S7·E3 – Sapporo: Bus Terminal on Holy Night

2016-01-22 • 30 min

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Sapporo, a big city, is celebrating Christmas. The express bus terminal that serves as the gateway to the city is the setting for this episode. Long-distance buses connect Sapporo with towns scattered throughout Hokkaido. Many people use the buses from early morning to late at night because of the reasonable fares. A young man takes the bus for five hours to spend Christmas Eve with his girlfriend. A woman commutes to her parents' house hundreds of kilometers away to take care of her aging parents. There is also a busy businessman who takes a night bus for a business trip. We spent three days at the terminal in the middle of winter, listening to the circumstances of each traveler.