The airplane ride was rather uneventful . I sat next to an older Japanese man but we did n't talk and in fact I do n't think we even made eye contact the whole 12 hours of flight . ( I ' ve noticed that people on the trains in Tokyo do n't make eye - contact either and people rarely start up conversations with strangers . )

Question: Why was the narrator so bored traveling to Japan via plane ?
Answer: None of the above choices .There was no on - board entertainment .There was nothing to read .The narrator 's neighbor would not speak .