Japan – Day 10

We headed out early, with all our luggage in tow, to get to the airport in time for our flight from Sapporo to Osaka. Day 10 was a travel day. I wanted to get to The Pokémon Store at the airport for some Japanese Pokémon cards, but it turned out they were all sold out of Pokémon cards. I’d have to wait and find another one at some point. For all the specialty card collector places around every corner, it was difficult to find a store that sold unopened packs. When our Peach airlines flight landed, we got in line for the “limo-bus” to Kyoto. There are plenty of lines to be found in Japan (because of all the public transit), and I appreciated how clearly defined and organized each line was. A small thing, to be sure, but notable as a cultural difference. The first thing we noticed as we disembarked from the bus was the stifling heat. Kyoto, home of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, the agreement for industrialized nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, is super hot — the temperature reached…