Synopsis

With Christmas drawing near, the Sapporo terminal swells with travelers seeking expressway buses that link this major city to far reaches of Hokkaido. From dawn until well past nightfall, passengers board affordable buses, drawn by their budget-friendly fares. Among them are a young man journeying for five hours to share the holiday with his girlfriend, a woman who undertakes a lengthy, hundreds-of-kilometer trip each time to care for her aging mother, and a businessman utilizing an overnight bu