Taking the subway to Yoyogi-Uehara Station, the three Naruses returned to the ground and transferred to the Odakyu Line train.
After squeezing into the carriage, Naruse dragged the two girls and narrowly managed to grab a seat.
"Fortunately, there are seats...otherwise I might have to stand for more than an hour."
Haixing held the hand that he squeezed all the way, her face was a little red, and she opened her mouth to cover up when he looked at her:
"Why are there so many people this morning?"
"Like us, we are all going to Kamakura."
Naruse quickly looked away, "If you come to Tokyo and don't go to Kamakura, you haven't been to Tokyo... There seems to be a saying."
"Hey, is Kamakura so important to Tokyo tourism?"
"There was a time when Kamakura was of great significance to the whole of Japan."
"...You don't mean to say that the Kamakura Shogunate is really boring."
"Hehehe..."
While shaking, the tram quickly passed two more stops.
"Shimokitazawa—Shimokitazawa, here we are—"
Sure enough, just as Naruse said, more and more people are getting on the bus.
The tram stopped at the platform, and Haixing turned to look out the window.
"Shimokitazawa..."
Naruse looked up from his phone, "Does Haixing know this place?"
"Ah, no... I just saw a band here on Twitter a while ago that is quite popular."
"What band?"
"A rock band for high school girls...I don't remember."
Naruse didn't pay attention and looked down at the vibrating phone again.
Yiye: I feel like vomiting...
"..."
She was really impressed by her playing with her mobile phone until she got motion sick.
Naruse:Stop playing.
Accompanied by a rapid electric bell, the tram quickly restarted.
More than an hour later, the train finally arrived at Fujisawa, where the three of them transferred to the Enoshima Line.
After another five or six minutes, the train stopped at Katase-Enoshima Station, and Naruse took the two of them to get off here.
After walking out of the station, Haixing looked back.
"The shape of this station is quite interesting..."
After she and Naoko finished taking photos, Naruse looked at the map and said, "Let's go to Enoshima first, and then come back and stroll around the Shonan coast."
"Okay."
After leaving the station, Naruse led the way. Before walking far, the sea could already be seen.
"The sea."
"Well, the sea."
"It's the sea."
The three of them calmly looked at the sea they had not seen for a long time.
Starfish's head was surprisingly flexible at this time, "Is it because it's not summer yet, and I can't get excited when I see the sea."
Naruse looked at her, and Naoko next to her smiled.
"Maybe."
He pointed to the green island on the sea ahead, "That's Enoshima."
The two of them were full of expectations, "Let's go there quickly."
Along the Benten Bridge, the three of them walked towards Enoshima.
They didn't feel much when looking at the sea, but when they walked onto the Benten Bridge and really came to the sea, they couldn't help but lie down on the bridge together and stared at the swaying waves below for a long time.
"This season, the sea water is still very cold."
"Yeah."
Starfish looked over: "When summer comes..."
"Let's talk about summer things in the summer."
"Oh."
Continuing to walk forward and stepping onto Enoshima from Benten Bridge, they finally arrived at their first destination today.
Looking along the shopping street in front of him, Naruse turned around and found Naoko and Haixing taking pictures of the bridge they came from.
"Don't take pictures as soon as you come over..."
Click! Click!
The three of them walked forward for a while and soon came to the bronze torii gate of Eshima Shrine.
"Wow, this torii gate is so rusty..."
"Almost two hundred years ago."
The bronze torii gate is not only the first stop when entering Eshima Shrine, but also the entrance to Benzaiten Shopping Street.
After the torii is a slope, and the narrow path is crowded with shops on both sides, selling various Enoshima specialties.
Following the crowd, the three of them bought some local snacks and shopped around while eating.
"Ah, there is a post office here."
"Well, you can send a postcard back here. Do you want to write it?"
"Can I write it?"
Morimi and Hikaru Takigawa did not come during this trip to Tokyo, so the three of them chose to write postcards to them.
"I wonder how Kazuha and Hikaru would feel when they received three postcards at the same time..."
"Let's talk about it then."
After writing the postcard, they stuffed it into the mailbox and the three of them continued shopping.
Coming out of the shopping street, you will see the large vermillion torii gate of Eshima Shrine in front of you.
After taking a few photos and passing through the torii gate, Haixing looked at the Ruixin Gate on the stairs, turned around and said, "Let's go."
"Yeah." Naruse nodded and walked aside.
"Hey, don't you go up from here..."
"That's where you can walk up. There's an elevator here."
"Ah? Do you need an elevator to go up... It's not that high, right?" Haixing said in surprise.
Shangzi looked up and followed him.
"Escalator?"
"Yeah."
"It's so convenient..."
She looked at the giant navigation map standing aside.
"'20 minutes on foot, 5 minutes on escalator'... It turns out it takes so long to climb up."
"It's quite big up there," Naruse said.
Shangzi suddenly narrowed his eyes.
"Three hundred and sixty yen for adults...Is there a fee for the elevator?"
"...Hmm."
Naruse can't walk anymore.
"..."
He turned back and looked at Shangzi who was holding him: "Believe me, this shrine doesn't look very high, but it's still very laborious to climb up."
"Shouldn't we go shopping everywhere when we go out for fun? And we are not in a hurry."
"No..."
"Let's go." She pulled him back to the stairs.
"Do you still want to walk up?" Haixing said as he looked at the two people walking back.
"Yeah." Shangzi smiled at her, "Go up."
The two walked up the stairs, and Naruse had no choice but to follow.
Climb the stairs, pass through the Zuishin Gate, and pay homage to the statue of Benzaiten, followed by four more connected stairs.
"..."
Climbing up in one breath, Shangzi's chest kept rising and falling, and she was a little out of breath. Just looking at the shrine at the end of the stairs, she still smiled.
"Isn't it about time?"
Naruse sighed, "Where are we now? We're not even halfway there yet."
"Eh..."
The palace halfway up the mountain is the Benzu Palace of Eshima Shrine. The three of them paid homage here, walked around, and took a rest.
Here is enshrined the Myon Benzaiten, one of the three major Benzaiten in Japan. Judging from the introduction text on the side, this goddess is in charge of wealth, wisdom, beauty and music.
The three of them bowed, and Haixing bowed especially sincerely.
"Please give me more wealth and wisdom, and then just keep my current beauty...ah, no need for musical talent."
"...If you don't say the last sentence, the goddess might even talk to you. What do you think the 'miaoyin' in her name means?"
Inside Eshima Shrine, there are many smaller shrines. For example, there is Yasaka Shrine on the roadside. The three of them also paid homage when they passed by.
Outside the shrine, a shrine maiden set up a stall, selling ema that would make a good match, and each piece costs 500 yen.
"The money you spend to buy two pieces of ema is almost enough for three people to take the elevator up."
"..."
Naoko glanced at Naruse, walked around in front of the stall selling ema, and then came back.
Then go forward, there are two stairs going down.
The lampposts on the roadside guide the direction. In front is Nakatsugu Shrine, and further up are Okutsugu Shrine and Ryugu Shrine.
The escalator going up and down the mountain is also divided into stages, and the starting point of the second section is on the road leading to Nakatsu Palace. Naoko walked past it without squinting.
"Let's go over there and have a look."
Before the next set of upward steps, there is an observation platform next to it.
Standing on the edge of the platform, you can overlook the bay below the mountain and the faint Shonan coast on the opposite side.
The three of them rested on the platform for a while, then continued upward, first to pay homage to Nakatsugu Palace and Okatsugu Shrine, and finally came to the Ryugu Palace.
"..."
Looking at the "Dragon Palace" made of stones in front of him, and the "Dragon Palace God" lying on top, Haixing hesitated to speak, but swallowed the words that might be punished by the gods.
After leaving Ryugu, they walked a long circle, passing through Kunming Square and Boryeong Square, and the three of them came to the observation lighthouse of Enoshima.
There is a huge platform above, and if you climb to the higher lighthouse through the spiral stairs, you can overlook the scenery of the entire island.
The sea breeze is blowing and the sunshine is warm and genial.
Standing at the highest point of the island, looking at the roads and buildings hidden in the trees below, Shangzi let out a breath.
"It doesn't look like a big place, but it's quite tiring to walk around..."
Naruse raised his hands to his eyes and looked into the distance, "Let's take the elevator down later, otherwise we won't have the energy to go shopping elsewhere."
She puffed her lips and no longer objected.
"Okay."
Starfish looked at the Shonan coast opposite and felt that the lighthouse under her feet was still a little short.
"You can't see very far from here... It would be great if it were half as tall as the Sky Tree."
"How can such a large building be built on an island like this?"
"No way?"
"Even if it is built, it will not be stable in such a wind-and-wave environment... Besides, there are already enough high-rise observation decks in Tokyo."
"Okay."
After walking around in the lighthouse, looking at the entire island from a bird's eye view, and taking some photos, the three of them got off the lighthouse and took the escalator down the mountain.
The escalator goes down slowly, and there are electronic screens on both sides, so it won't be boring.
"The power of money..."
"No, it's the power of modern technology."
A few minutes later, Naruse returned to the vermilion torii gate at the foot of the mountain. He looked back at the Ruixin Gate and then looked at the shopping street below.