Chapter 163 Sagamihara Tanabata Festival

However, according to the traditions of the island country, kimonos are required to celebrate Tanabata, so compared with Megumi Kato, Qin Heqing, who still dressed in modern fashion and casual clothes, did not follow the rules.

"Why, is there something wrong with my clothes?" Seeing Qin Heqing staring at him in a daze, Kato Megumi's mouth curled up slightly, and he stretched his arms, showing Qin Heqing his clothes, with a look on his face asked softly.

The look of being afraid that his dress is not good enough makes people feel very cute.

"No, very decent, very good! My whole soul will be taken away by you." Qin Heqing shook his head, and praised Kato Ebi with his thumb.

"Is it really as good as you said?" Kato Megumi confirmed in a low voice, a little shy.

"Of course, the feeling that Yamato Nadeko is alive is really touching. Even if the time and place were not right, I would have the urge to stay at home and live with you." Qin Heqing said with a smile .

"Really? Then I'm relieved."

Then the two of them didn't stay here for too long at the exit, turned around and walked into the platform, took the subway to the nearest tram station, and then transferred to the tram to move to Sagamihara City in Kanagawa Prefecture.

The road is very quiet - after all, it is the weekend, except for some service industries and large companies and clubs, most of the corporate employees are resting, so not only are there few people on the trams and subways, even the traffic on the streets has become very scarce. The whole city exudes a quiet and peaceful atmosphere, which makes people feel that Tokyo is not Tokyo, but a rural area in the Northeast, which is very weird.

Naturally, the chance of encountering an accident became extremely low, so the two left Tokyo safely and arrived in Sagamihara City, which is adjacent to Setagaya and Ota Ward.

Then get off the car and move towards the Hashimoto Shopping Street where the Tanabata Festival parade will be held later.

Along the way, all kinds of bamboo trees provided by the county, district and city government departments can be seen everywhere, covered with beard-like paper signs and colored strips, with words written on them, and I don’t know how many of them are real wishes and How many of them are written indiscriminately to make up the numbers.

But no matter what, the atmosphere of the Qixi Festival was enhanced in an instant against the backdrop of these bamboo trees all over the street.

The mentality of Qin Heqing and Kato Megumi began to change, and they turned to wander around Sagamihara City like real tourists.

After all, it was still early before the sacrificial ceremony began, so there was really no need to hurry to the meeting place, and you could still take a stroll.

...

Time passed like this, and the time came to more than one o'clock in the afternoon.

With the arrival of the sacrificial activity time, the number of vehicles on the entire street began to decrease until, except for private vehicles that did not affect the activities, it was difficult to see an active, non-permitted vehicle.

The stalls outside the stores began to open up, and various activity stalls that are often seen during the festivals of some island countries gradually appeared beside the designated commercial streets one by one, converging with each other to build a special place for festivals.

The number of tourists began to increase, and the parade began to gradually appear, gathering into a large crowd, filling the streets vacated due to the lack of motor vehicles, like a sea of ​​people.

"It's very lively." Qin Heqing, who took this scene into his eyes, whispered with admiration.

This is the benefit of well-known festivals being supported by official or financially strong business groups-the whole scene can be very grand and lively! Replace it with Qin and Qing's shrine and those support groups at his shrine?

Don't talk about directly sealing off two streets like Hashimoto Commercial Street for any big sacrifice activities, it would be nice if the routine festival in October can be done well.

So whenever this happens, Qin Heqing is very envious of those well-known shrines that can make great sacrifices at every turn.

If possible, he also wants to do it!

Even if only once.

"I believe that with Lord Heqing's ability, sooner or later he will be able to lead people to hold similar sacrificial activities." As if understanding Qin Heqing's thoughts, Kato Megumi stretched out his hand to hold Qin Heqing's palm, and said softly with a smile on his face. encouraged.

"Yes, I will." Qin Heqing nodded in agreement, then turned his head and smiled at Kato Megumi who also looked over.

"Come on, let's get closer."

"good."

...

Soon, the executives of various groups and sacrificial activities that had been preparing and preparing for a few days or even a month ago will prepare the things to be used later, and then shout the slogan, a person who seems to be able to compete with one person, Two and a half meters wide and three and a half meters long, the large sedan chair with two long mahogany poles protruding from the front and rear of the box caught the eyes of all the audience.

Wearing a sleeveless blouse and dark shorts, with a white rope tied around his head, the anti-sedan guards, who exposed the strong muscles of their arms and chest, stepped forward, shouted neat slogans, and walked along the street against the sedan chair.

"Yo! Hey! Yo! Hey!"

And this is only the first wave. In other places that Qin and Qing couldn't see, there are still a small number of floats that also have their own characteristics, and they start to travel at the same time. The well-dressed women lead the way, waving their arms, and dance a simple dance that even ordinary people who have never participated in can catch up in a blink of an eye, attracting audiences on both sides to join their team and experience the sacrificial activities together fun of.

The rather traditional island-style music sounded faintly, officially kicking off the prelude to the Tanabata Festival in Sagamihara City.

"I asked just now. The final venue of this Tanabata festival is at the Kami Daijingu in Hashimoto. I think it will be more lively there. Let's go there." After watching the tour bus again , Qin Heqing, who moved his hands and feet a little with the team, came to Kato Megumi and suggested to her.

"Okay." To this, Kato Megumi did not refuse, and agreed very casually.

Then the two broke away from the crowd and walked down the street.

——According to the news I just discovered, the location of the Shenming Dajingu is exactly at the intersection of the two streets where the parade is held, so there is no need to ask for directions, just walk over the parade car until you see a group of traditional The place where the merchant exists is.

So the two of them didn't worry about getting lost, and walked slowly——walking forward at a pace that was only slightly faster than that of the tour bus.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for a small traditional stall to appear in the eyes of the two of them.

In an instant, Qin Heqing and Kato Megumi's eyes lit up, and they walked quickly to the booth.

"Come on, there's a water balloon seller there, let's buy two." After that, Qin Heqing paused, and said while pulling Kato Hui to a certain target booth.

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