Synopsis

Express buses offer the most affordable connections between Tokyo and cities across the country. At Yaesu South Exit, the largest express bus terminal in Japan, over seventy routes converge, stretching from Aomori in the north to Shimonoseki in the south. The travelers who board these buses are driven by a multitude of motivations: wives and children visiting husbands who have relocated, an elderly couple embarking on a final journey around Japan, couples seeking to bridge the distance of a long