On weekends, Ginza Street is closed to motor vehicles. At this time, the bustling street becomes a "walker's paradise."
This place can be said to be the most prosperous area in Tokyo, and the land price is the highest in the country. Even if the bubble bursts and everything is buried, Ginza will still be Ginza.
In the afternoon, Shinichi Iwahashi and Akina Nakamori went to Kabukiza Theater to watch a show. To be precise, the two of them had a sudden idea while strolling around Ginza and bought two one-act tickets to experience the traditional Japanese culture.
The so-called single-act ticket, as the name suggests, is to watch only one act of the entire play, which is very suitable for satisfying the whim of watching a play.
The only thing is that if you buy a single-act ticket, you can only watch it on the fourth floor of Kabukiza, the farthest position from the stage, and you can't enjoy the bento like the guests who bought the inner theater. It's not so much about watching a play, but about experiencing it.
Change the atmosphere.
Shinichi Iwahashi is definitely a foreigner, and Akina Nakamori is a native of Kiyose Shopping Street, but they are almost completely confused about things like Kabuki, and neither of them can be said to be "interested". But even so, dating
That's the thing. As soon as one person starts to have a whim, both of them will become idiots at the same time and try all kinds of things.
But since we are on a date anyway, we can do whatever we want.
Of course, since neither of them understands kabuki, in addition to buying tickets, they also purchased a headphone guide service. By then, the performance will be on the stage, and the headphones will be accompanied by the commentator's explanation, so as to understand what is happening on the stage.
What.
Such considerate service shows how high the threshold for watching Kabuki is.
The scene where Iwahashi Shinichi and Nakamori Akina happen to play the part of the seventh generation Ichikawa Somegoro. This gentleman is only eighteen years old and comes from a famous Kabuki family. His father is the ninth generation Matsumoto Koushiro. He is the eldest son and only son.
The pear garden has been passed down from generation to generation and is passed down from male to female. It is a serious young man waiting to inherit the family business.
Somegoro Ichikawa has a beautiful appearance, and because his father Koushiro Matsumoto is not only a kabuki actor, but also a famous film and television actor, he not only attracted much attention since childhood, but also followed his father's footsteps and appeared in TV series and movies.
Today, Liyuan has become a traditional culture and ordinary people pay less and less attention to it. Kabuki actors participate in the entertainment industry not only for the so-called traditional reason of "Kabuki actors have to experience all kinds of life to cultivate themselves", but
It is also to increase attention and attract ordinary people to turn their attention to Liyuan.
Somegoro Ichikawa is a handsome man. He walked out of the theater to make a public appearance, attracting a bunch of young female fans to follow his performance. On the fourth floor, where the audience who bought single-act tickets gathered, fashionable urban girls sat or stood indifferently.
Only the first sixty people had seats, and those who came after that had to stand and watch the show.
Compared with the slightly messy fourth floor, Shinichi Iwahashi glanced across the inner court, looking at the dignified ladies with their hair neatly tied up and wearing kimonos. He felt a little bit sad about the contrast between the upstairs and downstairs.
Incredible.
He turned his head and glanced at Akina Nakamori beside him, thinking to himself that it would be more appropriate if they really appeared here.
Aware of Iwahashi Shinichi's gaze, Nakamori Akina blinked at him, and then looked at the stage in front of her seriously. With this look, it seemed that she had learned a little bit about watching kabuki.
Shinichi Iwahashi didn't want to look around and returned his attention to the stage. However, listening to the commentary in the headphones, he still had no interest in the performance itself. In contrast, he was more concerned about the stage layout of Kabukiza.
The stage mechanism on the stage, the posture and clothing of the actors when they appear, and so on.
While paying attention, I thought to myself that some of the stage arrangements that are now conventional for concerts may not have been borrowed from kabuki stages.
Finally finding the point of interest, Shin Iwahashi looked at the stage again and again, he no longer felt bored, but became very interested.
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At the end of this scene, Shinichi Iwahashi and Akina Nakamori stood up and left the table.
After coming out of the Kabukiza, the two of them kept silent at first and just moved forward. When they reached the roadside and were a little further away from the Kabukiza, they exchanged glances with each other in a tacit understanding.
At this moment, Akina Nakamori smiled. She breathed a sigh of relief and said to him, "Just now, Shinichi, you were watching with great interest."
"That's what I said." Iwahashi Shinichi replied, "Just now, you took it seriously."
Both of them felt that the other party was watching more intently, which exposed something. Thinking of this, Akina Nakamori narrowed her eyes in joy, with a bright smile on her little face.
"Sure enough, it's not easy to appreciate, right?" she said.
If it weren't for the fact that it was so conspicuous in public, Shinichi Iwahashi would have wanted to raise his hands in approval. Akina Nakamori added, "Although the content is not easy to appreciate, the stage itself is very gorgeous."
Shinichi Iwahashi replied casually, "This is my first time watching kabuki, it's quite fresh."
"Then, what should we watch next time?" Akina Nakamori started to make stupid ideas again.
Iwahashi Shinichi agreed, but said, "Let's watch something else next time." He thought for a while and made a suggestion, "How about going to see Takarazuka's performance next time?"
Akina Nakamori couldn't help but laugh, and looked at Shinichi Iwahashi with her smart eyes, making him feel that he had made some strange suggestions, and asked, "What's wrong?"
She shook her head slightly and agreed with a smile, "...Let's go see it together next time."
Iwahashi Shinichi wanted to ask more, but just as he was talking for a while, a pedestrian walked by and noticed the two people here. Nakamori Akina pulled the sleeves of Iwahashi Shinichi's coat, and the two stood still.
Those guys chatting outside Kabukiza, please hurry up and leave.
After walking a few steps away, Nakamori Akina took out a pair of plain glasses from her pocket and put them on the bridge of her nose. Although her image of wearing black-rimmed glasses is as famous as her own, she doesn't know how much effect it can have.
effect……
As I was thinking this, I suddenly met a pedestrian who recognized Iwahashi Shinichi.
"Iwahashi-san!" A young man who looked like a college student came over to talk to him a little excitedly.
The face of Shinichi Iwahashi, the man in black behind the scenes, is now instantly recognizable. After dealing with it, Akina Nakamori laughed happily when she saw the student boy who was her idol, even though she didn’t know what she admired about him.
It is interesting to say that this young student admired Shinichi Iwahashi, but turned a blind eye to Akina Nakamori beside him.
"This is Ginza," she said suddenly.
Iwahashi Shinichi said "Yeah", "Even foreigners know this is Ginza."
"It's so fussy." Nakamori Akina complained in a low voice just enough for Shinichi Iwahashi to hear. She rolled her eyes and brought the topic back, "Since this is Ginza..."
She pretended to have a bad idea, "Shenyi, let's go buy a pair of Date glasses."
The so-called "Date glasses" refer to the non-prescribed decorative glasses worn by Akina Nakamori. The name comes from Date, One-eyed Dragon, Bendai, Twenty Years, and Masamune during the Warring States Period. He loved magnificence and pursued fashion.
, loves beauty very much. So later, whenever any decorative object was mentioned, it was prefixed with "Ida".
Shinichi Iwahashi refused, "It would be strange if I wore that, right? It's just pretentious."
Akina Nakamori seemed to be very happy after hearing a joke she wanted to hear. Judging from this look, it was 120% that she said this on purpose.
However, now that Shinichi Iwahashi is also a celebrity, the two of them go shopping together, with only Akina Nakamori in disguise, and the effect is greatly reduced. Seeing this, the best solution is to go out on dates more often until Tokyo people get used to it.
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Akina Nakamori knows every street in Ginza like the back of her hand and is a fashionista after all. Shinichi Iwahashi, on the other hand, knows the nightlife in Ginza like the back of his hand. After all, he is a walking guide to Ginza Roppongi.
Since it was in broad daylight, it was natural to follow Akina Nakamori's command. Going to Kabukiza was a spur of the moment. Akina Nakamori didn't know whether it was because the whim was not enough fun, or because she got something from the "whim".
Seeing the fun, he blinked and discussed with Shinichi Iwahashi, "I want to play small steel balls."
"What?"
Iwahashi Shinichi was a little unexpected.
Nakamori Akina flickered her eyelashes and acted coquettishly with her boyfriend, "Go ahead~" She didn't hide the cunning in her eyes at all, as if she wanted to let Shinichi Iwahashi know this.
Iwahashi Shinichi couldn't do anything to her, so he took a step forward and said, "Let's go then."
He took the lead, and Nakamori Akina stared at his shoulder, smiling slightly as if her little plan had succeeded. She took a step forward, chased after him, and walked shoulder to shoulder with him toward the backstreets of Ginza.
There is always little leisure time in the billiard room all year round, from day to night. On weekends, when I look inside, it is even more crowded and smoky.
But the advantage is that everyone is focused on the pinball machine in front of them, and no one cares about who comes in or who is sitting next to them. The will to win overcomes all worldly distractions.
Iwahashi Shinichi bought 2,000 yen worth of beads, put one of them in Nakamori Akina's hand, and the two of them went to find the empty pachinko machine.
Akina Nakamori browsed around and found the empty machine first, dragging Shinichi Iwahashi over. Judging from her familiarity, she was probably a frequent player of marbles.
The appointment at the pachinko parlor was quite casual. It was the first time for Shinichi Iwahashi and Akina Nakamori to play pachinko together. He himself had no interest in playing pachinko, nor did he have any skills. It seemed that every time he went there
I come here just to play with others.
Iwahashi Shinichi's box of beads was quickly eaten up, and a thousand yen was gone in an instant. He turned his head and looked at Nakamori Akina, who was showing off her skills next to him. This Taopusita's attention was entirely focused on
On the beads in front of me, I didn’t notice that my boyfriend had already spent all his money.
After being eliminated, Shinichi Iwahashi walked over and stood behind Akina Nakamori.
"Eh~?" Nakamori Akina finally noticed him.
Iwahashi Shinichi bent down and came close to her ear, "I've run out of beads." After he finished speaking, Nakamori Akina couldn't help laughing. She didn't expect that Iwahashi Shinichi, who did everything beautifully, was also so bad at something.
.
Iwahashi Shinichi was defeated, but it inspired her to show off her skills. She showed off her power, and after a while, the beads started flowing out, and they fit right into the box that Iwahashi Shinichi had emptied.
"I didn't expect you to be a master." Iwahashi Shin was eye-opening.
Akina Nakamori was a little proud, but she said: "When it comes to playing marbles, the real master is Shizuka-chan." She thought for a while, and then added, "However, don't look at Kyoko-chan, she is actually on the same level as Shinichi.
On par.”
"Really?" Iwahashi Shinichi was a little surprised, "I thought Koizumi-san was a super master." After all, I am famous for smoking, drinking and going to nightclubs, but I am a good girl.
Akina Nakamori teased him, "Shinichi also judges people by their appearance."
In fact, Iwahashi Shinichi and Koizumi Kyoko only met once or twice and barely spoke to each other.
He shook his head and although Nakamori Akina's back was turned to him, he replied, "Indeed, just looking at your usual appearance, I wouldn't have imagined that you are such a master."
Nakamori Akina said it was too much, and added: "It sounds like she is being sarcastic."
While she was talking to him, another trickle of money fell onto the table. Akina Nakamori was having particularly good luck today, she was so happy that she forgot to quarrel with Shinichi Iwahashi.
Maybe it was because Iwahashi Shinichi was behind her that she went so smoothly. Even if this idea made no sense, Nakamori Akina still thought so uncontrollably.
Finally, Shinichi Iwahashi took the beads Nakamori Akina won and exchanged them for some small gifts.
"Thank you, Shinichi, for today."
Coming out of the smoky billiard room, Akina Nakamori breathed a long sigh of relief and patted him on the back.
Iwahashi Shinichi still held the gift he just redeemed in his hand, "I haven't put it to use for anything, I'm just waiting to enjoy your loot."
Even if you go to the billiard room, you should eat the soft and fragrant rice to your heart's content, worthy of the title of the King of Soft Rice.
Nakamori Akina smiled, "My luck has never been as good as today." She walked around behind Iwahashi Shinichi and patted his back, "It must be thanks to you."
Iwahashi Shinichi felt that her words were exaggerated and she said them on purpose. But when the words came out of her mouth, it seemed that no matter what they were, they seemed particularly sincere. He turned around, freed one hand, and raised his palm.
, "In that case..."
Nakamori Akina was full of energy and high-fived him, beaming, "Celebrate."
Before attracting the attention of pedestrians again, the two people left the pachinko parlor and returned to Ginza Street. They went to watch kabuki and play small steel balls. Both of them wanted to find a place to rest and drink a cup of tea.
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I was about to find a store when suddenly two young women in their twenties came over and tentatively said hello, "Akina-chan?"
Nakamori Akina's eyes met theirs. Face to face, the two girls were more sure now, and greeted with smiles on their faces, "I've watched that movie "Lovely Season"!"
Nakamori Akina reacted obviously, and when she came to her senses, there was a hint of surprise in the smile on her face.