Last Day in Asia

Our last full plus day in Asia we spent back in Sapporo. It was surreal thinking we would be leaving the next day, and not just leaving, but leaving for who knows how long. We never know how long we will be some where, but we have left Asia for now.

 First stop was the Sapporo Pokemon Center. Pokemon is very popular at our house. Cosette has been talking about it since I came back from Tokyo in January with Pokemon stuff. When we arrived she was shocked at how many stuffed animals there were. She was planning on getting a Ninetails, but when she saw how many there were she had a really hard time making a decision. She said "I didn't know how many there would be!". 

Next we visited the Maruyama Zoo. Lyndon was still feeling ill, so he had to miss out. We saw some new animals we had not seen. Our favorites were the animals native to Hokkaido: the Ezo Deer, Hokkaido Brown Bear, and the wolves. After the Singapore Zoo it was nothing spectacular, but we still closed the Zoo down. Henry was dying to go to the reptile house, and we stayed till they kicked us out. It was worth it. All three kids were so excited to see all the reptiles.


Kangaroos! We have loved seeing them at all the zoos we have visited in Asia. We are going to miss seeing them. Glad we had one last chance to get to see them. 

Rapha's face, hehe. 


Henry and Baikinman, his new favorite cartoon character. 
Favorite picture from the day with the kids. I love taking them to the zoo. They get so excited about all the different animals, and it is always a good time. I love going with them. 


Ezo Deer. We got to see them getting fed, and Cosette was making the noise that they made the rest of the day. She was so cute saying that she could speak deer.



And shout out to my forever travel buddy. He has taken our little family to places that we have only dreamed about. He keep his cool, when I am melting down, and I am grateful for how helpful he is on our long travel days. I am lucky to have him. 
The nice thing about rushing around Sapporo fitting in the last things we wanted to do, see, eat, was that  there was not time to think about leaving. That was a good thing. It would have been a lot harder for me to handle the trip back thinking about it.

 Japan gave us a good send off with our plane flying past Mount Fuji. It was incredible. The best way to head back to the West.

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