Aomori Prefecture, JuHT City.
The four seasons in Towada are full of changes, with dense beech trees, pine trees, etc. growing neatly. Hakkoda in winter is an ideal ski resort, where you can shuttle among the natural tree clusters and experience the highest level of mountain skiing.
In addition to the ski resort, the most famous hot spring here is the sour soup hot spring. This hot spring is acidic and is mainly a weak salt spring. It has a sour taste similar to lemon when you taste it. Although this hot spring is located deep in the mountains, it is rich in water
The amount of spring water and various functions have made it used as a hot spring resort since ancient times.
Therefore, Aomori Towada has always been a popular winter tourist destination.
As for Xiaolu’s good friend Akimichi Nahiro, her family runs a sour soup hotel here.
Long before Ochanaka's vacation, Akimichi had promised Kanoya to take a hot spring bath at his family's hotel during the winter vacation.
The deer did not refuse.
Now that the two girls have returned to Aomori, playing together is of course on the agenda.
The second floor of the Akimichi Inn.
The rooms in the back corner are not open to guests and are used by the Akimichi family for their own living.
The living room is covered with tatami mats, and there is a warm kotatsu table with a plate of yellow oranges on it.
"Hehe, Yukino said he would come the day after tomorrow."
Akimichi Nahiro held the phone in both hands and put it on her chest, with a smile on her face.
I even couldn't help but lie down and roll around twice.
The girl's bare feet were still stretched out under the kotatsu table, and the lazy heat was transferred to her body along her thighs, making her body feel warm comfortably.
very nice!
I want to play with my best friend!
That is the cutest Yukino-chan in the world!
After having fun for a while, Akimichi reluctantly got out from under the kotatsu table.
It's better to check out the room that is going to be used to entertain Yukino.
Wrapped in a red plush scarf, Akimichi walked out of the main building of his hotel.
When I came out, I saw a bus coming in from the hotel gate.
The headlights pierced through the flying snowflakes.
"It seems that many guests are coming again. Business at home seems to be very good every winter. Fortunately, I told my parents in advance to leave a room for Yukino."
Akimichi thought like this, turned around and walked through a wooden corridor beside the main building and came to an elegant small courtyard.
There are four independent cabins distributed here, which are the best rooms in the hotel.
For example, it costs 60,000 yen to stay a night during the peak season.
Akimichi Nahiro took out the key card and opened one of the vacant reserved cabins without lights.
Turn on the light.
The warm yellow light falls on the exquisite decoration of logs and various modern home furnishings that are simple, elegant and convenient.
The room is very spacious and divided into three parts: lobby, bedroom, and hot spring pool.
Yes, this cabin has its own sour hot spring pool that can be enjoyed exclusively, is very private, and is quite large.
This is also the main reason for its high price.
Moreover, the living room faces Lake Towada, with a large floor-to-ceiling sliding door and a large terrace outside. You can have an unobstructed view of the snow-covered mountains and forests, as well as the snowy scenery in the middle of the lake.
"When Yukino comes, the two of us can make sour soup together, watch the snow scene and eat warm sukiyaki together. Yukino will also like it, right?"
After checking the room again, Akimichi Nahiro closed the door and left with satisfaction.
The cold winter, the cold snow, coupled with the warm hot springs and warm hot pot, everyone will not love it.
While she was imagining the fun times she had when visiting Kanoya, she wandered aimlessly around the hotel at home.
Akimichi's hotel is quite big.
In addition to the main three-story building, there are other buildings in the courtyard at the back.
"You and Yukino can also go to the hot spring street outside. It's very beautiful there and has a lot of delicious food."
The soft snow underfoot made a squeaking sound.
When Akimichi came to her senses, she found herself standing in front of a low cement-walled building dozens of meters away from the hotel building.
This is also part of her hotel.
There's nothing much to say, it's just a warehouse at home, where I usually just pile some unused sundries.
Akimichi Nahiro was about to turn around and go back to the hotel building, but suddenly stopped.
Because she saw that the big lock on the iron door of the utility room at home was open.
"Dad, are you in there?"
Akimichi shouted casually, but received no response.
Only the cold wind at night blew a little stronger, causing snowflakes to rise on the ground.
"strangeness."
She took off the lock and pushed the door open.
With a creak, the door opened.
Akimichi turned on the light. Inside the warehouse were some damaged or obsolete furniture from the hotel, as well as some agricultural machinery and equipment that were of unknown age and might have been placed here since his grandfather's time.
There is a faint stale smell in the air.
No one was seen.
"It seems that dad forgot to lock the door." Akimichi didn't think much and continued to look at the warehouse, "Well... this place is still the same as when I was a child. However, when I was a child, I always felt that the debris here was piled as high as a mountain, but
Looking at it now, it doesn’t seem to be that high, haha.”
Akimichi Nahiro often played in the warehouse with her brother when she was a child.
For children, a warehouse filled with various miscellaneous items is like a small treasure house where all kinds of strange and strange objects can be found.
She still remembers that she and her brother once rummaged through the junk pile and found two old magazines with scantily clad women on their covers.
Brother Akimichi didn't want to show his sister those two magazines.
Later, my brother quietly took it back to his own room...
"Well, boys."
Akimichi Naixun burst into laughter.
Speaking of which, Akimichi's elder brother has a stable job in Tokyo and already has a fiancée. When Akimichi Nahiro lived at his brother's house, he could see that his brother and his sister-in-law had a very good relationship.
The stupid brother who used to hide in his room and quietly read pornographic magazines has become a reliable adult.
However, I am still a little disappointed.
Although the relationship between the Akimichi brothers and sisters has always been very good, when they grow up, they are not as close as they were when they were children.
This is also something that can't be helped.
Like this year, my brother did not come back to Aomori due to work commitments, but will spend the New Year in Tokyo with his fiancée.
After briefly reminiscing about her childhood, Akimichi Nahiro was about to leave the warehouse.
At this time, she caught a glimpse of a strange large box out of the corner of her eye.
The box was placed on an old chest of drawers, dark red, with exquisite Maki-e lacquer and gold decorations on it.
The golden patterns depict hounds, vines, cherry blossoms and other patterns, which are particularly eye-catching on the dark red background, exuding a strange attraction.
It makes people look twice.
"What's this?"
Akimichi Nahiro didn't remember that there was such a thing in the warehouse, but she hadn't been here for a long time, and she also went to Tokyo to study this year. It was normal for there to be some unseen things in the warehouse.
She walked forward, stared at the box for a few seconds, and then opened the lid of the wooden box by accident.
To be continued...