Kathmandu, Feb. 17 -- At 5pm on Christmas Eve, Swarnim clocked out of his eight-hour shift at a bento line in Nara Prefecture. Around him, the city was alight with holiday cheer, but he scarcely noticed as he hurried to catch a train to Takasuki for another job from 9pm.

Throughout that day, he had only got an hour-long break for lunch. By 8am on Christmas morning, he was in Kyoto, an 11-minute train ride away. His graveyard shift had ended two hours earlier, and he grabbed a meal and a brief nap in the waiting room at the station before boarding his train.

"Tonight I have plans to go see Purna Bahadur Ko Sarangi," said Swarnim. The Nepali film was being screened at Kyoto City International Exchange Hall.

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