Nazuka Temple Grave.

Do you have any pets there?

No, not yet.

How do they get to it?

You go around it over there.

Oh.

Did you think it was isolated?

I don't know. I didn't see a road.

You have to wait untill winter?

Does it... the paddies dry up then?

Hm?

Do the paddies dry up then?

Yeah.

But there's a road, so don't worry. You can get there.

Oh.

So do they just wait for rain for it to fill up?

Over there there's a spot where water comes out for irrigation.

This.

Water comes out from here to fill up the rice paddy.

It takes a really long time, though.

The train's not coming, is it?

Yeah.

Well, if I were a train nerd I would know exactly when the next train comes.

Train... nerd?

Yeah.

Train otaku?

Train otaku.

They exist?

Yep.

What do they like?

Hm?

Train otaku.

What do they like about trains?

Well...

They are romantics.

I guess.

Roman?

Mm.

What is that?

Romance. [In the artistic sense of the word]

Train... romance?

They see the beauty in trains.

Oh.

Some study trains and timetables and things like that.

Oh, it's here!

Hey, Junichi!

Hm?

If my hat fell in the rice paddy, would you go get it?

Sure.

Really?

Why?

Really??

What about your shoes?

I would take off my shoes.

Oh, thank you! ＼(^▽^✲)ノ

These are the tracks of the tractor that helps plant rice.

Where does it go in the rice paddy?

Hm?

Where does it go in?

Like how does it get in?

They just go in from here.

Oh.

It doesn't get stuck?

No. It's big.

What does it do?

It plants rice.

Oh.

This is the first gate? For Konomiya shrine?

Torii.

Torii?

It's the first gate.

Oh, okay.

There's a really big drop-off here.

You have to be careful when riding your bike so you don't fall in.

And they have these for rice paddies, too?

Like over there.

Have you ever fallen off into a rice paddy off of a drop-off that high?

Yes.

Really? One this high?

Yep.

What happened?

I got wet.

It was cold.

These are sakura, right?

Yeah.

Sakura.

All of them?

All of them.

In the spring they're all blooming.

I was here... last year for it?

I was here last year for it, right?

That's right. You wore a kimono.

They were so pretty!

Konomiya Shrine!

They're adding a new section over there.

That was open the last time I was here.

They're rebuilding now.

This is embarrassing but I forgot to bring my wallet.

Let's go home.

You don't have any money??

We can't pray at the shrime...

Let's sit down and rest a bit. It's hot.

I can't sit down...

I have a towel in my hat.

'Cause my head is too small.

We're heading home now.

We'll be there in about five minutes.

That's so far...

Really?

Well, we've already been walking for like... fifteen minutes?

Uhh... no.

Forty.

Forty...? No, I mean since Konomiya.

Ahh, right.

The best conveyor-belt sushi... Sushiro!

This is a river, sort of.

They put a cover over it so we could walk here.

There's water under here now, right?

Yep.

You can see it over there.

You can see it here!

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