Wait... their home is in Mistbury? Is that in Canada or? And the flight from Japan to Mistbury was a few hours?
Well, if it's in Canada or UK, the trip is going to be a lot longer than a few hours.
Easy research is to hook up your departing + arriving into google flights:
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Your non-stop plane trips are going to be in excess of 12 hours, and your other ones will vary depending on where the connecting locations are.
This is all a very minor issue in the grand scheme of things but I thought I'd bring it up