Synopsis

In the remote northern reaches of Hokkaido, a glimpse of Sakhalin appears across the water. At Cape Soya, battered by fierce snowstorms, sits Japan's northernmost bus stop. Winter sees scant travelers here; the only vista is the vast Sea of Okhotsk. Yet, for a brief period during the year-end holidays, the stop swells with people. Employees contemplating their lives, drivers returning from overseas work, motorcyclists who have ridden hundreds of kilometers through the snow – they are drawn to th