Most shops are basically closed at eight o'clock, and many shops are even closed at five or six o'clock.
The only stores open after 8 o'clock are generally convenience stores, izakayas, KTVs, pachinko and bowling alleys.
However, Naramachi, as one of the few commercial streets in Nara, still has many shops open at this time.
However, compared to Tokyo's commercial streets, such as Akihabara, which are still brightly lit at 11 or 12 o'clock in the evening, Naramachi seems much quieter.
The street was very narrow, about the same width as the bamboo path that Yushan and his friends had walked along in the afternoon.
However, the streets of Nara are basically painted in this style.
Although it is the most important and prosperous commercial street in Nara, most of the shops are closed at this time.
The few remaining shops that were still open were mainly izakayas and KTVs. Yushan and his friends had no intention of going in to wander around.
Chapter 2473 Pachinko and Mochi Shop
The entire Naramachi commercial street is not long, only about three or four hundred meters in length. After a few people strolled casually, they had already walked more than half of the way.
"It seems... there aren't many snacks to buy." Looking at the commercial street where less than half of the space was left, Tsuchima couldn't help but say.
"Let's walk a little longer, just treat it as a stroll." Yushan Kazuto smiled.
"Isn't there a Lawson at the end? If you don't see any suitable stores, it's not too late to go to Lawson and buy something."
Hearing this, Tsuchima Mai couldn't help but blink slightly and looked into the distance at the end of the road. It seemed that there really was a Lawson convenience store.
The main reason is that Lawson’s decoration style is easy to recognize and can be seen at a glance.
As for the rest of the shops, it’s a little hard to tell.
"By the way, why don't senior sisters Hui and Ningzi come out?" On the other side, Yuuki Asuna spoke.
"Ningzi is a little tired, so she's going to take a bath and rest. Hui and Ningzi are going to take a hot spring bath together." Yushan Kazuto said.
"Great Demon Lord Yushan knows so much about death!" Upon hearing this, Toumori Sanae couldn't help but say sadly.
"Didn't you send a message asking me to ask Hui and Ningzi whether they are coming?" Yushan Heren said, blinking.
If Toumori Sanae and others had invited Kato Megumi and Fujinomiya Ningzi, the two might not have found it difficult to refuse.
In front of Yushan and Ren, the two of them were more casual.
In addition, Kato Megumi and Fujinomiya Ningko were not in the habit of eating at night, so they simply refused.
"Why are there so few people here?" Rikka Takanashi suddenly asked.
She thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure it out. Nara is a very famous city, so why are there so few pedestrians on the main commercial street at night?
If you are in Tokyo, let alone those famous streets, even an ordinary commercial street should still be brightly lit at this time.
Hearing the sudden question from Rikka Takanashi, Kazuto Yuyama couldn't help but look at each other.
I saw Rikka Takanashi before, and she seemed to be always with her head down in thought about something. Could she be thinking about this kind of problem?
"There are probably two main reasons." After thinking about it, Yushan and Ren said.
"First, this is the work and rest schedule in Kansai. At night, fewer people are willing to go out, so naturally there are fewer shops open."
"Secondly, although Nara is famous, it is actually just a small city with a population of more than 300,000. It does not have the population base of Tokyo."
The entire Nara Prefecture has a population of only about million, which is not even as populous as a district in Tokyo.
If there are many residents, even if the proportion of residents willing to go out at night is relatively low, it can still support the night market in Naramachi.
However, there are relatively few residents here, and people are reluctant to go out at night, so the whole street naturally seems a bit deserted.
As they talked, they walked forward a considerable distance.
Seeing a small entrance on the side of the road, Tsuchima stopped in her tracks and asked, "What kind of store is this?"
Hearing this, Yushan and a few others also stopped and looked at the store entrance that Domama was looking at.
From time to time, some anime sounds could be heard in the shop, and it was this that attracted the attention of Tsuchimami Yui.
"Anyway, it's not a claw machine store." Seeing that Tsuchima Yui was eager to try, Yushan Kazuto broke her fantasy.
"But...but it looks a lot like some claw machine stores!" Tsuchima Mai couldn't help but say.
In the entrance corridor, one can see the logos of companies such as Sega, Namco Bandai, etc., which made Tsuchima Mai wonder if Yuyama Kazuto was fooling her.
"This should be a pachinko shop." Upon hearing this, Yushan Kazuto shrugged and said.
"Bai, Bai Qing brother?" Hearing the words of Yushan Heren, Domama Mai was stunned.
"Well, there's a high probability that if you listen carefully, you can hear the sound of marbles." Yushan Heren said.
Hearing this, Tujian and the others couldn't help but prick up their ears.
Although the various music in the store seems quite noisy, if you listen carefully, you can actually hear the sound of marbles hitting each other.
"What is Pachinko? Is it a shop for playing pinball?" On the other side, Rikka Takanashi couldn't help but ask.
She had no idea about pachinko, but she had a great passion for playing marbles.
"It's almost like that, but we can't enter." Hearing this, Yushan Kazuto couldn't help but look at Rikka Takanashi and said.
"Why, why?" After listening to what Yushan Kazuto said, Rikka Takanashi couldn't help but feel discouraged. She originally wanted to go in and experience the feeling of playing marbles!
"You must be twenty-one years old to enter a pachinko parlor," said Yushan Kazuto.
Japan has relatively strict regulations regarding pachinko. Even young men who have just reached adulthood are not allowed to enter. They must be at least 21 years old.
However, regulations are regulations, and the government has no control over how pachinko parlors implement them.
Yushan dared to bet with others that if they walked into the store now, there was an 80% chance that they would not be kicked out.
Of the remaining 20% probability, there is a 15% chance that Sanae Touma and Rikka Takanashi will be kicked out of the store, leaving behind Kazuto Hayama, Yui Doma and Asuna Yuuki.
There is only a 5% chance that all five of them will be kicked out together.
As for why Yushan and others are treated differently, it is mainly because of Sanae Touma and Kotori Yu
Rikka looks too much like an elementary school student.
If you ask anyone on the street to guess the age of the two, probably no one would guess that they are from high school. At most, junior high school students are already incredible.
"Okay then." After hearing the rules of the pachinko shop, Rikka Takanashi could only sigh and said.
Sanae Toumori stood beside Rikka Takanashi, but couldn't help but look at her. She could only sigh that Rikka Takanashi was really easy to fool.
The few of them continued forward, and after a few steps, they saw a foreign exchange shop.
Of course, this is not a shop for exchanging foreign currency, but a pachinko shop, a place for exchanging gifts.
If you win a gift or a steel ball at a pachinko parlor, you can bring the gift to a currency exchange shop.
Looking at the foreign exchange shop in front of him, Yushan Heren became more certain that his previous judgment was correct.
Even after walking to the end of Naramachi, Yushan and his companions couldn't find a snack shop.
I had heard that Naramachi's mochi was very famous, but as I walked along, I found that all the mochi shops were closed.
But this is normal. After all, the business strategy of this mochi shop is actually quite cautious.
I would rather make less mochi every day and sell them out early than make more and take the risk.
Therefore, mochi shops in Naramachi are usually closed before 7pm.
Chapter 2474 Mochi Ice Cream
"Let's go to Rosen."
Standing at the intersection at the end of Naramachi, looking around casually, Yushan Kazuto had no choice but to speak.
I walked around the entire Naramachi and didn't see any snack shops that were still open. But I had no other choice but to choose Lawson.
Originally, Yushan Kazuto thought that after all, Naramachi is also the core commercial street in Nara, there must be one or two snack shops still open.
After all, it’s not too late now, it’s not even nine o’clock yet!
However, the opposite happened. As I walked along the way, I didn't see any snack shop that was still open.
Of course, this is also related to the increasing commercialization of Naramachi in recent years.
The shops in Naramachi today are no longer as distinctive as they were in the past, and have shown some signs of urban assimilation.
Under such circumstances, the number of snack shops in the entire Naramachi has been greatly reduced, and they have been replaced by some coffee shops, handicraft and jewelry shops.
If it were a few years earlier, around nine o'clock in the evening, you could still find a few snack shops still open.
After taking a look at the Lawson sign, Yushan Kazuto couldn't help but sigh.
When they were halfway through the journey, he said that at worst they could go to Lawson to buy something, but he didn't expect that his words would come true.
When they reached the door of Rosen, Toumori Sanae suddenly discovered something: "Great Demon Lord Yushan, come and see Death!"
"What's wrong?" Hearing Toumori Sanae's call, Yushan Kazuto walked over and asked.
"Is that an ice cream shop called Death over there?" Toumori Sanae pointed to a small shop not far away.
Looking up and following the direction pointed by Touma Sanae, Yushan Kazuto actually saw an ice cream shop.
I didn't expect that after walking through the entire Naramachi, I couldn't find any shop selling snacks. Now that I have walked out of Naramachi, I saw one. It feels like a new world has been discovered after a dark period.
"Is there an ice cream shop?" Listening to the conversation between Yushan Kazuto and Touma Sanae, Tsuchima Mei couldn't help but jump out and asked.
"There is one over there." Yushan Heren nodded and said.
"Then let's go eat ice cream!" said Tsuchima.
The few of them didn't have much idea about Lawson. After all, the things sold in Lawson stores can also be sold in Lawson stores in Tokyo.
Everyone wanted to try the special snacks of Kansai. They heard that the ice cream in Kansai was a little different from that in Kanto, which aroused everyone's curiosity.
"Let's go over and take a look first." After thinking about it, Yushan Heren nodded.
There's no rush anyway, it won't be too late to go over and take a look at the situation before making a decision.
They nodded and walked towards the ice cream shop.
In Tokyo, it is not uncommon to see ice cream shops open at this time. You can basically see one if you walk a certain distance. However, in Nara, this shop may be the only one.
"welcome."
Seeing Yushan and his companions walk into the store, several shop assistants in the store spoke together.
Hearing this, Yushan Heren couldn't help but blink slightly. He didn't expect that the service in this ice cream shop was so enthusiastic!
"What do you want to eat? Feel free to order anything you want!"
Listening to the clerk's words, Yushan and the others nodded and looked at the menu in front of them.
"What does this mochi ice cream look like?"
At the top of the menu is mochi ice cream, which is not expensive, and can even be said to be too cheap, at only 200 yen.
Seeing that the rest of the ice creams all started at 800 yen, the price of this mochi ice cream seemed a bit out of place here, so Yushan and Ren asked.
"They come in individual coin packs. Each coin costs 200 yen, and a box of six coins costs 1,100 yen."
When he saw the single-serving mochi ice cream in the clerk's hand, Yushan Kazuto finally understood why the price was so cheap.
This single-serve mochi ice cream is a little too small. Even a person with a small mouth like Sanae Touma might not be able to finish one in one bite.
There are six pieces in a box, and even if they are added together, they are probably not as big as other ice creams. It is no wonder that the price is relatively low.
However, despite this, Yushan Kazuto still planned to give it a try.
After all, mochi is considered a specialty snack in Nara, so after arriving, Yushan and Ren also planned to try it.
"A box of mochi ice cream and an almond ice cream." After thinking for a while, Yushan Heren spoke.
"Okay, is there anything else I need?" The clerk quickly entered Yushan Kazuto's order on the computer and asked politely.
"Just order whatever you want to eat." Turning around, Yushan Heren couldn't help but glance at Domama Yui and the others and said.
Several people then came forward and placed their orders.
Yui Doma ordered a strawberry ice cream, Asuna Yuuki ordered a vanilla one, and Rikka Takanashi ordered a chocolate one.
As for Sanae Touma, she did not order ice cream, but instead chose a bowl of mochi and red bean smoothie.
Although she has now overcome her aversion to milk, she still tries not to taste dairy products if she can avoid it.
