Tsunami

Member since April 2008

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Watch out! Tsunami is coming!

I was born in Japan, lived most of my life in Los Angeles, CA, but am currently changing country of residence every 3 months within Europe. 

My most impressive site: Glacier Bay, Mt. Athos, Masada, Skellig Michael

My proposal for a new site: Jingu, Ise, Japan; Atsuta-jingu, Nagoya, Japan; Izumo-taisha, Izumo, Japan; Kyoto Imperial Palace, Kyoto, Japan; Chion-In, Kyoto, Japan; Eihei-ji, Fukui, Japan; Kuon-ji, Yamanashi, Japan; Bodai-ji, Aomori, Japan; Bryce Canyon NP, Utah, USA; Arches NP, Utah, USA; The Wave, Arizona, USA; Coso Rock Art District, California, USA; Inyo National Forest (White Mountain area), California, USA; Telegraph Ave., Berkeley, California, USA; The Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia, Palestrina, Italy; Hisarya, Bulgaria

Recent Visits
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    April 4, 2025
    Hopewell, San Antonio Missions
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    July 27, 2024
    Brâncusi Monumental Ensemble of Târgu Jiu, Dacian Limes, Schwerin Residence Ensemble, The Flow Country, Via …
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    June 28, 2024
    Vatnajökull National Park
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  1. Angkor 4.71
  2. Galapagos Islands 4.62
  3. Machu Picchu 4.62
  4. Petra 4.61
  5. Pyramids (Memphis) 4.50
  6. Rapa Nui 4.49
  7. Victoria Falls 4.47
  8. Bagan 4.44
  9. Great Wall 4.44
  10. Serengeti 4.41
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About Tsunami

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Tsunami
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Reviews by Tsunami

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Rocks of Belogradchik by Tsunami

Rocks of Belogradchik (On tentative list)

Rocks of Belogradchik

Before the conclusion of my second 3-month stay in Golden Sands, Bulgaria (and on the occasion of a Robert Wilson production of The Tempest by Shakespeare at the National Theater …

Roșia Montană by Tsunami

Roșia Montană (Inscribed)

Roșia Montană

Romanian people are nice!

That is the first thing I would like to say, even after the several predicaments I encountered trying to get in and get out of …

Kyiv: St. Cyril's and St. Andrew's Churches by Tsunami

Kyiv: St. Cyril's and St. And… (On tentative list)

Kyiv: St. Cyril's and St. Andrew's Churches

So Ukraine wants to add 2 more churches to the existing Kyiv WHS: St. Andrew's Church and St. Cyril's Church.  

St. Andrew's Church is located only a few minutes …

Coastal Cliffs by Tsunami

Coastal Cliffs (On tentative list)

Coastal Cliffs

Coastal Cliffs: Fifla Islet

On my 4th day in Malta, from Valletta I visited Mdina TWHS and Maltese Catacomb Complexes TWHS and then took the bus 201 from Mdina …

Hal Saflieni Hypogeum by Tsunami

Hal Saflieni Hypogeum (Inscribed)

Hal Saflieni Hypogeum

After 3 months in Bulgaria, where I managed to receive full Pfizer vaccination even though I am not a citizen or resident of Bulgaria or the EU, I flew to …

Painted Churches in the Troödos Region by Tsunami

Painted Churches in the Troöd… (Inscribed)

Painted Churches in the Troödos Region

When I entered Cyprus in mid-December 2020 with intention to stay for 3 months, there was not much of lockdown. Museums and archaeological sites were open, and I was able …

Paphos by Tsunami

Paphos (Inscribed)

Paphos

After leaving Ukraine in mid-September 2020 and spending 3 months in the Schengen Area (1/2 months in Poland and 2 1/2 months in Greece), it was time for me to …

Late Medieval Bastioned Fortifications in Greece by Tsunami

Late Medieval Bastioned Forti… (On tentative list)

Late Medieval Bastioned Fortifications in Greece

The Mitilini Castle of Lesvos

In order to visit Philippi from the island of Chios where I stayed for a month in October 2020, I took a 12-hour ferry …

Island of Patmos by Tsunami

Island of Patmos (Inscribed)

Island of Patmos

A hole in the rock wall that might shape our future

While visiting the island of Samos from the island of Chios in mid-October 2020, due to my time …

Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios by Tsunami

Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea… (Inscribed)

Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios

Two Visits to Nea Moni of Chios

I stayed in Greece over 2 months in October and November 2020 in my attempt to live in corona-free zones. When I …

Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae by Tsunami

Temple of Apollo Epicurius at… (Inscribed)

Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae

When I visited Olympia back in 2004, Bassae appeared too difficult to reach, so I just simply skipped it. Now finally, when Greece still appeared to be a nice place …

Glacier parks by Tsunami

Glacier parks (Inscribed)

Glacier parks

Lockdown may be over, but self-isolation continues. At this time what can be more relaxing than reminiscing about one of my favorite trips of all time? (Please note: Info contained …

Rostov Kremlin by Tsunami

Rostov Kremlin (On tentative list)

Rostov Kremlin

Site visited in April 2019. 

Upon suggestion by a discerning member of this site, I decided to stop at this TWHS on my way from Moscow to Yaroslavl by …

Saint-Savin sur Gartempe by Tsunami

Saint-Savin sur Gartempe (Inscribed)

Saint-Savin sur Gartempe

In early February 2020 I took a bus from Poitier to Saint-Savin in the evening and came back in the early afternoon on the following day to Poitier. This bus …

Great Spa Towns of Europe by Tsunami

Great Spa Towns of Europe (Inscribed)

Great Spa Towns of Europe

Vichy

As a Japanese who grew up taking a hot bath every evening (like everybody else does in Japan even today), I have a predilection for spas, although, living …

D-Day Landing Beaches, Normandy, 1944 by Tsunami

D-Day Landing Beaches, Norman… (Nominated)

D-Day Landing Beaches, Normandy, 1944

My first visit to Bayeux (and to the city of Battle in East Essex in England) several years ago had to do with the Battle of Hastings, often regarded by …

The Spa at Luhacovice by Tsunami

The Spa at Luhacovice (On tentative list)

The Spa at Luhacovice

I visited this TWHS after visiting the Slavonic Fortified Settlement at Mikulcice TWHS earlier in the day in January 2020. My Czech friend "R" in Brno drove me to both …

Verla Groundwood and Board Mill by Tsunami

Verla Groundwood and Board Mi… (Inscribed)

Verla Groundwood and Board Mill

I couldn't justify going back to Finland just to visit Verla Groundwood and Board Mill and Sammallahdenmäki to finish the Finnish sites. So, after realizing the Finland's geological similarity to …

Schokland by Tsunami

Schokland (Inscribed)

Schokland

The Netherlands was hit by a non-hazardous Tsunami in mid-September 2019. 

I based myself in Lelystad to visit 2 WHSs in northern Netherlands, as Amsterdam (or even Emmeloord) was …

Heiligenkreuz Abbey by Tsunami

Heiligenkreuz Abbey (Removed from tentat…)

Heiligenkreuz Abbey

The site is only 15 km from Vienna through the Vienna Woods. 

There is no train station by this Abbey, and the only two ways to get there by …

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