Travel "day off"

So we left our hotel around 8:30am and 3 trains and 9 hours later, we arrived in Nagano, home to the 1998 Olympics. What a day! We were all completely delirious and slap happy and so glad to be off the train!!! It was a long long day (or with a Japanese accent, rong rong day). We were greeted by our client, and they had little posters, very cute. The ride up was very beautiful, but, as I said, just waaaaaaay too long.