Tsunami

United States of America \ 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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    Birkenhead Park
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    Møns Klint
Top 10 Missing
  1. Angkor 4.72
  2. Machu Picchu 4.63
  3. Petra 4.61
  4. Galapagos Islands 4.60
  5. Pyramids (Memphis) 4.51
  6. Rapa Nui 4.49
  7. Victoria Falls 4.47
  8. Great Wall 4.45
  9. Bagan 4.44
  10. Serengeti 4.41
Completed Countries

About Tsunami

Member since
April 2008
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United States of America
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Reviews by Tsunami

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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 …

Great Spa Towns of Europe by Tsunami

Great Spa Towns of Europe (Inscribed)

Great Spa Towns of Europe

Baden bei Wien

This is the 5th Great Spa in Europe I have visited. The other 4 are Karlovy Vary in Czechia, Baden-Baden in Germany, Spa in Belgium and …

Großglockner-Hochalpenstraße by Tsunami

Großglockner-Hochalpenstraße (Nominated)

Großglockner-Hochalpenstraße

Driving on this road means visiting 2 TWHS at once, as this road runs north-south in the middle of Höhe Taurn National Park, which is another TWHS. 

I took …

Fishpond Network in the Trebon Basin by Tsunami

Fishpond Network in the Trebo… (On tentative list)

Fishpond Network in the Trebon Basin

I was taking a Flix bus from Brno, Czechia, to Linz, Austria, and this bus went through 3 WHSs (Trebic, Telc, Cesky Krumlov) and 1 TWHS that is Fishpond Network …

Epidaurus by Nan

Epidaurus (Inscribed)

Epidaurus

Having discovered that the Robert Wilson production of Oedipus by Sophocles, which premiered in Pompei last summer and which I watched in Vicenza this month, will also be staged in …

Early Medieval Benedictine settlements by Tsunami

Early Medieval Benedictine se… (Nominated)

Early Medieval Benedictine settlements

After visiting Ivrea from Torino in the morning I visited the Sacra di San Michele, one of the ten elements of this TWHS, in the afternoon. 

Of a few …

Ivrea by Tsunami

Ivrea (Inscribed)

Ivrea

I visited Ivrea from Torino by train on a Sunday morning and spent the first half of my 3 hours there walking around. 

There is a map at http://www.ivreacittaindustriale.it/ …

Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy by Tsunami

Sacri Monti of Piedmont and L… (Inscribed)

Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy

Like other reviewers I was so impressed with Sacro Monte of Varese that I had been seeking opportunity to visit the Sacro Monte of Varallo, the first and most important …

Vicenza and the Palladian Villas by Tsunami

Vicenza and the Palladian Vil… (Inscribed)

Vicenza and the Palladian Villas

I had visited Palladian Vicenza before but went back there on the occasion of the Robert Wilson production of Oedipus by Sophocles at the Teatro Olimpico, originally designed by Palladio. …

Vestfold Ship Burials and Hyllestad Quarries by Tsunami

Vestfold Ship Burials and Hyl… (On tentative list)

Vestfold Ship Burials and Hyllestad Quarries

On the way from the Oslo Torp Airport to the city of Oslo I stopped at the Borre cemetery, which is part of Vestfold Ship Burials, part of Viking Monuments …

Asuka-Fujiwara by Tsunami

Asuka-Fujiwara (Nominated)

Asuka-Fujiwara

I just wanted to add the Fujiwara part of this nomination. 

I visited the site in 2010 where the Fujiwara Palace of the Asuka Period used to stand, as …

Kotor by Tsunami

Kotor (Inscribed)

Kotor

As the coastal Montenegro and Kotor become more popular destinations, thanks partly to Kotor's status as a double WHS, I thought I would add my memorable experience there from back …

Castel del Monte by Tsunami

Castel del Monte (Inscribed)

Castel del Monte

My last 3 remaining WHSs in Italy were spread all over the country (Aquileia in the north-east, Barumini in Sardinia and Castel del Monte in the south) and were giving …

The Murge of Altamura by Tsunami

The Murge of Altamura (On tentative list)

The Murge of Altamura

I arrived in Altamura (which seems to mean High Wall) at about 14:30 on a Monday by bus from Gioia del Colle, as I was coming from Taranto, but Altamura …

Heritage of Mercury by Tsunami

Heritage of Mercury (Inscribed)

Heritage of Mercury

I took a bus from Logatec to Idrija, but the bus stop was not at the Logatec train station, and the closest bus stop to the train station was here: …

Plitvice Lakes by Tsunami

Plitvice Lakes (Inscribed)

Plitvice Lakes

So impressed when I visited Plitvice Lakes in spring 2010 that I went back there with my then-girlfriend in summer the following year. Upon my first visit, I said if …

Stari Ras and Sopocani by Tsunami

Stari Ras and Sopocani (Inscribed)

Stari Ras and Sopocani

I had to create another WHS hunting trip itinerary around my annual skiing trip, and this winter the ski resort of my choice was at Jahorina, Bosnia, the site of …

Novgorod by Tsunami

Novgorod (Inscribed)

Novgorod

After recently visiting Chernigov in Ukraine, I’ve had an urge to write about my admiration for this related city of Veliky Novgorod in Russia. I have visited this city twice, …

Historic Centre of Tchernigov by Tsunami

Historic Centre of Tchernigov (On tentative list)

Historic Centre of Tchernigov

[ ] was added in January, 2023

I initially visited Chernihiv (Chernigov in Russian) in winter 2017-18.

The provincial city of 300,000 people 100 miles north of Kyiv …

Ceský ráj (Czech Paradise) Rock Cities by Tsunami

Ceský ráj (Czech Paradise) Ro… (On tentative list)

Ceský ráj (Czech Paradise) Rock Cities

Central Europe seems to offer nice autumn color viewings, and I thought I'd take an advantage of that and go to visit Cesky Raj (Czech Paradise) in Czechia in early …

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