Tokyo, everyone is drawing comics, who still wants to fall in love?

Chapter 345 Oiran + Miko = Witch

"Teacher Oda, you were flirted with?" Yuko Mikami asked curiously.

As soon as Oda Shingo returned to his seat, she asked this question.

"Ah?" Oda Shingo pretended to be stupid.

"Don't pretend, we can see it clearly from here." Fujido Kaoru grabbed Oda Shingo's arm fiercely and squeezed it hard against her chest, "You actually flirted with a girl under the pretext of going to the bathroom?"

The force of the pull was very strong, but it didn't hurt, after all, the position where the pressure was applied was too soft.

"She was looking at me, who flirted with whom?" Oda Shingo hurriedly explained.

"You also took off your sunglasses and mask." Namikaze Yukaku replayed the situation at that time very calmly.

"It's unfair! That oiran was dressed like a monster, why would I flirt with her? If she flirted with me, I would just be scared and run away, okay?"

The three women thought about the situation at that time, and it seemed that Oda Shingo really ran away.

"Forget it, I won't bother with you." Fujido Kaoru snorted.

Namikaze Yukaku looked at Oda Shingo and asked, "You said the oiran looks like a monster? Do you mean she's not pretty?"

"Ah? Isn't that right?" Oda Shingo wondered if there was something wrong with his aesthetics.

"I think the oiran is very pretty."

"The oiran is so beautiful!"

"She's really pretty."

The three women said almost in unison.

Oda Shingo rolled his eyes. Sure enough, men and women have different aesthetics. It could also be that he still uses the Chinese aesthetics, while they are used to their own traditions? Just like the aesthetics of the Huadan in Peking Opera?

He couldn't help but cast his eyes back into the venue.

Except for one side of the rostrum, the three sides of the inner field around the stage were already occupied by the performance teams just now.

Oda Shingo easily found the oiran team, but was shocked to find that he couldn't find the oiran.

The rest, the way-opener with the "Kurokawa" lantern, the kappa, the fox, the attendants who supported and held umbrellas, etc. were all there, but the oiran was not in the team.

"Where's the oiran?" Oda Shingo asked subconsciously, "Is it because the clothes are too heavy and the shoes are inconvenient, so she can't hold on and changes them?"

"Normally not, unless there is another performance task." Namikaze Yukaku explained.

She was born in a ninja village, not only has she seen it many times, but she has also been educated to know a lot of traditions since she was a child.

Just thinking about it, the Autumnal Equinox Festival has entered its climax.

Fujido Kaozu shouted: "Wow, the rice ears are being arranged around the stage! There are performances by the shrine maidens!"

Dongdongdang-dongdongdang--

Eight people dressed as farmers and women, constantly went on stage in an orderly manner to the rhythm of hand drums and bamboo joints. While making harvesting movements, they arranged rice ears around the stage.

Then the four men and four women sat in the four corners, symbolizing the positions of the eight wastelands' harvest.

The Autumnal Equinox Festival is the "Tanzai Festival" relative to the Spring Equinox. In order to thank Zhu Shen for blessing the harvest, the rice ears are arranged and seated in eight positions to prepare for the shrine maidens' dance.

Another young girl dressed as a shrine maiden, Mimiko, began to bow and wait at a small path under the stage, opening a passage to the stage.

The hand drums and bamboo sounds stopped, and were replaced by Kagura flutes.

Unlike the low-pitched melody of the shakuhachi for praying for rain or a good harvest, the thanksgiving ceremony is generally a more relaxed and cheerful tone, so the soundtrack is mainly Kagura flutes, with Taiko drums interspersed.

Amid the traditional soundtrack, a shrine maiden walked slowly along the avenue under the attention of the crowd.

The shrine maiden wore a Chihayashiro upper body, a red hakama, a lining of a kimono, a white tabi and red-buttoned straw sandals on her feet, and her long black hair was tied into a ponytail with white sandalwood paper.

She held a Kagura bell in her hand, and the bell did not ring at all during her steady steps, showing a very solid footwork.

Oda Shingo looked at the shrine maiden from a distance and felt that she was much more beautiful than he had imagined.

In my impression, women in traditional Japanese ceremonies are not so beautiful. I didn't expect this shrine maiden to have delicate features, beautiful eyebrows and eyes, and she was not very old, at most about 25 years old.

The shrine maiden walked to the center of the stage, with the center of the altar, holding the Kagura bell, slowly and gracefully turning to the eight places where the farmers and women were sitting one by one, gently shaking it to make a pleasant sound.

Dang-dang-dang-dang...

This symbolizes that as a messenger of God, she blesses the people of the world.

Oda Shingo noticed that Japan's respect for tradition is very obvious. Everyone in the audience put down their mobile phones, and even some professional photographers turned off the camera and stood solemnly.

In my memory, it is impolite to take pictures of the shrine maiden ceremony.

Soon, two shrine maidens bowed their heads and presented the feather robe and banner.

One helped the coat put on the feather robe, and the other took the Kagura bell, and then they retreated respectfully together and left the scene.

Banner is a ritual item of the shrine maiden, like a staff with two whips with many white paper pieces attached.

The shrine maiden held a banner in her hand and stood there for a long time without moving.

Everyone waited quietly.

With the sound of a chime, the shrine maiden raised her hand very slowly and began the shrine maiden dance.

Her waist was very thin, but her chest and hips were very beautiful and streamlined. She had the kind of gourd-shaped figure that men dream of, but not as exaggerated as Westerners.

No wonder she was chosen as a shrine maiden, Oda Shingo thought. Her dress was the dress of a young shrine maiden who had not yet married. I wonder who would be able to enjoy such a good figure as a husband?

"Does it look good?" Namikaze Yuzuru suddenly asked in a low voice.

"Is this a Kagura dance?" Oda Shingo did not answer, but asked in a low voice.

Namikaze Youkaku didn't ask any more questions. He looked at it carefully for a while, then nodded and confirmed in a low voice: "It is one of the Kagura dances, the Fengqing dance."

The miko's dance started slowly, then gradually became faster, and finally it even included a dance that included a rapid rotation of the body on the spot.

This is a real test of your skills. If you stumble accidentally, it will be regarded as a performance error.

But this miko's toes and arches are very good. While her body is rotating, her feet wearing white footbags are extremely stable.

The shrine maiden with an excellent figure dances quickly, and the outer feather coat floats like a fairy's belt, which is really beautiful.

The soundtrack became more and more urgent, and finally stopped suddenly after a whistle.

The graceful figure of the miko, who was turning rapidly, suddenly stopped. She bowed her head to thank the gods, and at the same time knelt down on one knee and stretched out her hands to finish the dance.

Bang bang bang bang - the whole audience burst into applause.

Oda Shingo couldn't help but applaud.

But at this time, he noticed that the back of the miko's exposed shoulders and neck was also pink and white due to her bent posture, which looked very familiar.

"Huh? Is he the oiran from before?" Oda Shingo was stunned.

The three girls of Namikaze Youhe looked at him in surprise.

"I'm just guessing, I don't know if it's accurate." Oda Shingo blushed.

It's hard to explain that it was guessed based on skin color.

Namikaze Yukaku and Mikami Yuuko didn't speak, but Toudou Kouchi snorted from his nose.

The next program is no longer a traditional performance, but a speech on manga (Japanese cross talk) and tourism and cultural exchanges, which is not what Oda Shingo is interested in.

The ceremony was not over, and it was difficult to leave. It is estimated that we will have to wait until senior officials from the Department of Culture and the Department of Tourism give a concluding speech of thanks and blessings.

Oda Shingo began to discuss the production of comics with Yukaku Namikaze: "I want to continue to speed up the pace of the plot of "GANTZ" next. The protagonist will quickly complete the resurrection mission and then die, and the Battle of Osaka will start as soon as possible..."

As he talked, he chatted for a long time, and vaguely heard a young woman whispering "Sorry to bother you," in his ears.

It seemed like someone passed through the seats and sat in the empty seats in the second row.

Suddenly, Oda Shingo caught a glimpse of the pink and white patch in the corner of his eye.

He looked over and saw that a girl had just sat down on the empty seat in front of him.

She is dressed in Japanese girl's regular clothes, and her pink-white neck is particularly conspicuous in the sun.

Is this the woman who just played the role of the courtesan and the witch? Oda Shingo didn't recognize the other person's face exactly, but the glimpse of the pink neck made him deeply impressed.

At this time, the young woman turned around and met Oda Shingo's eyes.

"Hello, Mr. Shingo Oda. The ceremony is continuing. Rumiko Kurokawa, please forgive me for not being able to attend." The woman turned sideways, sat on her seat and bowed slightly.

Seeing that Oda Shingo was a little dazed, the young woman even took out an ornament and made a gesture to her mouth.

It is a pair of traditional Japanese dentures with black teeth.

Rumiko Kurokawa smiled like a flower: "Oda-kun, this is the second time we meet..."