I teach kendo in Tokyo

One afternoon in late June, Teacher Tachibana finished writing the last paragraph of blackboard writing, and the bell rang just in time for the end of get out of class.

"Wait a minute, don't be impatient!" Teacher Tachibana said to calm the restless students, and especially glanced at the "Kiryu Kazuma Group" sitting in the corner.

"I know that your hearts have already gone to the festival, but I still want to remind you that after the festival is the final exam. Those who fail must go back to school during the summer for tutoring, and they cannot participate in club activities during the summer."

Teacher Tachibana looked at Kazuma and added: "Even if you fail just one subject, you still have to come back for tutoring. Some people's Chinese language and history are very dangerous."

Kiryu Kazuma smiled awkwardly and said, "Don't worry, teacher, I..."

Before he could finish his words, the number one in the class - no, he's the second now - Yamada Yoichi took over the topic: "Teacher, don't worry, our Kiryu and Majun have beautiful girls every day." Surrounded by stars and the moon, teach him Chinese language and history, and he will definitely not fail."

Teacher Tachibana glanced at Yamada Yoichi and couldn't help but laugh.

Mr. Tachibana was also young, so how could he not detect Yoichi Yamada's jealousy?

"Yamada, if you are envious, you should build a good relationship with girls, or try to make yourself more attractive. You look like a clown now."

Teacher Tachibana paused and added: "I'm not ridiculing you, I'm telling you about my own experience.

"Working hard to make yourself better is the right way. When you become good enough, beautiful girls will come to you."

Yamada Yoichi looked impatient: "Oh, I know! But teacher, aren't you single?"

"That's because I'm not good enough." Teacher Tachibana responded calmly, "Being able to admit that you are not good enough is called the tolerance of an adult. This tolerance is the basis for progress."

After all, Mr. Tachibana has been working as a teacher for so many years, and he habitually lectures, but unfortunately he found that Yoichi Yamada did not listen.

That's all, Teacher Tachibana thought to himself, preaching is a gift to those children who can listen.

He looked at Kiryu Kazuma: "Anyway, you have to be careful, Kiryu-kun, don't be deceived by Wenrouxiang and lose your way.

"If love doesn't increase your wisdom and strength, it's just lust."

He Ma responded: "I know this sentence, it's Chernyshevsky."

Teacher Tachibana frowned slightly, looked at Kazuma again, and said again: "Modest love is indestructible."

"Dostoyevsky." Kazuma answered instantly again.

"I never knew you knew so much about Russian literature." Teacher Tachibana looked in disbelief, "You refreshed my knowledge again.

"But I still have to warn you, don't be too crazy today for the final exam next week! If you fail in one subject, your kendo competition and all other music club competitions will be ruined.

“If you don’t want to spend your last summer in high school having to make up classes every day and be surrounded by the chirping of cicadas, just give me a good grade!

"Besides, during tonight's festival, all the teachers in the school will go out to monitor the conduct. Don't try to play tricks, understand? You can only hold hands, at most! Okay, get out of class is over!"

When the chairman heard the teacher's words, he immediately shouted the command: "Stand up and salute."

Teacher Tachibana glanced at Kazuma again before leaving the classroom.

As soon as he left, the whole classroom buzzed with noise, and the young people talked excitedly about tonight's festival.

This was 1980, and video games still only had things like "Ping Pong". Nintendo had not yet created a generation of classic FC, let alone having "endless fun with Little Overlord" engraved in its DNA for life.

Entertainment activities in this era are much scarcer than in 2020, and festivals are also full of temptations for high school students.

Unlike later, high school students would rather stay at home and play video games than go to festivals.

The whole classroom was filled with youthful restlessness, and the concentration of hormones in the air was suffocatingly high.

Mikako, who had been waiting outside the door, rushed in and patted Kazuma on the shoulder: "Festival! Let's go together! My mother asked Chiyoko to come to our house and she will help her put on her yukata!"

Nanjo: "Then I'll go over there and get rid of my aunt and help me put it on."

Mikako instantly performed a trick and changed her face: "Why, Nanjo, you have a lot of servants at home..."

"Then I'll have to go to Kiryu's sword dojo to change."

"Can't you change at home and then come out?" Mikako shouted.

The chairman of the committee pushed up his glasses and stood up: "I will not join in your fight. I will be ready and wait for you at the 2-chome intersection."

Kazuma joked, "Hey, I thought you were going to work part-time as a miko or something."

After the words fell, the three girls looked at Kazuma with surprise on their faces.

Mikako: "Miko? What's the matter with a miko?"

"No?" Kazuma scratched his head. The festival in his mind was closely related to yukatas, witch costumes and fireworks.

Nanjo: "It's impossible for a shrine maiden to appear in Emperor Shakten's festival, right?"

Shakten is a famous temple in the Gurashi District. It appears in the opening lines of the Japanese national comedy film "The Story of Torajiro" and has become well-known in recent years.

Kazuma was stunned, would the temple also hold festivals? This was a bit beyond his expectation, but he immediately covered it up: "I want to see a witch."

"Then you have to wait for the Bon Festival. You can see real shrine maidens in the parade and the shrine maiden dance at night." Mikako smiled, "That's strange. I remember you didn't like shrine maidens in the past, Kazuma, and you said you couldn't hide it. It’s too strict.”

Kazuma thought to himself, the original owner in the past really didn't understand how the charm of the miko uniform could be praised.

But on the surface, Kazuma prevaricates like this: "People's aesthetics will change. I think the miko uniform is good now. So, let's go back to our homes now and see you at the 2-chome intersection later?"

"Eh? Why don't you bring Chiyoko over to my house?" Mikako said, "Kazuma, do you want to help Chiyoko put on a yukata? Oh, it's true."

Kazuma sighed: "Chiyoko, there is no yukata. Yesterday she found the previous one and tried it, but she couldn't wear it anymore."

The yukata is actually wrapped in a piece of cloth. It is highly adaptable to the body shape. The tightness is controlled by the belt.

But Chiyoko can no longer wear the yukata she had when she was a child.

Mikako sighed: "That's really amazing growth, but isn't it pitiful that the girls don't have yukata to wear during the festival?"

"No, there are a lot of girls going without wearing yukatas now." said the Chairman, "I'm not going to wear yukata either, it's too troublesome.

"Besides, neither a yukata nor a kimono is convenient for movement. I think it is better to wear loose clothes that can make you feel comfortable as a relaxing activity during preparation for the exam. I sincerely recommend that you wear this too."

Kazuma spread his hands and said, "I agree."

But he could see that Nanjo and Mikako would never give up this opportunity to show off their feminine charms.