Lithobates Profile
Sometime in the late 90’s I must have heard of UNESCO world heritage, because I started looking for sites when planning a trip to Japan in 1999. We often travel to visit people we know who are living in interesting places and then build the trip around reachable heritage sites. We have travelled to UNESCO sites on all continents other than Antarctica.
Recent Reviews Lithobates
Hiraizumi (extension) (T)
Lithobates Canada - 26-Mar-25
Visit date(s): October 5 & 6, 2024
Nearby sites on trip: Hiraizumi
Overnight location: Onsen near Ichinoseki
Location(s):
- Takkoku-no-Iwaya (photo)
- Cultural Heritage Center (There are other sites listed, but the staff at the cultural centre suggested that they weren’t worth the trips because they were archaeological sites without access for visitors. Some artefacts from them were in the centre. There were photos of some others that are in the Tokyo national museum.)
Travel method(s): car
Read OnHiraizumi
Lithobates Canada - 26-Mar-25
Visit date(s): October 5 & 6, 2024
Nearby sites on trip: Hiraizumi (extension)
Overnight location: Onsen near Ichinoseki
Location(s):
- Môtsû-ji
- Kanjizaiô-in Ato (photo)
- Chûson-ji
- Mount Kinkeisan
- Hiraizumi Cultural Heritage Center, on Mount Kinkeisan (There is one other site listed, but the staff at the cultural centre suggested that it wasn’t worth the trip because there wasn’t really access for visitors. Some artefacts were in the centre. There were photos of some others that are in the Tokyo national museum.)
Travel method(s): car and foot
Read OnJomon Prehistoric Sites
Lithobates Canada - 25-Mar-25
Visit date(s): September 29, 30, October 1, 2024
Nearby sites on trip: We were in Shiretoko several days earlier.
Overnight locations: Eniwa, Rusutsu, Hakodate
Location(s): Some locations were accessible but unstaffed when we visited, so we did not visit all of the associated museums.
- Kiusu Earthwork Burial Circles (visited small site center, Chitose City Buried Cultural Properties Center, a few kilometres away, is closed most Sundays)
- Kitakogane (Kitakogane Site Information Center closed at 17:00) (photo of shell mound)
- Takasago Burial and Irie (visited the excellent Irie Takasago Museum between the sites)
- Ofune (visited small site center)
- Kakinoshima (Hakodate Jomon Culture Center closed at 17:00)
Travel method(s): car, foot
Read OnPetrified Forest National Park (T)
Lithobates Canada - 26-Mar-25
Visit date(s): February 5, 2025
Nearby sites on trip: Grand Canyon
Overnight locations: Flagstaff and Winslow. For people interested in the architecture of Mary Colter, there is a beautifully restored railway hotel in Winslow. It was a highlight of our week in Arizona.
Location(s):
- Visitor Centers
- Giant Logs and Puerco Pueblo trails. (photo of petroglyphs at Puerco Pueblo)
- Almost all overlooks
- Blue Mesa drive
- Painted Desert Inn National Historic Landmark
Travel method(s): car
Read OnShiretoko
Lithobates Canada - 26-Oct-24
Visit date(s): September 25 & 26, 2024
Nearby sites on trip: Jomon prehistoric sites, although they are not very close. We saw our first one 3 days later.
Overnight location: Utoro
Location(s): Shiretoko National Park: Goko lakes hike, Furepe waterfall hike, Cape Shiretoko sightseeing boat, Shiretoko pass drive, Rausu Kanketsusen Geyser (photo)
Travel method(s): Car, foot, boat
Travel duration: Less than 10 minute drive to the park. Less than 2 hour drive to the furthest point on the other side of the peninsula. We reentered the park at the field house on the north side.
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