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Chapter 4 Part 6 | Contents | Chapter 5 Part 2 As I walked through the city, a light rhythm, “♪ konchikichin, konchikichin ♪” flowed by. It seemed that the ohayashi of the Gion Festival were raising the excitement for the upcoming festival. By the way, “konchikichin” is the sound produced by the ohayashi that is a representative onomatopoeia of the Gion Festival, my ears did not actually hear...

Full Text Chapter 4 Part 5 | Contents | Chapter 5 Part 1 As we left the mountain villa, the brilliant evening sun colored the west sky. So it’s already sunset. Was that a long meeting, or a short one? “I wonder if my mother is alright.” Fuyuki-san turned back to look at the villa with concern. “Kurashina went after her, so she should be fine.” Holmes-san replied as he reached the car. “Oh yes...

Full Text Chapter 4 Part 4 | Contents | Chapter 4 Part 6 —We waited for another 10 minutes or so. While drinking some tea, I was touching the flowing river with my hand and saying, “As I thought, it’s cold,” when Kajiwara-san’s emissary arrived at the front of the shop to receive us. “I am Kajiwara’s secretary, Kurashina.” The smart-looking man who was bowing and introducing himself was...

Full Text Chapter 4 Part 3 | Contents | Chapter 4 Part 5 After exiting Kifune Shrine, we descended down a mountain path to get to the riverside. As we did so, we could see a few restaurants with Kawadoko dining areas. (There are actually quite a lot of restaurants doing Kawadoko.) The ambience in each store also varied, and there were even Western-style Kawadoko restaurants with vermillion...

Full Text Chapter 4 Part 2 | Contents | Chapter 4 Part 4 Finally, we reached our destination, Kurama Station. It was a small, old-fashioned station. “…It’s like the train station in Poppoya.” Hang on, that was set in Hokkaido, right? Small, old stations are probably common everywhere. Even so, this station still felt like Kurama, since it was decorated a picture of Yoshitsune and Benkei. Upon...

Full Text Chapter 4 Part 1 | Contents | Chapter 4 Part 3 “—Alright.” The next day at nine o’clock in the morning, I went to Demachiyanagi Station to meet with Holmes-san. I arrived slightly earlier than the meeting time, and properly parked my bicycle at the bicycle lot next to the station. Incidentally, Demachiyanagi Station is just to the East of the confluence of the Kamogawa River and...

Full Text Chapter 3 Part 4 | Contents | Chapter 4 Part 2 This was the season in which the leaves were developing a deeper shade of green. “If it’s alright with you, could we go together?” Holmes-san had asked when I mentioned that I would be going to Mt.Kurama. Whenever I remember the gentle smile he wore back then, I would get a tingling sensation. It was a Friday evening in the first few days...