Chapter 133: The

After soaking in the hot spring and having a sweat steam, I felt that the whole person was much lighter.

In Japan, you must drink a glass of milk after soaking in a hot spring. Could it be to replenish the nutrients diluted by the hot spring?

After arriving at the restaurant, I found that my mother and Tsuruko had arrived early. Their skin was ruddy and shiny. This famous "Beauty Bath" seemed to be very effective.

Kōrakuen's restaurant provided authentic Hokkaido delicacies—sea urchin sushi, soup curry, grilled Wagyu beef... making the family, who had just tasted Sapporo's specialty crab dishes at noon, feel the style of Hokkaido again.

Kōrakuen naturally also had a leisure club. In addition to the hot spring, the equipment of other high-end hotels was not lacking. After eating, the group spent some time in the club and then returned to the room to rest. After all, tomorrow was a full day of skiing, so they had to save energy.

There was still fine light snow early the next morning, but as the sun gradually rose,

It turned into good weather suitable for skiing.

Teine Ski Resort is located on Mount Teine in the suburbs of Sapporo, only a half-hour drive from Otaru where they were staying. The Nagayama family naturally took the special bus to the ski resort early.

Teine Ski Resort once served as a competition venue for the 1972 Sapporo Winter Olympics. Traces left by the Olympic Games still remain inside the ski resort, such as the five-ring logo that has been hanging in the ski resort all along.

The Olympia area of the ski resort has several wide slopes composed of gentle slopes, which are more suitable for beginners. The ski instructor Naoki Nagayama booked today would teach them how to ski here.

As for those high-altitude ski trails, it is estimated that only veterans would go to play.

The ski instructor was a somewhat short middle-aged uncle named Riki Miyagawa. After introducing himself to everyone, he took them to the ski resort to change into skiing equipment.

"Sa, has everyone never been in contact with skiing before?"

"I've played with a sled when it snowed in my hometown~" Tsuruko said. "I can also roller skate~"

"So that means you haven't officially skied before, then let's start from scratch. Sa, please follow me, slow down, be careful under your feet, keep your balance~"

The following process can be said to be strange, flat-ground falls, fancy styles... they experienced every wrestling posture they could experience.

"It hurts to death..."

After a "butt-backwards flat sand wild goose" style fall, Tsuruko sat on the ground with tears in her eyes. She had fallen seven or eight times in a row, and it was estimated that she would be bruised.

Their mother comforted her softly on the side. Because she was relatively afraid, she had never skied very fast and hadn't fallen many times.

In the end, their mother and Tsuruko chose to lie flat, got a snow saucer, and started sliding happily on the snow slope, as happy as children.

As for the few male comrades, they finally learned simple flat-ground sliding and could pretend a little on the gentle snow ground.

Watching his father start to show off his skills on his mother's side, Big Brother Aoki said to Naoki: "Naoki, let's go to a higher place~"

Oh ho, are you planning to challenge the intermediate ski trail?

They were all young people, and this request was just right. "Okay, let's go~"

The two consulted Riki Miyagawa about the ski trail that wasn't so steep, and then took the cable car to the mountainside.

This was already above the tree line of Mount Teine. The field of vision was empty. You could see Ishikari Bay on the left of Mount Teine, the sparkling Pacific Ocean on the right, and the continuous snow-capped mountains in the distance extending from both sides. The scenery was beautiful.

The ski trail was only about 20 degrees, exceptionally wide, with fences on both sides as barriers. Many skiers were shuttling on the ski trail, and some had stopped on both sides to rest because they had fallen.

Looking down from the starting point of the ski trail, it was still a bit scary, as if you were going to roll down, but once the ski pole was pushed, you only heard the sound of the wind and your own breathing in your ears, and the world in front of you belonged only to yourself.

Naoki Nagayama tried hard to adjust his muscles, keep his balance, and enjoy the comfort of galloping freely...

However, he still didn't do well when turning, and fell beautifully.

"Naoki, are you okay?"

Big Brother slowly stopped on the side. This guy seemed to have a good talent for all kinds of sports, but he fell in love with fishing...

"It's okay, it's okay, the speed is actually not fast." Naoki Nagayama stood up. "I've already gained a little insight into the plow turn, let's continue skiing~"

They just ate a little bit at the ski resort at noon.

In the afternoon, their father completely gave up, started wandering around the ski resort with their mother and Tsuruko, and went to play together whenever they encountered fun projects, simply treating it as a tourist attraction. He even borrowed Naoki's camera to take photos of their mother and Tsuruko as a souvenir.

Only Naoki Nagayama and Aoki Nagayama, the two brothers, were left enjoying the happiness of galloping freely on the primary and intermediate ski trails.

Skiing is the kind of thing where as long as you rush down the track for the first time, that feeling of adrenaline soaring is absolutely blood-boiling. Even if it is ice and snow outside, after a few times, the two brothers were sweating profusely...

"Big Brother, do you want to try the advanced ski trail?"

Looking at the ski trail winding down from the top of the mountain, Naoki Nagayama was a bit eager to try. But looking at the steep slope, Big Brother Aoki was more steady:

"Forget it, I guess I'll fall very miserably... Let's go try that super-long ski trail."

Teine Ski Resort has a super-long primary ski trail that is 6 kilometers long, which is absolutely not to be missed for beginners and primary skiers.

"Okay, then let's choose this one!"

On this ski trail, Naoki Nagayama felt the cold wind blowing on his face, the scenery passing by quickly, and only heard the sound of his heart beating. Between heaven and earth, only himself remained...

The charm of skiing is that you can reach a very fast speed with very little effort. That feeling like galloping is addictive.

At night, they naturally returned to Kōrakuen.

After exercising for a whole day, Naoki Nagayama was indeed a bit tired, and his knees and legs were sore, but his mother and Tsuruko, who had been playing there for a whole day, were also exhausted.

"Playing is also very tiring, okay!" Tsuruko said righteously. "Our exercise volume for the day is not small~"

"Hai... It's really hard for Princess Tsuruko~" Naoki Nagayama teased Tsuruko, which earned him a little fist pounding on his shoulder...

After the fatigue of the day, the hot spring at night was even more comfortable, almost softening people. The whole person returned to the room lightly, and after touching the bed, he fell into a deep sleep, without even a dream.

The next day, the family didn't go skiing again, but played in Otaru, where Kōrakuen is located. This small city from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, relying on a natural good port, was once the commercial center of Hokkaido.

To this day, it still retains the scene of prosperity. The brick and stone warehouse buildings along the coast have become craft shops, shops, restaurants, and so on. The lights on the side of the road are actually still gasoline lamps.

Tsuruko and their mother were completely not tired today, shopping energetically on the commercial street, buying a lot of cosmetics, glass crafts, etc.

Of course, they didn't forget to buy some gifts for the three men who were carrying bags and for their relatives and friends in Shizuoka. Anyway, they bought a floral shirt for their father, and he looked very happy.

Happy times always end inadvertently.

In the afternoon, the group took a flight back to Tokyo. In the evening, they rushed all the way to their old home in Shizuoka.

The simple New Year's skiing trip ended when the three men of the Nagayama family carried large and small bags into the house.

Naoki Nagayama didn't stay directly in Tokyo, his car was still at his old home! ===== CHAPTER 134 =====