Leaving the island and returning to the shore, the three Naruses walked through the crowded seaside town. After walking for a while, they found the Enoshima Station of Enoden.
"This is much farther than Katase Enoshima Station."
"If you want to take Jiangzhi Electric, you can only come here."
Entering the station, the three of them were going towards Kamakura and got on the train at platform 2.
Enoden has a train coming almost every fifteen minutes, and they waited for a full twelve or thirteen minutes before the train from Fujisawa came into the station.
However, because they lined up early, the three of them managed to grab seats relatively easily.
"Wow, there are so many people..."
There are many passengers getting on the bus.
The train started quickly, and shortly after leaving Enoshima Station, it drove directly onto the street - still running on the railroad tracks.
Starfish lay on the car window and looked outside.
"It's amazing..."
As the tram moves forward, the shops along the street and the pedestrians on the roadside are constantly being left behind, and the distance between them is so close that they can reach out and touch them.
"Driving directly on the street, it's just like a streetcar. It's kind of romantic in the Taisho style? That's what it's called... I've never been on a real streetcar."
"Who told me that there are no streetcars in the entire Northeast... There are in Hokkaido, in Hakodate and Sapporo."
Monk Naruse leaned aside and looked outside.
"But this is only the case for this short stretch of road here in Kamakura. When the next station is Koshigoshi Station, the train will return to the normal railway line."
"Ah, what a pity."
People were coming and going on the street, and from time to time oncoming cars would slow down and stop to avoid the tram.
When driving on the road, the speed of the tram is not very fast, it can even be said to be relatively slow.
"I feel like I can catch up even on a bicycle."
Starfish looked outside and murmured.
"It's really interesting... It would be nice if it could be slower."
Naruse smiled and said nothing.
No matter how slow the train went, more than five minutes later, the train arrived at Kyotsu Station and returned to the railway.
After stopping and starting again, the tram continued forward, and the houses on both sides of the railway were also very close to each other.
When passing by a section of the fence, the starfish can even see the insects on the green leaves clearly.
"If the whole journey is like this, I won't feel tired of riding the train for a whole day." Haixing said.
Shangzi smiled and looked through the car window at the small walled courtyard.
An old man with gray hair was lowering his head and playing with a potted plant. He didn't even glance at the passing tram outside, looking like he had long been accustomed to it.
Naruse looked at the same place as her, and then looked ahead.
"We'll be at the beach soon."
After a while, the tram passed through the city, slowed down and turned, turning onto a track parallel to the coastline.
"Ah, the sea..."
The sky is high and the sea is vast, connected by a thin line.
Seeing the sea from a moving tram is a new experience.
The faint sound of waves was mixed with the regular clang-clang-clang of the tram's wheels, and the smell of seawater seemed to have penetrated into the carriage.
Shangzi looked outside and then at the almost crowded tram.
"Fortunately, I sat on the sea side when I got on the bus...otherwise I wouldn't have been able to see anything."
Following the coastline, the tram continued to move forward, and after a while it arrived at the next stop.
"Kamakura High School--Kamakura High School, here we are--"
As soon as the tram stopped, most of the people in the carriage got off in an instant, each one looking more anxious than the other. Shangzi and Haixing were stunned.
"Hey, what's going on..."
"Why did everyone get off the bus?"
The carriage suddenly became empty.
Naruse opened his mouth to say something, but then he laughed.
"It's nothing... you'll find out later."
Haixing looked outside. The passengers who had just got off the bus were running forward one by one after coming out of the station.
"What are you rushing for?"
After a while, the tram started again, and soon after leaving the station, it came to an intersection with the county road.
The passengers who had just come over, and more people who had been waiting here earlier, were holding up their mobile phones or cameras to take pictures of the tram passing through the intersection.
"Hey, is there anything special about this tram?"
"There are so many people..."
Shangzi and Haixing looked back until they lost sight of the intersection.
"It's like Harumi's mother suddenly appeared on the streets of a busy city."
"I feel the same way."
Naruse smiled.
"Chunhai..."
Shangzi looked over, waiting for him to explain.
"In the words of those people, it should be called a pilgrimage to the Holy Land." Naruse said, sending the video taken while passing the intersection to the group.
After a while, Hikari Takigawa replied with a voice message.
There was no one in the carriage anymore. Haixing clicked on the message and slightly amplified the sound.
"Your name is びたい, which is good."
(I really want to say I love you loudly)
Tomorrow's を変えてみよう~
(Try to change tomorrow)
Freeze time(とき)をぶち壊したい~
(Breaking the gradually frozen time)"
("Slam Dunk" OP · BAAD · "君が好きだと名びたい")
Listening to her clear singing voice, both Naoko and Haixing were stunned for a moment, while Naruse was a little surprised.
Why do you sing so sweetly...
Starfish: What song is this?
Light: Starfish doesn’t know?
Haixing: I don’t know.
Guang: I sing this song every time I go to karaoke.
Haixing: Wait, I seem to have an impression.
She clicked it and listened again.
The brief interlude in the carriage did not affect the operation of the tram. Ezhiden continued to move forward along the established track.
Almost fifteen minutes later, we arrived at Kek Lok Si Station and the three of us got off the bus.
The person who asked to get off the train here was Haixing, and the place she wanted to go was not Kukurakuji Temple, but the overpass in front of the railway, Sakura Bridge.
"Here you can take a picture of Enoden coming out of the tunnel..."
It was a sunny day and the mountains above the tunnel were green.
Cherry blossoms bloomed on both sides of the railway. The three of them stood on the bridge, leaning against the guardrail, watching the green tram passing under the bridge and then going straight into the tunnel ahead.
With the early spring wind blowing, Naruse went to the vending machine outside the nearby store and bought three bottles of drinks. After waiting for a while, Enoden finally arrived from the direction of Kamakura.
Click!
After taking the photo he wanted, Haixing compared it with the photo taken by Naruse, and finally asked him to send the photo to him.
Returning to Gekurakuji Station and continuing to wait for the train, they got on the next Enoden train. The train went into a lighted tunnel and then came out. At the next stop, Hase Station, the three of them got off again.
"What are you going to see here?" Haixing asked.
"First go to Kotoku-in Temple to see the Kamakura Great Buddha, and then go to the Misordai of Hase-dera Temple, where you can overlook Kamakura city and Yuigahama Beach below."
Naruse looked at the two of them and said, "Watch something to eat here by the way."
"Okay." By now, both of them were hungry.
After coming out of the station, the three of them walked straight forward for four to five hundred meters and arrived at Gaodeyuan.
After passing Nio Gate, buy a ticket and go in, and you will see the open-air Buddha statue more than ten meters high in front of you.
"The Great Buddha of Kamakura was originally enshrined in the main hall. However, it was damaged by typhoons and fires many times. After being rebuilt, it was finally completely washed away by the incoming seawater five hundred years ago. After that, the main hall was no longer built and left open-air.
It has been enshrined to this day, but the Buddha is still standing..."
The person next to him who seemed to be a tour guide introduced the history of the Giant Buddha. Shangzi and Haixing also quietly pricked up their ears and "eavesdropped" attentively.
Naruse looked at the sky, suddenly feeling a little idle.