, and a sign appeared on the side of the road. After passing the sign, Morimi also stopped.

Haixing looked back at the words on the front of the street sign, "Funami-zaka..."

"Yeah." Morimi spat out a cloud of white mist, "That's the name of this road."

The roadside was piled with snow, and the starfish looked left and right but didn't see anything else.

"Is this what Kazuyo wants to take a photo of?"

"Yes."

Morimi gave her his phone and said, "Take a photo for me. Don't stand in the middle of the road. Go to the other side."

Although he is not as good as Naruse, or there is a slight aesthetic gap, his starfish photography skills are pretty good.

Taking the phone, she looked back up and down the ramp to make sure there were no vehicles before she quickly crossed over. On the other side of the road, she took the Morimi and Funamizaka street signs as well as the faint harbor in the distance into the shot. among.

Click!

"How about it?"

"Well...it's okay."

Starfish looked down at the photo, but still couldn't feel anything special here.

Morimi also came over from across the road, looked at the photo, and smiled, "That's it."

After taking her phone back, she looked at it for a while, then looked for angles and took a few photos at the bottom of the long ramp.

Click!

"Haven't Haixing watched "Love Letter"?" Morimi suddenly said.

Haixing was startled, "Huh?"

"It's the movie where the hero and heroine are both named Fujii."

"Ah... I seem to have some impression. I saw an introduction somewhere, but I haven't seen the movie."

"This ramp is where the postman in the movie must pass when riding his bicycle to deliver letters."

Only then did Haixing realize.

"Is that movie good?"

Morimi looked towards the distant harbor, "You can't forget it once you see it."

"When I go back to the hotel in the evening, I'll find that movie and watch it." Haixing said.

Mori looked over and said, "Don't cry after reading this."

"Hey, is this a tragedy?"

"The male protagonist is already dead when he appears."

"Eh……"

Haixing hesitated for a moment, "Then... let's talk about it later."

Mori smiled and said without saying much, "Go back."

"Ok!"

The two of them walked down the long slope again. It was already a slope, and the road was still covered with snow. They walked very carefully, and it took them a long time to return to the intersection where they started.

There was a small cafe on the opposite side of the road. When they opened the door of the cafe, a warm breeze blew into their faces. The two of them quickly went in and sat down next to their companions.

"It's so cold, so cold..."

"Finished?"

Naruse pulled Haixing to him and blew the snowflakes from her hair.

"Well..." She narrowed her eyes and let him blow and pat on her head and shoulders.

Morimi took a sip of coffee, warmed himself up, and then put the phone in front of them.

"Look at it, it was taken by a starfish."

"Not bad." Hikaru Takigawa said.

Shangzi slightly enlarged the photo and said, "You must have walked a lot."

"Isn't it?" Morimi put down the coffee, "And it's still uphill. When we get to the top, there are almost no people around."

Shangzi smiled.

Naruse also looked at the photo and said, "It's a pity that the wind and snow were a bit heavy, so I couldn't take a photo of the harbor."

"Yeah, but it makes it feel better this way."

"Too."

Haixing took a sip of coffee, put it down, looked at his companions beside him, and asked, "Are you going to continue sitting here?"

"No, you two take a break and continue shopping."

After sitting for a while, a few people left the coffee shop and plunged into the wind and snow.

On the fifth to last day before the New Year, and also the second day of traveling to Hokkaido, a group of five of them set off from Sapporo and arrived at Otaru City, a small seaport town in the northwest.

The journey was short, only three days, and they didn't plan to visit too many places. They used Sapporo as their base, wandered around for a while, and then went back to prepare for the New Year.

This afternoon, they went to Otaru.

Walking along the streets extending from Funamizaka towards the harbor, after walking for about ten minutes, we arrived at the promenade beside the Otaru Canal.

Both sides of the canal were covered with snow, which was not as cold as the blue river. Naruse looked back and forth and pointed forward.

"Let's go this way."

It was still afternoon, and the retro kerosene street lamps on the roadside had not yet been lit. The brick and stone warehouses connected one after another across the street were reflected on the canal, which was almost as old as the pioneering history of Hokkaido, showing some vicissitudes of life.

"You should come here during the summer vacation."

"Yes, Otaru is right on the coast."

A few people walked forward, but after looking at the canal and warehouse for a long time, they just looked like that. They were not as attractive as the Canal Canteen next to the canal.

The canteen was also renovated from an old warehouse. It occupies a large area and operates a variety of cuisine shops.

We had breakfast at the hotel in the morning and went out. Apart from the coffee just now, the few of us hadn't eaten much, so we simply found a shop here to sit down and ordered some food.

Naruse ordered a rice bowl with ten kinds of seafood. When it was served, several people gathered around and counted it.

"Are there really ten kinds?"

"This is Arctic shrimp, this is salmon, salmon roe, this is tuna, right? And then this is scallop, octopus, sea urchin...there are only nine kinds?"

"Salmon roe and salmon meat are two types of food."

"Hey, that's okay too..."

Waiting until they had finished counting, Naruse could move his chopsticks.

In addition to the seafood rice bowl, he also ordered a Hokkaido specialty crab soup, which contained a whole crab and was extremely delicious.

"How does the soup taste?"

"Great."

"I'll take a sip." Shangzi took it over, took a small sip, and then lowered his head and fiddled with it, as if he was studying the method.

Among the food Takigawa ordered was a fried potato wedge. Naruse picked up a piece to taste, and then she took a piece of tuna back from his rice bowl.

"The values ​​are completely unequal."

"It's the same."

"totally different."

After eating and drinking, they filled their stomachs at the Canal Canteen, and then stopped by to visit the Western Art Museum next door, which was also converted from a warehouse.

After leaving the art museum, their next stop was the Taisho Glass Museum, which was only a hundred or two hundred meters away.

This is the most famous local glass crafts store. It not only displays and sells a variety of exquisite glass products, but if you are lucky, you can also participate in glass making experience activities in the store.

"It's a pity that today is not a coincidence."

"Yes." Looking at the sign that today's experience quota is full, Naruse was not too disappointed and continued to browse in the store.

This glass shop was also converted from an old warehouse - to be precise, most of the buildings on both sides of the Otaru Canal that have not yet been demolished are like this - it has a sense of history in itself, and the store displays a variety of products from cheap to expensive. The variety of glass products is dazzling.

"Hey, such a beautiful pendant only costs 200 yen..."

While shopping around, Shangzi was a little excited, even though the things he wanted to buy were almost useless.

"Buy it and hang it in the bathroom." Naruse stopped beside her, "Stained glass like this looks better with light shining through it."

"Want to buy it?" Shangzi turned to look at him.

"Anyway, it's only two hundred yen a piece. Let's buy a few more and go back." He reached out and touched it. The inside was warm, but the glass was still cold. "Hang it in the bathroom, hang it on the window, or put it on the desk as a decoration."

"Okay." She smiled, "Then I'll choose."

"Ah."

The two of them were choosing here, and on the other side, Haixing and Morimi were each holding a blue glass and looking at it.

"Girls are indeed attracted to this kind of thing." Hikaru Takigawa appeared between the two of them, "Do you want to buy one back?"

"Hmm...but I'm afraid it will be accidentally broken when I take it back."

"It'll be fine if you be careful. They will also provide packaging here, so it won't be easily broken."

Haixing thought for a moment and nodded, "Do you want to buy Yiye?"

"buy it."

Seeing that he couldn't put it down, Sen said, "Well, let's just buy a set. Next time you come to my house, I will use this set of cups to entertain you."

"It will feel very hot." Hikaru Takigawa said with a smile.

"That's what it takes."

"well……"

Several people made their own choices and stayed in the Taisho Glass Shop for more than half an hour. When they came out, it was still windy and snowy outside.

In addition to the Taisho Glass Museum, there are many large and small glass craft shops in Otaru. Walking around, they experienced the fun of on-site glass blowing in another shop. The experience took more than half an hour, and of course it was not free. It cost almost 4,000 yen per person.

In the end, some strange-shaped glass products were blown. They had no intention of buying them. They just wanted to experience and enjoy the process of making them.

As I walked around and watched, time slowly passed. The wind and snow became a little lighter but still continued, and the sky gradually became darker.

"what time is it?"

"It's past four o'clock." Naruse looked at the time and said, "It's almost time to go back."

"I haven't gone to Rokkatei yet." Haixing said quickly.

"Of course we'll go over there first." He glanced at her, "Have you been looking forward to it for a long time?"

"Yes."

"Isn't there a Rokkatei store in Sapporo? After all, it's still the main store of Rokkatei."

“But there are Otaru-only desserts here!”

"'Limited'..." Naruse shook his head.

Takigawa Hikaru smiled and said: "It feels like no matter what it is, once the word 'limited' is attached to it, it will make people crazy."

"Yes."

After walking for a while, a few people came to Rokkatei, which looked like a warehouse outside. Next to it was a snack shop called Beiguolou.

Many tourists who had just arrived here walked directly into Beiguo Tower.

"I feel like the store next door is more popular."

"Ah."

After a few glances, they walked into Rokkatei first and started shopping in a paradise for dessert lovers.

The interior is divided into two floors. The bottom is the sales area, which is filled with all kinds of desserts and snacks. The second floor is the dining area, which also provides coffee. If you buy snacks downstairs, you can come up and drink coffee directly.

This was not the first time for Morimi and Hikaru Takigawa to come here. They took the three of them around the store, each bought some snacks, especially the limited edition items from the Otaru store, and then went upstairs to sit for a while.

"Well……"

After taking a bite of the puff, Naruse looked down, picked up the coffee and took a sip.

"Are you not satisfied?" Morimi asked.

"Without coffee, I would probably be very tired after eating this whole puff." He took another sip.

"I think so too," Shangzi said.

Mori smiled and said, "As for puffs, the ones from Beiguolou taste better."

"Really? Do you want to go there for a walk later?"

"Can you still eat it?"

"You can buy it and eat it at night."

"You're so fat."

After drinking coffee, the few people left Liuhua Pavilion and turned around and entered the Beiguo Tower next to it.

When we came out after shopping, it was getting darker and darker.

Looking back at the four girls carrying large and small bags, Naruse picked up the things on the handle again and said, "Go back."

"Are you going this way?" Morimi looked back at the direction they came from.

"We're not going to Otaru Station anymore," Naruse said. "We're all here. It's closer to Minami-Otaru Station. It's just a few intersections away."

So several people followed him and walked forward, arriving at a square-like intersection. A three- to four-meter-high lampstand appeared on the side of the road.

It was dark, and the night lamp was already on, although it didn't provide much light.

While waiting for the traffic light, several people gathered around the light stand and took a few photos.

"Green light."

"Let's go."

We drove straight, with almost no turns. After walking for seven or eight minutes, we arrived at Minami-Otaru Station in front of the overpass.

After waiting for a while, a group of five people got on the Hakodate Main Line tram and returned to Sapporo.

It only takes half an hour to get from Otaru to Sapporo. Many trams along the way run along the coastline, and the scenery is not bad.

"Well--"

Takigawa Hikaru stretched out and leaned against Morimi, "I'm a little tired after a day of shopping."

She turned to look at her and said, "Don't crush my snack."

"It doesn't matter if it deforms a little, it won't affect the taste."

"I'm going to keep it as a gift."

"Eh."

Naruse looked out the car window at the coastline. The breakwater not far away was covered with white snow.

Looking back, outside the car window on the other side, there is also a white world.

"It's really snowing..."

Shangzi looked at him, smiled, took his arm, and continued to lean against him.

The tram swayed forward in the wind and snow, and stopped at Sapporo Station half an hour later.

In order to facilitate travel, the hotel where several people stayed for these three days was near Sapporo Station. Coming out of the station underground passage, there is a hotel next to it.

"Send the things up first."

"it is good."

Five people shared two rooms. Although they could sleep in one room, they were separated for convenience. Naruse and Naoko shared one room, and the other three slept in one room.

After returning to the room, she sorted the various gains from the day's travels into categories. Naoko walked to the window and took a look. The sky outside was darker than when she left Otaru.

Yellow lights have been lit on the street, reflecting the white snow on the ground, showing a bit of warmth even in the cold.

"The day is coming to an end again."

"Ah."

Naruse walked behind her, hugged her waist, and looked at her for a while.

"Harumi isn't hungry yet."

"Huh? Not hungry."

Shangzi turned around and kissed him, "Then let's go to dinner later."

"Okay." Naruse understood her hint and continued to kiss, while also unbuttoning her buttons.

Shangzi slapped his hand away, "I'm going to take a bath in the hot springs."

"……All right."

Think more.

He was still buried in her chest, enjoying the suffocating softness through the white sweater.

The hotel's indoor hot spring pool is very large, but unfortunately there is no private mixed bathing pool. If you want to take a bath together, you can only take a bath in the room's bathtub.

"Harumi, do you want to go down together?"

"No, I'll go take a dip after dinner."

"it is good."

Naoko left the room, and Naruse vaguely heard her calling the three girls next door. When she opened the door to look, she only saw her back walking towards the elevator with Morimi and Hikaru Takigawa.

Just as he was about to close the door, the door to the next room opened.

When their eyes met, Haixing was stunned for a moment. She seemed to be planning to come over to him.

"Haixing didn't go?"

"I want to go after dinner..."

Naruse said nothing, turned around, took the room card, and came to their room.

Haixing held the remote control, "Have you watched "Love Letter"."

Naruse was startled for a moment, "I've seen it."

"Help me find it."

He took the remote control, sat at the end of the bed, and rummaged around in front of the TV.

"Is it because I went to Funamizaka in the afternoon?"

"Uh-huh."

Haixing sat nearby and watched, Naruse moved back, and she stood up again and sat in his arms.

Quickly finding the movie, he lowered his head and nibbled on her ear.

"It's itchy..." Haixing shrank his head.

"Haixing, do you plan to watch it now?"

"Anyway, it's still a long time before dinner, so there's nothing else to do..." She paused and looked up at him, her ears gradually turning red.

"Let's see later." Naruse said.

"Um……"

Throwing the remote control aside, the two fell on the bed.

After taking off his coat, and then gradually removing the outer covering, leaving only the last layer, Naruse leaned down and lay on Haixing's chest.

Plop, plop--

Listening to the clear heartbeat, he propped up his arms again.

The huge gap left him with nowhere to put his hands, and he wanted to grab something.

"What's wrong……"

Starfish lay on the bed, waiting for his next move, but didn't know why he stopped.

"It's nothing, I just think Starfish's heart is very healthy."

"Eh?"

"You will definitely live a long life."

"What did you say suddenly..."

"Don't worry." Naruse lowered his head and kissed her lips, then her cheeks, neck, and gradually downwards.

"I suddenly want to eat strawberry cake."

"What strawberry...ugh!"

Gently biting the small and bright red strawberry, he took off the last layer of covering and wet his fingertips.

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