“The thing is you get there faster. It takes twelve hours if you go by train.” “And where does the extra time go?” I also gave up halfway through my meal and ordered two coffees. “Extra time?” “You said planes save you over ten hours. So where does all that time go?” “Time doesn’t go anywhere. It only adds up. We can use those ten hours as we like, in Tokyo or in Sapporo. With ten hours we could see four movies, eat two meals, whatever. Right?” “But what if I don’t want to go to the movies or eat?” “That’s your problem. It’s no fault of time.”
