An adult stories – Paradise on Earth by EmiTsuruta,EmiTsuruta By Emi Tsuruta
The summer after my junior year in Oceanview U. in California, I went back home to Japan to Kamakura to see my family and friends. I was happy to see my mom again, but she had hoped, I guess, that I would just spend a couple of quiet weeks at home with her, cooking, shopping and telling her about my time in the States. I really love my mom of course, but she can be a bit overprotective at times.
That’s one reason why I was so happy when my mom’s younger sister, Aunt Sachie, gave me a call. Even though Aunt Sachie is the same generation as my mom, she is more of a live wire, joking all the time and really enjoying her life. I’ve always felt a bond with Sachi, and she sounded so pleased to find out I was back. She told me that her husband, Uncle Yuuzou, had a vacation coming up. They’d made plans to go on a day trip to a mountain in the western wilds of Tokyo, and she invited me to come along.
“Mom, can I? Please!” I pleaded. Even though Mom and Sachi are so different, they get along well.
“Um, yes, I guess that would be alright,” Mom agreed.
“Yay! I can go,” I told Sachie, all excited now.
The morning of the trip, I got up early, and rummaged through my closet trying to decide what to wear. Even though I didn’t know I’d go mountain climbing, I’d brought a pair of khaki cargo shorts with me, but I didn’t have my matching safari jacket. I did find a nice powder blue button-down shirt that might work, and took a pair of white panties and a white sports bra down with me to the bath area, and had a quick shower before getting dressed. I heard Uncle Yuuzou pull up outside, so I pulled on a pair of white sneakers, yelled bye to my mom, and went out to their car.
Sachi, Yuuzou and their son Hideki were all there. Sachi smiled, and gave me a brief hug. Sachi is a good looking woman, her black hair curled a bit, wearing dark sunglasses today hiding her eyes. She had on a beige jacket, black shorts and leggings, but just normal running shoes, not really mountain gear.
My uncle Yuuzou smiled, and reached out thanking me for coming. He is a bit of a silver fox (although his hair is black). He must have been quite handsome when he was younger. He still has a puckish grin and steely black eyes, movie star features. I couldn’t help but smile when I saw him all dressed up in his best mountain climber’s outfit, complete with knee-length shorts and a cap with a feather in it.
Hideki had turned 21. He looked handsome, big black eyes, his hair cut short. He didn’t really meet my gaze, maybe feeling guilty for all the times he’s teased me over the years. He was dressed pretty normal, a blue sweatshirt, shorts and sneakers.
Anyway, we all piled into the SUV, Hideki and I in the back.
“Welcome, Emi,” Sachi chirped. “It’s good to see you. You look bright-eyed and beautiful as ever.”
“Yeah, I am looking forward to this. I don’t think I’ve been to the mountains in Tokyo. Where’s Namie?” Hideki’s sister.
“Oh she’s in Hiratsuka with Ryoichi, but she sends her love.” Namie was a good friend. We’d traveled together to some hot springs the Christmas before I guess it was.
Sachi had brought some drinks and snacks, so we got to try them on the drive there. Hideki kept gazing out the window, but Sachi and Yuuzou quizzed me on what life was like in ‘America.’ I told them about school and trips I’d taken with Ryosuke et al. They’d all met him the one time we went to the beach, and had supper at their place.
At some point, we crossed over the border between Kanagawa and Tokyo. Even though this was officially Tokyo, this was the mountainous west part. We followed this winding two lane highway next to a river along these valleys with the odd house here and there with the mountain face rising sharply just behind them. This was even less developed than Kamakura, supposedly a country town. The mountains were all covered with green trees, so it was all quite scenic. I didn’t see many stores, but we did pass a police box with a patrol car outside. The front was all glass, but it didn’t look like anywhere was there. I got out my phone, and checked Maps. This was the only police box for miles, the last one before we reached the mountain. I guess there wasn’t much need for police out here in the wilds.
Eventually, we turned onto a brick road with elegant restaurants which all seemed to be closed. We stopped in front of the cable car station, but just so Yuuzou could check his map.
“Oh this is no good,” he muttered. “I want to get to the wild part.”
Sachi kind of looked at him, so he explained.
“This map has all the secret beauty spots marked, places which most tourists don’t know about. There is a magnificent waterfall I want to show you all.”
Sounded good to me. He started up the van again, and we went around behind the station on a road deep into the woods. This really was off the beaten track although we did see a hiker or two along the way. I think we were just traveling along next to the cable car tracks although we couldn’t see them. Eventually, the road ended, so we had to get out, and hike from there.
Yuuzou got out his camcorder, and videoed the scenery, explaining a bit as we hiked. Yuuzou is not very religious, but apparently, mountains had some special meaning in both Buddhism and Shinto. We did see the odd temple coming in.
Even though it’s a mountain, the hiking trails are not that steep. Sachi would stop here and there to pick mushrooms. It was quite peaceful and beautiful, the leaves on the bushes a brilliant green. We did pass a few hikers even up here. They’d nod, or raise their hand to greet us, and then walk on by.
Eventually, we came to the falls Yuuzou had mentioned at the end of this narrow valley. It was a beautiful waterfall, very high with a thin curtain of white water spraying down through the dense tropical jungle. There was a pond at the base with beautiful deep blue water. It honestly looked like something out of a movie.
I must have looked disappointed because Sachie looked over at me, questioning what was wrong.
“No, nothing,” I assured her. “I was just wishing I’d known we were coming here. I would have brought my swimsuit.”
Sachie looked over at Yuuzou, as if they shared some kind of secret.
“We could go in swimming,” she suggested, turning back to me.
“But we don’t have swimsuits,” I protested. Yuuzou scratched his nose, and Hideki avoided my gaze. It was obvious that there was something they weren’t telling me.
“It shouldn’t matter, should it?” Sachi continued. “We’re all family here.”
It sounded like she was hinting that we should all go skinny-dipping together! I have to say I was surprised by this. I’d known Sachi my whole life, and I knew of course that she was more open-minded than my mom, but even so… At first I thought it would be seriously weird for the four of us to get naked in front of each other. Was she serious, or just teasing me? Still not sure, I let out a nervous laugh.
“Ha! Yeah, right! That would be pretty funny!”
The expression on Sachie’s face was quite serious though. Maybe she isn’t joking. Uncle Yuuzou faced the other way, videoing the waterfall. However, I could tell from the way that Hideki was playing with the stones at the waterside, ears half-cocked, that he wasn’t surprised at his mom’s suggestion.
“Um, what? Do you mean…” I shook my head, still trying to get my mind around this. “Skinny-dip?”
“Sure, why not?” Sachie beamed, all smiles. “It’s no big deal really, is it?”
Now it was probably true that Sachie knows me better than most people. She’d seen me run around their house bottomless or naked a few times. I thought that might shock Sachie, but she just laughed, and now I was beginning to see why. Maybe they all are closet naturists.
“Um, have you… um… ever done anything like that before?” I asked cautiously. It must have sounded like I was asking for nudist credentials.
“We’ve been to co-ed hot springs. Hasn’t everybody?”
I’d forgotten how relaxed people are in Japan about nudity. In America, my host mom Loretta is always on me to behave. For Sachi, and probably Yuuzou and Hideki as well, it seemed like getting naked wasn’t such a big deal. But even so, I still felt weird. In recent years, my body has developed, my breasts gotten bigger, my black pubic hair quite bushy. Both Hideki and Yuuzou were adult men. Surely they must have desires…
Yuuzou set down his camcorder, and moved to take off his shirt.
“Yeah, it is kind of hot today. It would be nice to cool off.”
Hideki just kind of sat there quietly at the pond’s edge not saying anything while his parents got undressed. My uncle and aunt are no longer so young, but they didn’t seem ashamed about their bodies at all. They’d probably been to many a hot spring, and I guess they must have taken Hideki and Namie with them. Hideki seemed in no rush to get naked in front of me, but apparently, his parents were quite at ease with the whole idea.
One thing that was bothering me about this whole skinny-dipping plan was the other hikers we had seen on the trail on our way here. Someone could show up at any minute. Neither Sachie nor Uncle Yuuzou seemed too concerned though. They both stripped naked, and waded into the water for a dip. They both seemed to be in pretty good shape, toned and fit more than I was expecting.
“Oh the water’s great,” my uncle cried out. “Nice and refreshing.”
My uncle seemed right at home, not embarrassed in the least. I still felt self-conscious about stripping in front of Hideki. He did keep glancing over this way, seemingly a bit excited at the prospect of seeing me naked. Wouldn’t it be weird?
His mom and dad seemed so at ease with the whole nudity thing though that I began to wonder if I was the one who was being too prudish. I kicked off my sneakers, and took off my socks, but when I went to unbutton my shirt, Hideki’s eyes shot over this way. He was surprised I guess that I seemed willing to strip in front of him. I must admit that the thought of taking off my clothes with him watching was giving me butterflies. In the past, I’d tried not to tease him. It was kind of strange to be getting naked in front of him ‘for free.’
I glared at him, trying to get him to stop watching me, and get undressed himself. He scrunched up his face to signal that he didn’t want to, but I wasn’t really so keen on being the first of us two. He is maybe a bit skinnier than Ryosuke, but my friend Michiyo thinks he’s cute. We stayed there for a while watching each other, both waiting for the other to strip.
Slowly, I began to worry that if I didn’t go in swimming soon, other people would come, and I’d miss my chance. My uncle had already come back to shore, and headed for where he’d left his stuff. My aunt was still happily swimming away, so I finally made up my mind to strip down, and go in for a quick dip at least.
Since unbuttoning my shirt had gotten such a big reaction from Hideki, this time I undid the belt on my cargo shorts first. Hideki was facing away from me, but he was kind of watching me out of the corner of his eye. Trying to act like I didn’t care, I undid the buttons that run down the front of my shorts, and peeked down checking what kind of panties I was wearing. Luckily, I had on plain white stretch cotton panties that day, but the weave was slightly loose making them ever so slightly see-through.
I didn’t really want Hideki to see my panties, so I ended up pulling them down at the same time as my shorts. Unfortunately, this just got me excited as suddenly I was standing here bottomless in front of them all. I don’t know why I was getting so worked up. They were my family after all, but the breeze was tickling me down below. I guess getting naked reminds me of sex. Also, you’ve got to admit, there is something kinky about wearing just a top, but being naked from the waist on down.
I stuffed my shorts and panties into my bag, and then carefully picked my way across the pebbly bank down to the water’s edge. The tingly feeling in my nether regions was really ramping up now. I glanced over at my uncle only to find that he’d come to shore, and got his camcorder. Placing my hands on the bare cheeks of my bottom, I glanced down at my pussy, a bit embarrassed to be caught on camera. I did think it was a bit weird for him to be videoing me, his own niece, but Sachi didn’t seem concerned, so maybe it wasn’t that strange. I guess he just wanted to record the moment for their family album, but to tell you the truth, being filmed was getting me going even more.
I turned back to Hideki to see what he was doing. He quickly turned away from me, and skipped a stone across the surface of the pond, but clearly, he’d been staring at my bare bottom. I did feel strange with the two of them making such a big deal, but I was more or less committed now. I unbuttoned the rest of my shirt. Almost without realizing it, I arched my back to accent my bottom and breasts as I peeled off my shirt. I looked even sillier with just my bra on, so I quickly took it off, and stuffed it in the bag with the rest of my clothes. I was stark naked now in front of the three of them, and boy did it feel embarrassing!
“Hideki, aren’t you going to come in?” I taunted as I made my way down to the water’s edge. It seems my show of bravery had shook him out of his stupor, and he quickly peeled off his clothes to join me. He was quite slender, his skin so pink, his body almost hairless. I tried not to stare.
Within a minute or two, Hideki was naked, and followed me in, splashing me from behind. I splashed him back, giggling, happy I guess to be doing something that seemed so playful and innocent. I kept backing up to get away from Hideki’s splashing, but soon he was almost splashing his mom, so she motioned for us to stop. So as not to bother her, we moved off to the side and into the deeper water where you could swim.
The water nearest the falls was quite deep indeed, so I began to wonder if I could go up the cliff side, and make a dive from above. I climbed out of the pond onto the bank. The cliff was too sheer on that side to climb up. I looked across the pond to the other side, and there seemed to be some flat stones that led to a trail up the cliff side. I was shivering a bit from the cool air, but rather than go back into the water, I walked along the pebbly shore towards my uncle intending to walk all the way around the pond. My uncle, never the shy one, pointed his camcorder right at me, as I walked up to him dripping wet and naked.
“Uncle!” I squealed, a bit embarrassed to be videoed from so close up. He just laughed though, obviously delighted. I’d been swimming a lot in Oceanview, and so was actually happy with how I looked at that time: slender waist, washboard stomach, firm calves and hips. I dabbed my fingers at my nipples which were shining pink in the strange jungle light. My pussy was tingling too, but I didn’t dare touch it with all of them looking on.
After I passed him, my uncle turned to video me my rear end as well, so I gave my booty a little shake just to tease him.
“Uncle, stop it!” I giggled pretending to object. He just laughed though. Hideki was staring straight at me, riveted. Sachi just smiled, as I made my way to the path, and then disappeared up the trail.
“Hey! Where are you going?” Hideki shouted after me.
“I want to see if there is a place you can dive off from,” I told him. The slope was quite sheer, but there was a sort of zigzag path leading up the side of the cliff. I kept slipping in the mud, but I slowly managed to make my way up to a diving platform of sorts higher up the cliff. By the time I got there though, something was going on down below. Uncle Yuuzou was rushing to pull his shorts on, and Sachie had gotten out of the water to get dressed as well. I scanned the valley until finally I saw them. It was a group of four or five hikers coming down the valley this way: one youngish man and a group of ladies all in climbing gear.
I looked down at my naked body, a bit worried. Now what do I do? I guess I could just hide somewhere until they move along, but who knows how long that might be. I couldn’t see Hideki, but he must be down there somewhere. What on earth am I doing up here–buck naked–anyway?
My uncle was the first to get decent, but instead of grabbing my bag, and bringing it to me, he just stood there watching to see what I would do. I could climb back down, but these hikers were almost here now. I couldn’t make it to my clothes in time.
Anyway, I backed away from the edge of the jump-off trying to keep out of sight as the hikers came up to the pond. Over the roar of the falls, I could vaguely hear my uncle greeting them. Oh come on, guys. This isn’t funny! Bring me my clothes!
I put my hand between my breasts, feeling my heart beat. I was worried that the hikers might come up the same path I did. It did seem to be the only way to continue on. After I’d been standing here shivering and naked for what seemed like an eternity, I heard the rustling of bushes, someone coming. I braced myself for the worst, but it turned out to be Hideki. He was wearing shorts now, but wasn’t carrying anything for me to wear. He just peered down at my naked body, excited to see me all wet and embarrassed.
“Here! Can you go get me my bag?” I whispered to him. He motioned that I should be quiet as the hikers were right behind him, on the way up the hill now. I couldn’t stay standing here, and they’d be on us any second. Hideki motioned for me to continue on up the cliff towards the top. I scrambled up to get away. I could feel Hideki’s eyes on my backside, but there wasn’t much I could do.
The main path continued along the river bank. I couldn’t see a bridge, and the jungle was fairly thick to our right. I looked to Hideki, asking what I should do, but it was obvious we were kind of stuck. We could set out down the river bank, but I didn’t want to go too far from my clothes. We finally opted to stop, and just let whatever happen.
I motioned for Hideki to come closer, so I could hide behind him, but he was just staring at my body, drooling. I saw the hikers climbing up. The young guy was in the lead, but he didn’t clue in at first. As soon as all of them made it up, I walked past them, and tried to escape back down the path. The guy turned to stare at my bare bottom, but none of them said anything. I don’t know what they thought.
Hideki followed me down the cliff-side, this goofy grin on his face. I don’t know why I let them talk me into this in the first place. It was all so embarrassing.
The hikers must have kept on walking because when we got down to the jump off, I couldn’t hear them anymore.
“Jeez, that was close!” I gasped.
“You’re so funny,” he smirked. I pushed him towards the edge, but he grabbed my arm and held on, to stop himself from falling.
“Here, can you dive into the pond?” I dared him. He looked down, doubtful. He had this big bulge at the front of his shorts. “Here, go. Just jump. It’ll be fine. The water is plenty deep.”
I know that Hideki can swim because we’d been to the beach many times near his house. Really though I’m the only one in our family who takes swimming so seriously. Hideki scratched his head, and I finally convinced him to try. He splayed his legs out, and screamed as he fell, entering the water feet first. He came up soon, fine. He looked up at me waiting for me to dive.
My uncle raised his camcorder videoing me again. It felt so weird standing here naked. I looked out trying to tell if anyone else was coming. The red and green leaves were kind of shielding the path we’d come in on, but maybe it was safe. I stepped over to the edge, spread my arms out like an Olympic diver, and then dove hands first, down into the water below. I’m not sure how my form was, but when I came up for air, Hideki and Sachi were clapping, applauding my bravery. It felt pretty good, exhilarating actually, to have completed the dive more or less how you are supposed to.
I swam over to the edge of the pond, and climbed out. I had water dripping down from my pubic hair, my breasts glistening a bit in the light. I must have looked so indecent, but Sachi looked pretty happy actually. I walked over to Yuuzou, scolding him.
“Uncle. You don’t have to video everything. It’s embarrassing!” I protested.
“No, you look amazing! Do another dive,” he smiled, egging me on. I looked to Sachi for permission, and she motioned for me to go ahead. Hideki just sat at the pond’s edge, peering over at me, a bit out of breath.
I walked back around to the cliff, and climbed back up. I could feel them all staring at me. It was kind of embarrassing because they could probably see my pussy from below, but I tried to relax, and focus.
By the time I made it to the jump-off, two more hikers had appeared, young women around my age, maybe college students like me. One of them broke out into a big smile when she saw me standing here naked, and stopped to watch me dive. Her friend was blushing, a little embarrassed for me, but she peered up at me too. They’d already seen me naked, so there was probably no use in trying to hide it. I was a bit worried with so many people coming. The two of them didn’t seem too concerned though. Maybe it’ll be alright.
I stepped up to the edge of the cliff getting ready to take another dive, but I was getting all nervous with all of them watching me. I spread out my arms, and tried to improve on my first dive, but I wobbled a bit on the way down. When I came up for air, even these two girls were clapping.
I swam to the edge, and climbed out, but the girls were standing right near my towel, so I had to go right up to them to dry off.
“Wow! You are so good!” the smiley girl said. She had on a black baseball cap that just said ‘hi.’ She had a cute smile, her long hair dyed brown, no eyelashes and kind of a goofy grin. She was wearing these white and purple yoga pants, so colorful. “Are you a diver?”
I hid my naked body with the towel as I dried myself off, really self-conscious standing here naked in front of them.
“Um, no. I swim. I tried to join our varsity team in uni in the States,” I admitted, so embarrassed. The shy girl was wearing a bucket hat like my mom. She was maybe blushing, her cheeks all pink, but neither of them said anything about me being naked. I felt so weird though.
“Oh that’s so cool. Did you make it?”
“This was just recently. I’m kind of still in training,” I went on.
“Oh I hope you get it. You are so good.”
I looked to my uncle to rescue me, but he looked pleased as punch, clearly enjoying the situation. The smiley girl clued in on my feelings though, and backed up, apologizing.
“Oh sorry. We didn’t mean to interrupt. Just ignore us, and carry on.”
I probably should have gotten dressed at this point, but it slowly dawned on me that none of these people were really objecting to me being naked. This pond was not a hot spring, but I guess it did seem like one, being way out in the woods here away from the skyscrapers further east. This was still Tokyo though. I was kind of struggling to wrap my mind around why it was OK to be naked out here, but probably not further east in the city proper. I guess this is the backwoods, nature, far from civilization.
I fished out my socks and runners, and sat down on a rock to pull them on. Smiley girl suddenly asked,
“Can we take a picture with you?”
“Um, yeah, I guess.” I wasn’t sure quite what to do with my towel, but my uncle took it from me, and then offered to take the picture for us. I had to stand here naked in between these two girls I’d only just met. They were terribly nice about it, but it was definitely weird. Hideki was giggling away, amused no end.
Unfortunately, it looked like more people were coming, so I finally fished my powder blue button-up shirt out of my backpack, and pulled it on. It was fairly long, more or less covering my pussy, so at least I was decent. The two girls just kind of stood there, peering over at me, as these other hikers came up.
“Good afternoon. Wonderful day, eh?” one guy beamed. I wasn’t sure if he’d seen me naked, but he did seem pretty happy. I turned away hiding my face in my hair. The guy asked my uncle something, and the two of them got talking. My aunt and Hideki pulled on the rest of their clothes, but I just kind of stood here, toweling off my legs and my hair, wondering what I should do. There was quite a crowd now, but everyone seemed pretty mellow.
The girls told these new hikers what a good diver I was, and they asked me to demonstrate, but I didn’t want to strip in front of everyone, so I politely demurred. Eventually, the conversation died down, and they all signaled they were going to carry on up the trail. The girls thanked me again, and then scurried off giggling. They were nice actually. If things had been different, we could have become friends.
Yuuzou suggested we start back. Sachi kind of stood there, waiting for me to get dressed, but I don’t know. I looked more or less decent in this shirt, and didn’t really feel like pulling my shorts on just yet. I motioned we could just go. Sachi looked a bit concerned, but eventually, nodded. My uncle did offer to carry my bag, so I handed it to him, and then we all set out back down the hill.
It was funny. Hiking in this light shirt, I could feel the breeze all around my naked body. The others didn’t say anything, but I think Hideki could tell I was a bit turned on. It was so weird. I don’t even think I can explain why. It was a beautiful trail with all the green leaves and bushes. Maybe that’s why I was so excited.
Eventually, we made it down to a clearing with a souvenir shop and a cable car station. There were people here standing in the courtyard outside the shop: a group of four, a pair of girls, a married couple, none of them really dressed for hiking. Maybe they came up on the cable car.
Sachi wanted to check out the souvenir shop, so we went in. It was quite nice, a traditional tile roof on the outside, but an open design with space age grey interiors. There was a shop girl in beige with a kerchief on her head standing at the ready at the cash register. She called out,
“Irasshaimase,” (Welcome!) to us as we entered, but didn’t really look at us. I followed Sachi up this short stair case, away from the people out front.
Up here, there was art, games, saké and boxes of sweets neatly lined up in rows on open shelves. I wandered down to the end, and back outside. There was a small soba shop, and then the lookout just beyond. There were any customers in the restaurant that I could see, but there was a young guy, the chef behind the counter dressed in black with the same beige kerchief on his head. He looked smart and attentive.
I came back to the souvenir shop, and noticed they had a couple of t-shirts, yellow and green hanging from a hanger, kind of space age themselves. Sachi saw me look at them, and playfully suggested,
“You could try one on.”
Perhaps she didn’t mean anything by it, but it sounded to me like she was suggesting I strip naked again. There weren’t any change rooms or anything. I looked at her to make sure I was reading her right, but she just nodded for me to go ahead. I wasn’t really sure how I felt about this though. Yuuzou and Hideki had come up with us, and were browsing around. I was a bit worried they’d find it weird, but then again they’d been cool with skinny-dipping and all. I wondered if Sachi was just teasing me, but again she looked completely serious. It was an intriguing suggestion. My heart sped up at the very thought.
A more practical problem was all these other people. I don’t think the shop girl could see me from this angle, but there were still people out front. I kept watching them to see if they would move along. My uncle followed my gaze, and then asked,
“What? What’s wrong?” ready to help.
“Um, no, nothing. Sachi was just saying I should try on this t-shirt…,” I explained. He scratched his face, not really giving an opinion, but wandered over to the open store front, and peered over at the people. I swear it’s always the way, when you want people to move along, they stand there lingering, checking their maps or whatever. It didn’t look like they were going to come into the store. I don’t even know why they were here.
The group of four eventually left, and then the two girls, but this married couple were peering up at the glass enclosed beer garden on the hill behind the shop.
Hideki had been hanging back, keeping his distance, but I guess he could tell I was planning something. He tilted up the corner of his mouth, eyeing me, watching to see what I would do.
Eventually, the married couple wandered off. I started undoing the buttons on my shirt, my hands shaking a bit from nervousness. Yuuzou looked over at me, worried, but didn’t stop me. This was definitely unusual stripping naked in a store especially with so many people around. I took off my shirt, and gave it to Sachi. She got this wicked smile on her face, perhaps a bit surprised I had actually stripped. Hideki behind me had snapped to attention, gawking over in wonder at my naked body so out of place in the brightly lit store.
I was so excited I couldn’t stop shaking. I don’t even know what I was doing. I just thought it would be funny to strip naked since Sachi had been hinting I should. I pulled on the green t-shirt, but my heart was pounding in my chest, making it hard to think straight. It fit well enough, but wasn’t long enough to cover my furry black bush. I looked so indecent standing here like this.
I peeled off the green shirt, and hung it back on the hanger, looking around to make sure no one was coming. Yuuzou was videoing me, and Hideki was trying not to laugh. Sachi offered me my shirt back, but I was so excited now it wasn’t even funny. I think Hideki and Yuuzou were feeling it too. There was something profoundly erotic about my standing out here naked in the middle of this swanky store.
Declining my shirt for now, I went for a little walk around the shop. I don’t even know what I was doing. The smart-looking soba chef was just up ahead, and that shop-girl back the other way, so there was really only so far I could go without getting seen. I was aware that my uncle was videoing me though, and I just wanted to tease them all a bit, show them how sexy I can be when I want to.
There was a problem though. Wandering around out here naked was getting me all excited. Hideki and Yuuzou weren’t helping, the way they were raising their eyebrows as if I was doing something so out there they couldn’t believe it. They’d seen me naked at the waterfall. Why was this so different?
Spurred on by the excitement in the air, I resolved to go farther. I padded over to the railing, and stepped out of the shop down onto the ground outside. My whole body was on fire now, alarm bells going off in my head, an orgasm bubbling up inside me. I don’t know what I was doing coming out here like this. I looked to Yuuzou, but at first, he just shrugged, unsure himself. He mulled it over for a bit, and then got out his map, showing us where we were.
“I think if we go out this way, and then around to Kasumidai lookout, that’ll take us back to the trail we came in on.”
“Oh, yeah. That’s good,” I agreed. “We saw fewer people coming in.”
Sachie gave me my shirt back. She was probably right. It was too dangerous wandering around naked up here. I pulled the shirt on, and buttoned it up. Hideki looked disappointed, but I was already wondering if I could try again once we were down in the woods.
It was actually a good thing I got dressed when I did. When we came out past the soba shop, we found a whole bunch of people gathered round the benches looking out at the city to the east. They didn’t really notice us, but if I’d been naked, I’m sure that would have caused quite a stir.
Anyway, we rounded this bend, and eventually found the entrance to the trail. Down we went into the forest again. I was trying to remember how many people we saw on this trail coming up. One or two here and there, but not that many. There were more people around that waterfall, but I guess it’s famous. Some people probably cheat, and take the cable car up.
Hideki kept peering over at me, wondering if I was going to get naked again. It was true that I’d warmed to the idea, but still it does feel weird you know, me wandering around naked with the rest of them clothed. It didn’t look like he was planning on stripping naked.
We followed these grey stone steps down into the forest. The view was quite breathtaking with miles of tree-covered rolling hills stretching east. I do have to admit I like this kind of thing, stunning beauty in nature. Further down it was more greys and greens, moss, more like the parks and temples in Kamakura.
We didn’t meet anyone for a long time, so I finally did what they were expecting, took off my shirt, and gave it to Sachi for safe keeping. She seemed amused I was so into this now, wandering around naked. I have to admit it was pretty exciting. I’ve gone for nature walks with Ryosuke a couple of times, but this was fun too, out here with my family, sky-clad, communing with nature. My uncle started videoing me again, but I just hiked along, too worked up to care.
Almost before I knew it, we came upon the big building where Yuuzou had parked his SUV. Yuuzou slowed down, and held his arm up for me to stop. I couldn’t see anyone at the windows, but there were 6 or 7 cars parked in the lot. I guess this was getting pretty dangerous. There was bound to be people around. Sachi brought me my shirt, and I pulled it back on, and did up the buttons.
When we stepped out into parking lot, there was an old guy right there. I’m so lucky I got dressed when I did. If I’d wandered out here naked, he probably would have freaked. We quietly got into the SUV, trying not to attract attention.
“Wow! That was something!” Hideki bubbled all excited.
“Settle down. He didn’t see me I don’t think,” I tut-tutted trying to get him to cool out.
“You’re into this, aren’t you?” he blurted out. “That dress at the wedding. Flashing us your ass in Ryoichi’s van that time.”
“I wasn’t flashing…,” I rushed to correct him.
“That’s OK,” Sachi reassured me. “Hideki, be nice. She was just getting into the spirit of naturism, weren’t you dear?”
That was a nice way to put it. I don’t know what I was doing actually. Everyone seemed so cool with whatever, so maybe I did get a bit carried away. I was beginning to regret it a bit now. Why did Hideki have to go, and make it weird?
“Anyway, we made it back safe and sound,” Yuuzou chimed in. “No one seemed too worried. We are way up in the mountains far from civilization.”
We drove along. There was still woods, but the occasional building here and there. Eventually, we came out at the cable car station Takaosan.
“Hey, they have drink machines!” Yuuzou perked up. “Anyone thirsty?” He stopped the van, and we all piled out. He bought us some drinks, and we stood around, drinking up. There was no one in the square really. The shop along this side were all shuttered up. There was a big map on the far side of the station entrance, so we wandered over that way.
“Hey!” I exclaimed. “It says there is a hot spring near the train station. Oh this isn’t even the main station. This one is just for the cable cars.” I kind of wanted to go check out this spring, but unfortunately, we still had a long drive ahead of us to get back to Shonan, and not much time.
“Maybe next time,” my aunt cooed. I finally managed to get my undies and shorts out of the back, and pulled them on. Hideki was still kind of gawking at me, accusingly, but he was good and didn’t say anything about it. On the ride home, everyone was pretty quiet, mulling over our little adventure.
Of course, I didn’t tell my mom or sister about what happened. I don’t think Sachie told my mom either. Eventually, my vacation ran out, and I headed back to the U.S. to my life in Oceanview.
I think the next time I saw them all was that New Year’s when I headed back to Japan for another visit. My uncle and aunt hosted a big holiday celebration at their house. My mom and dad were there, my sister Norika and her British boyfriend Evan, Namie and Ryoichi, and also a Japanese woman friend of Sachi’s and her Singaporean husband Mr. Wong. We couldn’t all fit in one room, so people were spread out across the whole house in different rooms. Norika, Namie and I were off in one corner exchanging notes on what we’d been up to. I was so wrapped up in our conversation that honestly I didn’t realize what was happening until it was too late.
How I think it started was Mr. Wong had asked about my aunt’s travels. She’d brought her laptop, and set it up on a side table, showing videos. I thought she’d said something about Vietnam or Indonesia, but then she disappeared off into the other room. I think she was cooking in the kitchen. I turned back to Namie, who was asking about Oceanview. Evan and Ryoichi were sitting nearby vaguely listening to all these different conversations.
As we talked though, I heard the sound of splashing water, and Hideki laughing. I turned to look at the screen, and suddenly, recognized that this wasn’t some jungle in southeast Asia, but rather the falls we’d visited in the summer! On the screen, there was Hideki running in after me naked, and then, a few moments later me getting out of the water–buck naked–walking straight towards the camera!
I looked around the room. Up until then, everyone had been focused on their conversations, but now with me there naked on the computer screen, Evan, Ryoichi and Mr. Wong were all turning to watch. My aunt rushed in from the other room, apparently finally realizing what video it was.
“Oh my!” she exclaimed, embarrassed. There were a few shots of my aunt naked as well, so I’m pretty sure she hadn’t intended to show us this video. Now everyone looked over at the computer screen as it showed me walk up to my uncle, and then pass him shaking my bare booty as I walked away. Mr. Wong and Ryoichi and especially Evan were gawking at me, mouths wide.
“Oh I didn’t mean to show this,” Sachi rushed to explain. “This is from our trip to Mount Takao with Emi last summer.”
“What are you doing?” Ryoichi asked, staring right at me, obviously pretty shocked. I covered my mouth. My face was getting all hot. Luckily, in the video, I disappeared into the jungle, and my uncle’s camera panned back to the falls, but I’m pretty sure they all saw me naked.
“There didn’t seem to be anyone around, so we went in skinny-dipping,” my aunt went on. She glared at the laptop hitting random keys, trying to stop the video. Unfortunately, Sachi isn’t very good with computers. I was hoping someone would help, but the guys were all just so shocked. Sachi looked over at me apologetically, but she clearly had no idea how to stop the video. I wasn’t sure how their laptop works either.
In the video, I finally reappeared at the top of the cliff still naked as my uncle zoomed in on me. The Wongs and my whole family were all watching now as I pranced around in my bare scuddy. Let me tell you, I was so embarrassed! I know that my aunt didn’t mean for this to happen, but how on earth could she not realize which video this was?
After that segment finished, the room went silent. Ryoichi and Evan peered over at me, I guess comparing the naked me with the real life me. I did my best to smile, and pretend it was no big deal, but I felt so embarrassed. Even after we moved to the dining room to eat supper, I could feel all of them staring at me. I looked to Namie for support, but she was annoyed at me because Ryoichi seemed so excited to see me naked. I wasn’t the one who put that video on though! How is this my fault?
After supper on our way home, my mom kept lecturing me on how I shouldn’t have gone skinny-dipping. My dad didn’t say much. He knows how Sachi is I guess, and could imagine how it had started. One good thing to come out of this was it did sort of make my mom more aware of the kind of stuff I get up to, so maybe next time, she won’t be so shocked.
Emi Tsuruta