Chapter 637

Bai Shuiqiu was a little fortunate at this time. Fortunately, the place he was coming to was Hokkaido. If he was talking about Yamanashi Prefecture…

I wonder if the combined financial resources of the old youkai and the Jindai Foundation can buy Mount Fuji?

Of course, to be honest, places like Mount Fuji are actually not a matter of money or not, but the other party will not sell them at all, and Dongying officials are afraid.

And if Bai Shuiqiu and his party really want to play, there is no need to buy any property, just buy an RV and let the old monster carry it to the top of the mountain…

“You are Miss Baishui who bought this hotel, right? Please come with me.”

At the entrance of the hot spring hotel.

The original hotel owner had already waited here with his staff in advance. After seeing Bai Shuiqiu and his party coming, he directly led them into the hotel.

“By the way, shouldn’t it be Ms. Jiufeng?”

Bai Shuiqiu looked suspiciously at Jiufeng Ziyuan behind him.

The latter shrugged: “Well, when I bought this place before, it was in the name of the two of us, so it can be considered a New Year’s gift that I prepared for you.

Anyway, I have properties like this in many places, it’s nothing, if you want, I can also send you an apartment in Sapporo city. ”

Bai Shuiqiu was silent.

I only heard the original owner of the hotel following a few people step by step, and continued to say respectfully: “The guest rooms on both floors have been cleaned up, please feel free to use them. From here is the hot spring and the materials for lunch. It’s all ready, freshly caught from the Hokkaido fishery, when do you think you will start preparing the meal?”

“Well……”

Bai Shuiqiu glanced at Keiko Kashiro who was following him on the other side. The latter was observing the layout of the hot spring hotel. At this time, he pursed his lips and smiled: “Let Ryoko take care of these things, let’s put our luggage down first. , and then study how to play in the next few days…

Well, let’s eat something first, then rest for a while before soaking in the hot springs. The Noboribetsu hot springs here are very famous. ”

Now this time, it is indeed close to noon.

But it’s still a while before the meal is ready.

So after allocating their own rooms and simply packing up, Bai Shuiqiu opened the window on the second floor of the hotel and looked at the mountains far and wide.

This hot spring hotel is not the only hotel in the vicinity. Within a radius of several hundred meters, you can see two other hotels, but there are more guests there, some of whom look like couples or a couple of families. Mouth, from a distance, it looks like a crowd of people.

Farther away, you can see some rolling mountain shadows and villages at the foot of the mountain. It may be because it has only snowed recently, so you can still see some of the roofs of those villages. Stacked white snow.

“Hey, there seems to be a lake over there?”

Bai Shuiqiu’s eyes narrowed, and he settled on a certain place in the northwest direction of the hotel.

It was a huge lake, far bigger than the black pool on Lantern Mountain.

In the cold wind that is approaching January, there is still no ice.

“Oh, there is Lake Toya over there, and the mountain a little further away is called Mt. Yotei, or “Ezo Fuji”. Also on your left, do you see that smoking valley?

That is the famous Jigokudani in the Noboribetsu area and one of the sources of this hot spring. It used to erupt as a volcano before, but there has been no movement for a long time now. ”

Jiufeng Shion folded his arms in front of his chest and explained lightly.

Chapter 869 Snow in December

It was naturally the first time for Baishuiqiu to come to Hokkaido, and it was similar to Keiko Kashiro.

Although the Jindai Consortium has a wide range of influence, its basic base is still located in Chiba Prefecture. Even when traveling, it generally does not go to such a north place.

Only Jiufeng Shion, as an old monster who has achieved freedom of wealth and strength hundreds of years ago, has traveled almost every inch of the land in Dongying in his long life, and has also stayed in Hokkaido for a period of time. The famous landscape is still relatively familiar.

You don’t even need to see it with your own eyes, you can tell which scenic spot she is looking at just by looking at the direction of Bai Shuiqiu’s gaze from the side.

The highest mountain in Dongying is Mount Fuji, which is located between Yamanashi and Shizuoka. It is also the holy mountain of Dongying, and its importance is roughly equivalent to Mount Tai in China.

The Yotei Mountain in Hokkaido is famous for its resemblance to Mount Fuji, so it has the reputation of “Ezo Fuji”.

——Ezo is the ancient name for Hokkaido.

Although the altitude of this mountain is only half of the real Mount Fuji, it looks like more than 1,800 meters.

However, the top part of the mountain is also almost completely shrouded in white snow. When looking at it from a distance, you can see a majestic mountain peak and a snow-capped scene. The highest point is covered by a misty cloud, which is spectacular.

“Want to go and have a look, Xiao Qiu?”

Jiufeng Ziyuan raised his eyebrows and asked casually: “I see today’s weather, it will snow at night at most, and the scenery on the snowy mountains may be better than usual at that time, it is rare to come here once, if you miss it It’s such a pity.”

Hearing Jiufeng Ziyuan’s proposal, Bai Shuiqiu was a little moved, but he still glanced at Keiko Kamidai beside him: “Do you want to go, Keiko?”

Naturally, Keiko Kamidai heard Jiufeng Ziyuan’s proposal long ago, smiled at Bai Shuiqiu, and nodded without hesitation:

“OK.”

Huh, so simple?

Bai Shuiqiu glanced at Keiko Kamidai in surprise.

The latter explained with a smile: “Of course, as Mr. Shion said, it’s hard to come here once in Hokkaido, so we must go to more places and play everything we can, anyway, we only need to play before the new year. Going back, you can stay here for about a week, there is plenty of time…

I have never climbed a snow-capped mountain before, Xiaoqiu should be the same with you, right? ”

“really.”

Bai Shuiqiu nodded lightly.

The plan to climb the snow mountain was verbally finalized by a few people with such an almost casual attitude.

Next, Keiko Kashiro took out a travel map from the bookshelf in the room and spread it out by the bed to take a look.

Of course, Bai Shuiqiu and others have made travel plans, but the plan at the time was not very specific, only a few scenic spots to go to this time, and the specific route also needs to consider the traffic conditions and weather conditions on the side of Hokkaido, so Still need to plan better.

Especially climbing the snowy mountains…

Bai Shuiqiu doesn’t care about himself. Shikigami like Jiufeng Ziyuan and Yunu have no problem, but Keiko, Asuka and others are just ordinary people. The team climbed the snow-capped mountains like that, not to mention the six- or seven-year-old child Yuxia.

How many people to go to and how to go are all issues that need to be considered.

In this regard, Keiko Kamidai has more experience, so Bai Shuiqiu no longer cares about it, and he can safely leave the matter to Keiko.

And she herself stood at the window blowing the wind for a while, then squatted down and said a few words to Yu Xia.

Because the little girl is still young, she usually doesn’t go out many times, and it is only once when she travels with Bai Shuiqiu and others without her parents. Therefore, it is inevitable that I feel very excited at this time, and my mouth is chattering endlessly.

As an older sister, Bai Shuiqiu naturally didn’t want to spoil his younger sister’s interest. Although he felt that many of the questions asked by Jie Xia were a bit naive, he still responded patiently.

After about half an hour.

Ryoko came upstairs and said that lunch was ready.

So Bai Shuiqiu and his party met at the restaurant in the hot spring hotel. After they took their seats, the waiter at the original hotel brought out the meals, and the long wooden table was quickly filled with dishes.

These meals are indeed hearty, if not overly hearty.

There are quite a few specialties from the Hokkaido region. Deep-sea fish and shrimp of this size are not often seen in Chiba Prefecture. I am afraid that the price of the ingredients alone is already a very high figure. But compared to the 200 million yen hotel itself, it’s nothing…

Bai Shuiqiu and Yuxia sat on the right side of the long wooden table, with Keiko Kamidai and Shion Shion on both sides, Asuka Hyuga and Kanako, and Ryoko sitting opposite. In addition, there are rain girls who cannot be seen by ordinary people.

During the meal, Bai Shuiqiu helped Jiexia peel a few shrimps, and then wiped the oil stains on the little girl’s clothes with a napkin.

On the other hand, Keiko and the old monster followed suit, frequently putting the minced meat after picking out the fishbone into her dinner plate.

It wasn’t until Bai Shuiqiu waved his hand and declined on the grounds that he couldn’t eat, that this slightly ambiguous feeding relationship ended.

After a good meal, the group sat on both sides of the wooden table and chatted for a while, then cleaned up and went out for a walk.

Because it was already afternoon, it was not suitable to run to Lake Toya, so Bai Shuiqiu and others chose to visit the “Hell Valley” nearby.

It’s very close to the hot spring street, just a few minutes’ walk away.

It is said that this place was formed more than 10,000 years ago. It is a topographical landscape formed by the accumulation of lava after a volcanic eruption. A huge amount of minerals flowed into the nearby groundwater veins along the magma, forming the Noboribetsu area. Up to a dozen different hot springs.

For example, salt spring, acid spring, alum spring, etc…

The composition of each spring water is different, and it is not suitable for many people. If you have certain medical conditions or people with sensitive skin, you may experience allergic reactions.

However, since Jiufeng Ziyuan bought this hot spring hotel, she has naturally considered this issue, so she doesn’t need to pay too much attention to this aspect.

It is worth mentioning that there are indeed many guests on the hot spring street.

Most of them are Eastern Ying people, and there are also some Chinese people or people from Western countries. Most of them are families or couples who visit here.

And many people are wearing colorful yukatas and holding some special snacks in Hokkaido——

These are obviously sold by the merchants on the hot spring street. After all, this place is also a tourist attraction. It is too slow to make money from the hot spring revenue alone, and it is understandable to add a little peripheral business.

“Well……”

Bai Shuiqiu looked around at these, but he wondered if he could learn from these merchants to get some surrounding industries for Tianmu Shrine and add a few business lines… I don’t know about the Rain Master figure or the white lotus pendant or something. Is there a market?

“By the way, when you look at Mt. Yotei from here, it really looks a lot like Mt. Fuji.” Keiko Koujiro put a hand in front of her forehead and said softly, looking at the snow-capped mountains in the distance.

After a pause, the girl said half-jokingly: “I don’t know if there will be Snow Maidens in the mountains here. Isn’t that the kind of monster that often appears in these snow-capped mountains?”

Bai Shuiqiu did not respond, but first glanced at Jiufeng Ziyuan.

The latter shrugged: “I don’t know, at least when I came here last time, I didn’t see Snow Maiden. But the origin of this monster is in the northern part of Honshu Island, that is, Aomori and Akita prefectures. , It is not far from Hokkaido, and it is entirely possible that there are individuals who have migrated here.

Snow Maiden is a monster that is even more homely than “Rain Maiden”. Basically, it only appears in the depths of the snow-capped mountains, where no one travels. Unless you go for it, the chance of encountering it by chance is very low. ”

When mentioning “Rain Girl”, Jiufeng Shion glanced at the woman in green.

Rain Girl, whose name was mentioned, glanced back blankly and said nothing.

After walking around the hot spring street and back, the group bought some snacks and souvenirs, and then returned to the hotel.

That evening.

Bai Shuiqiu and his party ate dinner ahead of time at around five o’clock. Before the sun went down and the sky was not too dark, they sat in the room and played cards for a while, waiting for the food in their stomach to digest a little. After a while, I went back to my room and changed into a yukata, ready to take a bath in the hot spring at the back of the courtyard.

This is the most important thing when visiting the Noboribetsu area.

Of course, there are hot springs in the hotel. Although it is not comparable to those large hotels and hotels, the total area is about 200 square meters, which is not too small.

And the appearance is obviously carefully designed. There are some high and short pebbles and wooden piles stacked on the edge of the pool, all of which are polished and smooth. In several places, there are also small rockeries, or low stone arch bridges, which scattered the pools. It is divided into two or three areas.

When looking at it from the side, it has a kind of ancient meaning of flowing water, as well as the sense of coldness that often appears in the ancient aesthetics of Dongying.

The spring water was still gurgling with smoke, like mist.

Taking this hot spring out alone is already worth a lot of money.

Fortunately, there was an old monster, a rich woman, who spent a lot of money, so that Bai Shuiqiu and his party could enjoy the treatment of the reserved venue.

There is a wooden shack next to the hot spring pool, which is used for changing clothes.

After all, wearing a yukata is just a pre-action for soaking in the hot spring, and when you are actually soaking, you are usually naked, and at most you wrap a bath towel around your body.

Since all the girls were present, there was not much restriction for everyone.

Ok……

Only Baishuiqiu is an exception.

She herself is not so thin-skinned, but mainly when she was changing clothes, Shion Shion and Keiko Kamijiro were also standing on the sides, sneaking a glance here from time to time——

Keiko can also be said to be peeking, and the old monster is almost blatantly peeping. Even though he had expected this scene, Bai Shuiqiu’s face was slightly red, and there was a feeling that he didn’t know where to put his hands and feet.

After taking a few breaths, Bai Shuiqiu took off the yukata and put it in the bamboo basket in the wooden shack next to the hot spring.

Then I covered my body with a bath towel and came to the pool, tested the water temperature, stepped in a little bit, and sat down against the smooth round stones by the pool.

Kashiro Keiko and the others also followed from behind.

Keiko jumped into the water first and sat down slowly in the spring next to Baishuiqiu.

And the old monster couldn’t squeeze into a ball with the two of them, so he took a few steps along the stone bridge, walked to the opposite side of Shirai Shuiqiu and Keiko Kamidai, took off the towel covering his body, and wrapped it up. hair.

The temperature of the hot springs in the Noboribetsu area is actually quite high, with an average of more than 50 degrees.

The highest place is said to be 92 degrees, which is basically the same as boiling water, and it is impossible for people to go down.

This is mainly related to the causes of these hot springs. After all, most of the hot springs here are generated by geothermal heat, and they contain a variety of trace elements, including some components such as sulfur and mirabilite. Noboribetsu Hot Spring is a well-known attraction. The reason is that it is easy to make the temperature and irritation of the spring water stronger than ordinary spring water.

Therefore, the one-time soaking time in these hot springs should not be too long.

Otherwise, it is easy to get dizzy, and even cause bad results such as electrolyte imbalance.

– for ordinary people.

For example, Keiko Kashiro, after soaking for about 15 minutes, returned to sit on the rock on the shore, gasped for breath, and the wind blew a little, so that the obvious red skin on her body slowly faded away.

Asuka Hyuga and Kanako persisted for about the same time, or even a little shorter.

Only Bai Shuiqiu did not feel any discomfort. She even leaned her body slightly against the smooth rocks on the shore, her eyes were slightly closed, and she felt the warm water flowing through her body. The fair skin slowly flushed. In stark contrast to Keiko and the others’ signs that their entire bodies were glowing red.