THE POISON LOTUS

What is it like to spend an evening with a geisha? I recently got to do this.

Horuto, Nagisa's uncle was organising an evening with a couple of geishas in a private tea house, of which he was the owner.

A Toyota 2000GT drove outside the Horuto's chashitsu. I came down the car and tossed the keys to a waiting grinning Japanese servant boy.

" Take care of her," I said to him and adjusted my suit.

The boy nodded and bowed. There's one thing I love about Japan. They do know a lot about accuracy and order. I've enjoyed their parking service. It's nice.

I stared at Haruto's Chashitsu. It was just as Knife had described it to me. Chashitsu is a Japanese architectural space designed to be used for tea ceremony gatherings.

Aside the teas, Haruto's Chashitsu also has an onsen.

An onsen is a natural hot spring bath, and thanks to its plentiful volcanic activity Japan has lots of them. Onsen water is geothermally heated beneath the ground and rises to the surface bubbling hot.

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