Chapter 26 Section ten

Several shops selling peaches appeared one after another, and after passing that section of the road, the road began to enter the mountain. My stomach is almost a little hungry.All I could see were cliffs and trees, and I began to worry whether I should have filled my stomach at the bottom of the mountain if I knew this.Fortunately, there was a hot spring area on the way, so I finally found a place where I could have lunch.After parking the car, I got out of the car and took a look. In the large tank with moss in front of me, there were a few charr swimming leisurely. The famous product sold in the store seems to be homemade tofu soaked in abundant clear water.It seems that there seems to be a high-quality water source gushing out here.The tofu is different from the boxed tofu sold in supermarkets. It is full of weight and looks delicious.I ordered the tofu set meal; Xiaozheng ordered the set meal for more advanced practitioners.I was very curious about the difference between the two, and when I sent it over for a look, I found that there was an extra hot spring egg on the tray where the practitioners ordered food.

After a break, we will finally enter the Sky line.It was a ramp that turned left and right. "So that's how it is. It really is a 'journey to the same end'." I am amazed at the moment.Soon I noticed that the windows of the car in the oncoming lane were open.I remind Xiaozheng to pay attention.The window suddenly lowered.As soon as he stretched out his hand, the cool wind caressed between his fingers. "Ah, so you don't need to blow the air conditioner." "It's just in time." "What's the meaning?" "Climbing this kind of slope will put a burden on the engine. It is best to turn off the air conditioner."

When we approached Azuma Kofuji, the scenery gradually became so magnificent that it was jaw-dropping.Ahead is a desolate world that seems to have been stripped of its green skin from the surface by the hand of a giant.It was a surreal landscape.It was as if it had turned into a small black dot in a mountain model made of loess, and was thrown there casually. "The last time I went near the crater of Zao, it was the same. Couldn't there be any plants growing near the volcano?" "I can't do it anymore, I can't stand this kind of landscape." "Xiaozheng, try to look ahead as much as you can."

The parking lot is right in front of Azuma Kofuji, who is shaped like an upside-down bowl.From the signboard of "Environment Agency Fukushima Prefecture at an altitude of 1704.6 meters", you can see the crowds like an army of ants running towards the sugar, going up and down the mountain in an endless stream.Among them are even little girls who are only as old as kindergarten. Of course I wanted to climb up, but Xiaozheng kept staring at the map in the travel guide, and suddenly said that he wanted to go in the opposite direction.I'm used to her reactions like this, so I'm not surprised.

"why?" "Ahead of the hiking route, there is said to be a lake called Kamanuma." "Since it's called Kamuma, it should be a swamp." "Don't play word games with me, okay? Anyway, it says there's a wetland, surrounded by plants. I want to see plants and water." Since it is a hiking route, it should not be difficult to walk, so I walked lightly.Unexpectedly, the road was unexpectedly steep.Somehow, the number of people going down seems to be overwhelming.It seems that we just happened to meet a group of guests going down the mountain.A man dressed as an ascetic led the procession.

"Xiaozheng, your meal is here." "what?" I whispered: "...a practitioner has a set meal." "You guys are so rude." Next, we talked for a long time about the difference between an ascetic monk and a practitioner, but in the end it was still unclear.At the bottom of the memory, there is a vague impression that the slave walker is the ancestor of the ascetic monk, but when he thinks about it, he is at a loss. When I was exhausted from walking and couldn't speak, I suddenly looked back from a high place and saw the huge crater of Azuma Kofuji clearly in sight.On the surrounding ridges, there were only pinhead-sized figures wriggling.Clouds billowed beyond the pale blue sky.While I was still thinking about it, the cloud suddenly drifted across the distant sky, and the mountain range was half covered with gray shadows and sank to dark brown.The shadow gradually faded away with the wind.

The crater is surrounded by a dry landscape, but from the slope overlooking from our side, we can see the grass and trees bravely climbing up from the foot of the mountain to attack.From there to our feet are stretches of greenery.On the lower right, on the other side of the wind, in the donut ring formed by the lush trees, lies the lovely purple-blue swamp. "Look, that's beautiful." "Ok." Open the travel guide and see that it says Toruma.Very close to the parking lot. "It wouldn't be a bad idea to go there if I had known." "Don't be so greedy, okay? If you want to go so much, why don't you fly over there and try."

"If it's a flying squirrel, maybe it can really fly over with a whiff." "Come on, now that you're here, let's go this way. Let's go." Unexpectedly, the sky darkened at an accelerated rate as we walked.The sky, which was originally light blue, gradually turned dark blue, with gray mixed in between.It's like a huge hood under the hood. My friend looked up at the sky, "It's not even evening yet." I also rubbed my arm, "Xiaozheng, are you cold?" "One thing. Speaking of which, there are no people around." "Don't say such things to scare people, okay?"

"hey-hey." Here and the sun and midsummer are two worlds.The bright primary colors of the small positive printed shirts now look full of nostalgia. Rather than saying that the sky is getting dark, it should be said that we have climbed all the way into the darkness.Although the road was no longer steep, the mood suddenly became sinister.Because, icy drops of water began to fall on the cheeks. "Although I said I wanted to see water, if it's water falling from the sky, it's not fun." "Don't worry, there will always be a way." It really worked out.When we reached the wetlands, the sky suddenly cleared.The endless boardwalk is laid on the logs lying on the ground like sleepers.Ahead could be seen the great marsh sleeping in the arms of the green mountains.Speaking of figures, there are only a few people walking far away on the road that turns left.The scene of passing by a large number of people when going uphill before was like a phantom.To be honest, after we no longer worry about the weather conditions, we thought it was quite deserted to see no one in sight, but now it seems that we have wrapped up the scenery and have a luxurious pleasure of enjoying everything to ourselves.

Walking on the long boardwalk, you can see various wildflowers if you pay attention.The little flowers hide pitifully under the wide leaves.Either white or green or purple, the colors are very light.If Jiang Mei was present, she would have told me the names of those flowers. After walking around for a while, I was delighted to find that there was finally a flower I could name as well. Numerous leaves and stems stretch straight as if drawn with a thin pen, reflecting their shadows on the clear water.On the grass stalks, slender white flowers bloom like a ball of cotton wool.Ever since I saw this flower on TV, I was impressed because of its uniqueness.As a kid, I would put fake snowflakes on the branches of my Christmas tree.If you cut it up a little more, it should grow like this.

I stopped and said, "It's Mianjian." As the breeze blows, the surface of the water has layers of ripples like annual rings, and the slender grass leaves and stems, as well as small flowers, are swaying.