he moved to his house in saitama prefecture back in the 1970s en his children were young. ( speakingapanese ) translator: the air here is really clean. i remember when first moved here how pretty the stars were. bere that, we halid in an artment near the company. maybe it was the neon signs, but you could hardly see any stars. i was really happy to move to such a nice place. narrator: sako leaveevery morning at 7:00 a.m. d will commute about 20 miles to central tokyo. but as more people have moved to the suburbs, they've burdened the train system. sako has two options: the first will take 90 minutes door to door. after boarding a fast train, he transfers to a subway train. however, because this is the quickest route, he will not be able to sit down and will have to battle crowds at the transfer station. the second option is to take one train all the way to ginza so he can get a seat. the drawback is that he has to wait for that train and it makes more stops. in addition, this option takes two hours door to door. the limited express has arrived, but sako does not board it. if he rides