Yesterday, Ogata and A-Machi had a great time playing outside and were in a good mood.

The good mood and the alcohol made Ogata more energetic and energetic than usual last night.

Just when Ogata felt that his physical strength was almost exhausted, he happened to notice that the surrounding light became brighter and the originally dark sky outside the window began to glow.

"Ah-Machi, Ah-Machi." Ogata grabbed Ah-Machi's shoulders and shook him vigorously, "It's dawn. Didn't you say you want to watch the New Year's sunrise? Wake up."

After not sleeping all night and being extremely tired, A-Machi was now in a state of half-asleep and half-awake.

Ogata shook her hard several times, and she finally managed to regain some energy and opened her eyes slightly.

"Is it dawn...?"

"Yes." Ogata pulled the quilt aside and wrapped it around A-Machi, who was only wearing the kunoichi uniform on his upper body, and then helped A-Machi sit by the window.

By the way, the lower part of the kunoichi uniform was thrown casually into the corner of the room.

As for when he threw it away, Ogata didn't know the details because he drank a lot last night.

"You see, my method is very effective, right?" Ogata said to Amachi in a half-joking tone, "This way, you can see the New Year's sunrise on time without having to worry about oversleeping."

"I don't want to try this way of watching the New Year's sunrise again... I'm so tired... so sleepy..." A-Machi yawned widely, and then raised his fingers to rub the fingers that he had paid homage to someone last night.

Sorry, I still have some discomfort in my throat.

The two people sat side by side by the window, concentrating on watching the changes in the sky outside the window.

I'm very lucky. Not only was it a clear and sunny day on New Year's Eve yesterday, but the weather on New Year's Day today is also the kind of good weather that can make people feel better involuntarily.

The dark sky first slowly turned blue, with a little dark purple, then immediately turned to light red, then to peach, and then to pink.

It's not just the sky that changes color.

Looking towards the sky, the buildings within the field of vision gradually emerged from the darkness.

Everything as far as the eye can see is shrouded in light pink light.

With the anticipation of millions of people who sat and watched the New Year's sunrise, the sun finally came out.

A bright twilight slowly appeared from the east of the sky.

Then, the birds that had been silent all night began to chirp and fly up and down.

Although there was still a thin veil floating on the sky, deep in the dawn, a bright red morning glow suddenly bloomed.

The clouds in the sky were dyed a light golden color.

Rows of golden clouds are arranged around the sun, like ministers waiting for the king.

The pale pink sky slowly turns into the clear blue unique to winter.

"It's been three years since Kansei..." Amachi murmured, looking at the sun.

To be precise, at 0:00 a.m. a few hours ago, time had jumped to the third year of Kanzheng (1791 AD)

However, in people's view of time in this era, there is no such concept that the next day is after 0 am.

Therefore, in A-Machi's understanding, it is a new day only when the sun rises.

The amazing change from darkness to dawn is difficult to describe in words.

Looking at the gorgeous morning glow outside the window, Ogata felt that it was worth staying up all night to wait for the New Year's sunrise.

When Amachi, who was half asleep and half awake, saw the dawn, his face was full of joy. His eyes were no longer sleepy, and he watched the changes in the sky with great interest.

Ogata guessed that A-Machi must be like him and felt that staying up late yesterday was worth it.

After watching the New Year's sunrise, the next activity for Ogata and Omachi was naturally to sleep.

After watching the sunrise, the sleepiness and tiredness that had just been suppressed for a short time surged out like a tide, instantly destroying Atachi's consciousness.

Omachi was so sleepy that he could quickly fall asleep as soon as he closed his eyes.

She just wants to sleep now. She just wants to get into bed and have a good sleep. She doesn't want to do anything else.

When it comes to sleepiness and fatigue, Ogata is actually not inferior to Atachi.

Because Ogata was basically the one moving last night, Amachi spent most of the time lying down or being held by Ogata.

So Ogata and Omachi spent the first morning of the third year of Kansei (1791 AD) in sleep.

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Under the influence of "vital force", Ogata's physical strength recovered rapidly.

After sleeping until noon, Ozuo woke up naturally.

Although my head still feels a little dizzy, my body has recovered about 70% of its strength.

Atachi was still sleeping deeply.

Ogata did not disturb Amachi and let him continue sleeping.

I went outside to buy some snacks that didn't matter even if they were cooled down, so that Amachi would have something to eat immediately after waking up.

Amachi slept until about 2 o'clock in the afternoon before finally waking up.

After finishing a simple wash and eating some food that Ogata bought for her that she could no longer tell whether it was breakfast or lunch, Amachi took out the Tusu wine that she and Ogata bought a few days ago.

Drinking Tusu wine during the first month of the year is also one of the Japanese New Year customs.

Tusu wine has the effects of preventing colds, regulating digestive function, and dispelling wind and cold.

So during the first month, the family drinks Tusu wine together, which has the meaning of praying for good health and an end to disasters in the new year.

Generally speaking, the Tusu wine they drink during the New Year is home-brewed, but because Ogata and the others do not have the conditions to make their own Tusu wine, they can only buy Tusu wine on the shelves to replenish their supplies.

Although Ogata is the kind of person who doesn't hate drinking, he is not an "alcohol lover" like Genichi who can never leave his hand without a cup every day.

I drank a lot of wine last night.

Ogata now has some physical discomfort with alcohol, and he doesn't want to drink any liquid containing alcohol all day today.

However, under Omachi's strong request, Ogata finally managed to drink a few glasses of Tusu wine.

After Ogata put down the clean glass of wine, Amachi excitedly said to Ogata:

"Okay! Let's go to worship on New Year's Day!"

"Are we going to go to the New Year's shrine today?" Ogata looked at the sky outside the window, "If we go to Kinei Shrine to go to the New Year's shrine now, there should be a lot of people. It shouldn't matter if we go to the New Year's shrine tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

Bar."

Visiting a shrine during the New Year is also called Hatsumi. It is one of the most Japanese New Year customs. It refers to visiting a shrine or temple for the first time in a year to pray for peace.

There are no temples in Kinkino Town, only one Kinei Shrine, so if you want to go to worship during the New Year, you can only go to Kinei Shrine unless you are too busy to travel across mountains and rivers to visit temples or shrines in other places.

There is no specific deadline for visiting the shrine during the New Year. It does not have to be on January 1st. It does not matter if you go to the shrine at other times in January.

"We are very free now, aren't we?" Amachi said, "We have nothing to do anyway, so we might as well go to visit the shrine during the New Year."

Seeing that A-Machi seemed to want to visit the New Year shrine right now, Ogata also followed A-Machi's wishes. They changed their clothes together, hung the Daishiten and the Great Freedom around their waists, and left the hotel.

Kinei Shrine is located in the center of Kinkino Town.

After arriving at Kinei Shrine, the scene that appeared in front of Ogata was not at all what Ogata expected: there were people everywhere.

The flow of people flows from inside Kinei Shrine to outside Kinei Shrine.

However, for Ogata, who had experienced Spring Festival travel and National Day travel in his previous life, this scene could only be regarded as a small scene.

Kinei Shrine is built on a high ground in the center of Kinkino Town.

If you want to enter Kinei Shrine, you have to walk up twenty or so stone brick steps covered with green moss.

I have to say that the twenty or so steps of mossy green moss outside the shrine gate make the Jinrong Shrine look a bit more sacred and mysterious, adding a lot of character.

The flow of people moves quite fast.

Gradually, Ogata and Atachi finally completed the twenty or so steps of stone brick stairs.

After stepping onto the last step, a vermilion torii gate more than 3 meters high appeared in front of Ogata.

Torii is a gate shaped like the word "open" and is used to distinguish the divine realm where gods live from the secular world where humans live.

Passing through the torii gate and entering the shrine means entering the divine realm, and you need to pay attention to your next behavior.

In different places, the torii gates dedicated to different gods have different styles.

The god enshrined in Kinei Shrine is Inari Omikami.

All shrines dedicated to Inari God use the same style of torii: Taiwa Torii.

Because all the torii gates dedicated to Inari God are Taiwa Torii, Taiwa Torii is also called "Inari Torii".

There are also many rules for visiting shrines during the New Year.

After arriving at the torii gate, Amachi led Ogata to the side. After adjusting his clothes, he bowed respectfully in the direction of the shrine.

This is one of the rules for visiting shrines in the New Year. Before passing through the torii gate and entering the shrine, you must bow in the direction of the shrine to show respect for the god.

Ogata doesn't believe in any gods or Buddhas.
To be continued...