It took about three and a half hours to travel on the Shinkansen. I hadn't visited the station since my mother's death.　Was it like this?
　Hmmm. I don't feel like I miss it too much. Well, it was more than a decade ago that I was here before, so it's probably natural in a way that I don't remember much about it.

　There is also a way to check in at the hotel where we are planning to stay and leave our luggage here.......but the magic box is normally available in this world as well, so we can check in later.
　So I decided to go to one of the destinations of this time, the Brazilian Park Washuzan Highland in Okayama.
　Why did we go to "Brazilian Park"?　I think they were doing samba in my vague memory. Mom said, "This is the amusement park in Okayama". By the way, my dad said, "Hey, why don't we go to Tivoli Park," as if he was afraid of something. I think she said that.

　By the way, this Washuzan Highland.......according to the internet, it's only open until 5pm on weekdays. It's a pity that there are no fireworks or parade at night... but there are two samba shows among the eight daily events.
　And there are two "Learn About Brazil" shows, half of which are samba and Brazil. I can't help but feel that they are very passionate about it.
　By the way, what struck me when I checked out the Washuzan Highlands website was that if you remove the café from the park's menu, you have two choices of places to eat: "Restaurant Goonies" or "Okonomiyaki Shop Himawari". You could have let them out.

　Well, let's leave it at that and change trains. Well, according to what I found on my phone, the nearest station is Kojima Station. It's about 30 minutes from Okayama to Kojima Station on the Seto-ohashi Line.
　While I was doing some research, I also learned of the existence of a sightseeing train called "La Mar de Bois", but I decided to take a regular train this time, considering the possibility of being at a loss for a changeover. I would like to take the train if I have a chance to do so someday.

'Kaito-kun!　Look, these kibidango are really delicious!
I don't know when you got it... By the way, my recommendation would be the 'Oteimanju'
I'll get it!
"What?

　The Otei Manju is a thin bun with a thin crust and a lot of bean paste, but it is not too sweet. When we came to Okayama, I always begged my mother to buy it for me....
　There are more and more souvenirs that I don't know about.......Okayama rolls?　Is that even possible....

　As I was thinking about this, Kuro came back from buying a big manjuu, so we moved to the Seto-ohashi Line stop.
　On the way, Kuro mentioned something about the new baby sponge cakes, but I wasn't sure if it was the kibidango or the Otei Manju, but I was somewhat worried that I was staring at the "mamakari" fish.








　After taking the train to Kojima Station, we took a bus for five minutes and arrived safely at our destination, Washuzan Highland.

'Oh, so this is what Yuenchi is all about!　Wow!
Black, I know what you're thinking, but I have to buy the tickets over there first.
Yeah!

　Smiling at the excited Kuro, I head to the ticket booth. Well, I don't care how old you are, it's impossible to be over 60 years old with Kuro's appearance, so I'll just buy two adult tickets.

'Welcome!'
Excuse me, two adults.
Sir, we have a children's pass for elementary school students.
....

　Suddenly Kuro turned into a straight face. I, no, it's true that Kuro is small, and to some people he might look like a schoolboy.......

''........two adults....
I'm sorry, sir.

　Kuro, who is pulling and shaking his shoulders, seems to want to say something, but I pretend not to notice and quickly purchase a free pass.
　And then, in a hurry, I pulled away from Kuro's hand and headed for the entrance gate, where I heard a disgruntled voice.

"....I'm an adult.
No, no, see, it's not like the guy in charge had any bad intentions...
I'm an adult... and I'm older than you, Kite.
I know!　I know what I'm doing!　Okay?　Come on, be in a good mood...
Mmmmmm.

　On the other side of the world, Black is a celebrity extraordinaire and no one treats her like a child.
　Is that why?　Apparently he was really unhappy about being treated like a child at the ticket booth, and Kuro's cheeks were puffed up like a squirrel. Well, I guess he thinks he's mad at me, but he's just being cute.

"Look, Black. Since it's a date, let's have fun.
''Uh, yeah. If you're understanding me correctly, Kite, then...
Yeah, Black is a very attractive, mature woman, you know that, right?
Oh, yeah?　Ehehe, it makes me so happy to hear you say that, Kite.

　Black smiles at that. It seems that his mood has been restored. The ever-changing expression on his face was so cute that I couldn't help but want to give him a hug, but I have to be patient because that's where it is.
　Anyway, let's pull ourselves together and enjoy the amusement park.