 When Takaki learns that his family will be moving to Kagoshima on the other side of the country the following year in 1995, he decides to personally go see Akari one last time since they will be too far apart to visit each other after moving.He also prepares a letter for Akari to confess his feelings for her.However, Takaki loses the letter during the journey and a severe snowstorm continuously delays his train for several hours.