Though Japan is a small country, there is a long distance express bus network between big cities and medium-sized local cities. You can move by bus from Matsuyama city (my hometown) to Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and Kyoto and vice versa. All of them are scheduled to leave at night and arrive at their destination in the morning. As you can see, the passengers sleep in the bus. They can work in the daytime. The transportation fee is set a little lower than that of any other transportation company. I've never used those buses, because I thought I couldn't sleep well in the bus. The vibration and the noise of the engine and tires would disturb my peaceful sleep. It's true that we can save time, but I like to see the scenery from the window of trains in the daytime or like to move by plane in a short time.
However, my wife doesn't hate long rides on buses. She tried to use the bus. She left for Nagoya at 7:30 in the evening on Friday and came back at 9:30 in the morning on Sunday. That is to say, she arrived at Nagoya city at 6:30 in the morning on Saturday and left at 10:30 in the evening. She spend the daytime with our second daughter. It seemed that the bus was equipped with a restroom and more comfortable than she expected. She said to me, "Why don't you try it?"
(Vocabulary)
vice versa 〈ラテン語〉逆に、逆もまた同様、反対に
(KW:高速バス)
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