It's freezing. Nothing quite chills your bones like ocean air in the winter.

Yeah. Even I'm wide awake in this cold.

Welcome to Uchiura, everyone!

We hope you have a blast on your Uranohoshi-style New Year's shrine visit, zura!

We can't wait to get started! Right, Maki?

That's right. Though I wonder where we're headed, since we're all in our practice outfits. Is there even a big shrine out here?

No, not exactly. Our shrine visit has already begun, actually.

What does that mean? I can't see a temple or a shrine anywhere I look.

*Chuckle* It's time for our Uranohoshi-style New Year's shrine visit to start for real, zura.

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*Huff* *Puff* I never would have guessed that our shrine visit would start out with a training regimen.

*Pant* *Gasp* I thought the idea was to relax during the New Year's holiday.

Climbing up stairs like these first thing in the new year is no easy feat.

It's BECAUSE it's the new year that we're climbing up the stairs! Otherwise, it wouldn't be a New Year's shrine visit, zura.

It sounds like an Uranohoshi-style first shrine visit is kind of intense.

*Huff* *Puff* I'm gonna crash any second now.

You can take your time, Kanata. It's okay. Slow and steady.

Go on without me, Riko…

You know, I actually kinda like this sort of thing!

Really? It's not wearing you down?

Not one bit! I tend to veg out during the New Year holiday, so getting in some exercise honestly feels pretty good.

*Pant* *Gasp* It's tough, but it does feel great when you take a nice deep breath of fresh air.

*Inhale* *Exhale*

*Inhale* *Exhale* Huh, you're right. I do feel better. The air's so clean here, it feels amazing!

Glad to hear it.

I usually spend New Year's tucked under a heated kotatsu table, so this is a really refreshing change of pace.

*Sigh* The peak doesn't look too far off.

We'll go back down the other side once we reach the peak. We're gonna run this circuit three times.

Whaaaaaat?! We made it all the way to the top only to come right back down again?!

Hmm. This Uranohoshi-style shrine visit is pretty serious.

Fine by me! I'm raring and ready to go!

S-Someone please help meeee!