My second daughter is living in Nagoya city. I was wondering which was the best way between an airplane, train or bus to visit her apartment, because the University Festival, which she belongs to, will be held on Nov. 2nd-4th and I wanted to see it.
The airplane would cost me about 400 US$ for the round trip. Likewise, the train 300 US$ and the bus 180 US$. In comparing these fees the bus service seems to be the best.
On the other hand, from the point of view of required time, the airplane is best and the bus seems to be worst. It takes only an hour and a half to fly between Matsuyama and Nagoya, but the bus needs 10 hours. However the number of flights is small and if I use the airplane I would arrive at her campus at 10 o'clock and leave there at 4 o'clock in the evening, that is to say, the time that I can stay on the campus would be only 6 hours.
The bus starts here at 7 in the evening and arrives at Nagoya station at 6 in the morning. For the return it starts at 11 at night from Nagoya station and arrives in Matsuyama City at 9 in the morning. It takes a longer time than the plane, but I can stay longer in Nagoya.
After all I decided to use the bus. It was the first time in about 15 years to get on a long-distance night bus. When I used it last time, a neighbor passenger was drunk and snored loudly and besides he leaned against me. It was extremely uncomfortable and this made me keep away from the night bus for a long time. I found by chance a brochure of the long-distance bus service. The seat was for single use and could be reclined a long way. Furthermore the bus had a lavatory in it. I thought it was wonderful and had completely changed from the bus that I had been on before. This brochure made me decide to use the bus this time.
(Vocabulary)
after all （いろいろ言ってみたが）やはり、（何だかんだ言っても）結局のところ
brochure (広告・販売促進用などの) パンフレット, 小冊子
a travel brochure 旅行パンフレット
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