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I was born in Japan, lived most of my life in Los Angeles, CA, but am currently living in Poland.
Recent Reviews Tsunami
Verla Groundwood and Board Mill
Tsunami Japan / USA / Poland - 16-Oct-19
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 Canada, where I have seen the most massive color change of foliage in Autumn, I decided to go to Finland in late September.
This trip was originally planned in late September 2018, but I had to postpone it for 1 year. At that time there was bus running between Kouvola and Verla only on Tuesdays. But this time it was running on Tuesdays and also on Thursdays. So I went on a Thursday.
Read OnSchokland
Tsunami Japan / USA / Poland - 03-Oct-19
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 too expensive to stay over weekends.
From Lelystad on a Saturday I took a bus with a regional bus company ("OV Regio IJsselmond") to Emmeloord and took another bus to Ens to get closer to Schokland in the afternoon. You can buy an all-day bus ticket for 11.5 Euros.
(From Emmeloord I had taken yet another bus with a different bus company ("Arriva, a DB company") to visit Ir. D. F. Woudagemaal WHS in Lemmer in the morning. So this bus ride was not included in the all-day bus ticket.)
Read OnCentre historique de la ville de Gorokhovets (T)
Tsunami Japan / USA / Poland - 19-Jun-19
In late April 2019 I stopped at Gorokhovets by train on my way from Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow.
Gorokhovets is located on the eastern edge of the Vladimir Oblast but is only 50 km west from Nizhny Novgorod, the 5th largest city in Russia.
The train station is about 8 km away from the center of Gorokhovets, and not surprisingly a Marshrutka, or a mini bus, was waiting at the station. The last stop of this bus was the central square of the town with a tourist office a short distance away.
Read OnHeiligenkreuz Abbey (T)
Tsunami Japan / USA / Poland - 19-Jun-19
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 public transportation are by bus either from the Baden bei Wien train station or from the Mödling train station.
I visited from the former.
The bus will drop you right off at the parking lot for this Abbey. This means that you enter the Abbey complex from the back, but I would recommend entering the Abbey from the front gate in order to orient yourself for this large complex.
Read OnGreat Spas of Europe (Austria) (T)
Tsunami Japan / USA / Poland - 16-Jun-19
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 Bath in the UK.
I guess Bad Ischl in Salzkammergut, which I have also been to, is no longer included in this Great Spas of Europe nomination, but Baden bei Wien is. I'm not exactly sure how these decisions were made.
I enjoyed visiting this small town outside Vienna quite a bit, but I see some problems in this nomination. First of all, there is not many traces of spa facilities in this town. At other spa towns included in this nomination you can either drink the spa water (Karlovy Vary; Spa) or soak in it (Baden-Baden; Bath) at their historic facilities
Read OnProfile Data
- Name
- Tsunami
- Country
- Japan / USA / Poland
- Most Impressive
- Glacier Bay, Mt. Athos, Masada
- Proposal
- Bryce Canyon NP, Utah, USA; Coso Rock Art District, California, USA; University of California, Berkeley, USA; Jingu in Ise, Japan
Recently Visited WHS
- Update 29.09.19
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- Schokland
- Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal
- Beemster Polder
- Rietveld Schröderhuis
- Sammallahdenmäki
- Verla Groundwood and Board Mill
- Van Nellefabriek
Visited WHS
Reviewed WHS
- Verla Groundwood and Board Mill
- Schokland
- Epidaurus
- Ivrea
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
- Vicenza
- Kotor
- Castel del Monte
- Heritage of Mercury
- Plitvice Lakes
- Stari Ras and Sopocani
- Novgorod
- Luther Memorials
- Stevns Klint
- Hedeby and Danevirke
- Primeval Beech Forests
- Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver Mine
- Longobards in Italy
- Fujisan
- Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun
- Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo
- Thracian tomb of Sveshtari
- Srebarna Nature Reserve
- Madara Rider
- Danube Delta
- Churches of Peace
- Champagne
- Reims
- Edinburgh
- Pirin National Park
- Thracian tomb of Kazanlak
- Monastery of Horezu
- Forth Bridge
- New Lanark
- Dacian Fortresses
- Paris, Banks of the Seine
- Val d'Orcia
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal
- Mount Athos
- Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes
- Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin
- The Four Lifts
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal
- Rjukan / Notodden
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
- Monte San Giorgio
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
- Defence Line of Amsterdam
- Holasovice
- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe
- Shirakami-Sanchi
- Shirakami-Sanchi
- Shirakami-Sanchi
- Fortifications of Vauban
- Fortifications of Vauban
Visited TWHS
- Alpine and pre-alpine meadow and marsh landscapes (T)
- Amalienborg and its district (T)
- Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe - extension (Czechia) (T)
- Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe - extension (Poland) (T)
- Ancient Greek Theatres (T)
- Astronomical Observatories of Ukraine (T)
- Asuka-Fujiwara : Archaeological sites of Japan's Ancient Capitals and Related Properties (T)
- Bagçesaray Palace of the Crimean Khans (T)
- Balaton Uplands Cultural Landscape (T)
- Brooklyn Bridge (T)
- California Current Conservation Complex (T)
- Cathédrale de Saint-Denis (T)
- Caves of the Buda Thermal Karst System (T)
- Central Park (T)
- Centre ancien de Sarlat (T)
- Centre historique de la ville de Gorokhovets (T)
- Ceský ráj (Czech Paradise) Rock Cities (T)
- Cetinje Historic Core (T)
- Cité de Carcassonne et ses châteaux sentinelles de montagne (T)
- Citté-fortezza di Palmanova (T)
- Classical Karst (in Slovene language: Klasicni kras) (T)
- Cultural Landscape of Canyon in Kamenets-Podilsk (T)
- Cultural Landscape of Innsbruck-Nordkette/Karwendel (T)
- Darmstadt Artists' Colony Mathildenhöhe (T)
- Diocletian's Palace and the Historical Nucleus of Split (extension) (T)
- Dreams in Stone - the palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria: Neuschwanstein, Linderhof and Herrenchiemsee (T)
- Early Chicago Skyscrapers (T)
- Early Medieval Monastic Sites (T)
- Ellis Island (T)
- Extension of the World Heritage Site "Historic Centre of Prague" with the important Monuments in its Vicinity (T)
- Extension to the Joint World Heritage Property "Primeval Beech forests of the Carpathians (Slovak Republic and Ukraine) and the Ancient Beech forests of Germany (Germany)" (T)
- Fishpond Network in the Trebon Basin (T)
- Francke Foundation Buildings (T)
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire - Lower German Limes (T)
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire - The Danube Limes in Bulgaria (T)
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Austria) (T)
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire (extension) (T)
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Germany) (T)
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire (WHS FRE) (T)
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Croatian Limes (T)
- Fuzina Hills in Bohinj (T)
- Gdansk - Town of Memory and Freedom (T)
- Great Spas of Europe (Austria) (T)
- Great Spas of Europe (Czechia) (T)
- Great Spas of Europe (France) (T)
- Great Spas of Europe (Germany) (T)
- Great Spas of Europe (Italy) (T)
- Great Spas of Europe (UK) (T)
- Großglockner High Alpine Road / Großglockner Hochalpenstraße (T)
- Heiligenkreuz Abbey (T)
- Hikone-Jo (castle) (T)
- Hiraizumi - Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land (extension) (T)
- Historic Center of the Port City of Odessa (T)
- Historic Centre of Tchernigov, 9th -13th centuries (T)
- Jerusalem (T)
- Jômon Archaeological Sites in Hokkaidô, Northern Tôhoku, and other regions (T)
- Kaunas 1919-1939: The Capital Inspired by the Modern Movement (T)
- Kyiv: Saint Sophia Cathedral with Related Monastic Buildings, St. Cyril's and St. Andrew's Churches, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (T)
- L'ensemble monumental de Tirgu Jiu (T)
- La Camargue (T)
- Le champ de bataille de Waterloo, la fin de l’épopée napoléonienne (T)
- Le Chateau-fort médieval d'Esztergom (T)
- Le massif forestier de Fontainebleau (T)
- Le noyau historique médiéval ou la "Cuve" de Gand (T)
- Le Palais de Justice de Bruxelles (T)
- Le Panorama de la Bataille de Waterloo, exemple particulièrement significatif de « Phénomène de Panoramas » (T)
- Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Italy) (T)
- Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Monaco) (T)
- Les grandes villes d'eaux d'Europe (T)
- Luther memorials in Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony, Bavaria and Thuringia (T)
- Massif du Mont Blanc (T)
- Massif du Mont-Blanc (T)
- Minoan Palatial Centres (Knossos, Phaistos, Malia, Zakros, Kydonia) (T)
- Moravian Church Settlements (T)
- Mountain-top Hotel and Television Transmitter Ještěd (T)
- National Park "Hohe Tauern" (T)
- Natural and Cultural Landscape of Danube Region (T)
- Natural Reserves of Tatras Mountain (T)
- Nice, la ville neuve née du tourisme, ou l’invention de la Riviera (T)
- Nîmes, l'Antiquité au présent (T)
- Noyau historique d'Antwerpen -Anvers- de l'Escaut aux anciens remparts de vers 1250 (T)
- Old Synagogue and Mikveh in Erfurt - Testimonies of everyday life, religion and town history between change and continuity (T)
- Orheiul Vechi Archaeological Landscape (T)
- Padova Urbs Picta. Giotto, the Scrovegni Chapel and the 14th century painting cycles (T)
- Parco Nazionale della Sila - Sila, gran bosco d'Italia (T)
- Rade de Marseille (T)
- Residence Ensemble Schwerin - Cultural Landscape of Romantic Historicism (T)
- Romanesque Cathedrals in Puglia (T)
- Rostov Kremlin (T)
- Rouen : ensemble urbain à pans de bois, cathédrale, église Saint-Ouen, église Saint Maclou (T)
- Royal Seats in Esztergom, Visegrád with the former Royal Wood in the Pilis Mountain (T)
- Saimaa-Pielinen Lake System (T)
- Salento and the "Barocco Leccese" (T)
- Sarajevo - unique symbol of universal multiculture - continual open city (T)
- Sea of Galilee & its Ancient Sites (T)
- ShUM cities of Speyer, Worms and Mainz (T)
- Taormina and Isola Bella (T)
- Temples, Shrines and other structures of Ancient Kamakura (T)
- The Ancient Plovdiv (T)
- The Augustow Canal (Kanal Augustowski) (T)
- The broader region of Mount Olympus (T)
- The Burren (T)
- The city of Bergamo (T)
- The concept of the lenticular historical town core of Kosice City (T)
- The cultural landscape of the Benedictine settlements in medieval Italy (T)
- The Dunejec River Gorge in the Pieniny Mountains (T)
- The Galilee Journeys of Jesus & the Apostles (T)
- The Historic Centre of Sibiu and its Ensemble of Squares (T)
- The Historic City of Dublin (T)
- The historical surroundings of Crimean Khans' capital in Bakhchysarai (T)
- The Holy place of worship of Ukonsaari by the Sami people at Inari (T)
- The Industrial Complexes at Ostrava (T)
- The Jewish Cemetery of Altona Königstrasse. Sephardic Sepulchral Culture of the 17th and 18th century between Europe and the Caribbean (T)
- The Laponian Area - Tysfjord, the fjord of Hellemobotn and Rago (T)
- The Lofoten islands (T)
- The Murge of Altamura (T)
- The natural and architectural ensemble of Jajce (T)
- The Porticoes of Bologna (T)
- The Roussensky Lom National Park (T)
- The royal necropolis of the Thracian city of Seuthopolis – a serial site, extension of the Kazanlak Thracian tomb (T)
- The Tara National Park with the Drina River Canyon (T)
- The timeless, humanistic architecture of Jože Plečnik (T)
- The West Bohemian Spa Triangle (T)
- Thomas Jefferson Buildings (T)
- Tokaj Wine Region (T)
- Trakai Historical National Park (T)
- Via Francigena in Italy (T)
- Viking Age Ring Fortresses (T)
- VIKING MONUMENTS AND SITES / Vestfold Ship Burials and Hyllestad Quernstone Quarries (T)
- Waters and seabed of Fiordland (Te Moana O Atawhenua) (T)
- Western Stone Forts (T)
- White Sands National Monument (T)
- Zadar - Episcopal complex (T)
- Zagorochoria - North Pindos National Park (T)
Reviewed TWHS
- Centre historique de la ville de Gorokhovets (T)
- Heiligenkreuz Abbey (T)
- Great Spas of Europe (Austria) (T)
- Großglockner High Alpine Road / Großglockner Hochalpenstraße (T)
- Fishpond Network in the Trebon Basin (T)
- The cultural landscape of the Benedictine settlements in medieval Italy (T)
- VIKING MONUMENTS AND SITES / Vestfold Ship Burials and Hyllestad Quernstone Quarries (T)
- Asuka-Fujiwara : Archaeological sites of Japan's Ancient Capitals and Related Properties (T)
- The Murge of Altamura (T)
- Historic Centre of Tchernigov, 9th -13th centuries (T)
- Ceský ráj (Czech Paradise) Rock Cities (T)
- Bagçesaray Palace of the Crimean Khans (T)
- The Historic Centre of Sibiu and its Ensemble of Squares (T)
- L'ensemble monumental de Tirgu Jiu (T)
- Cultural Landscape of Canyon in Kamenets-Podilsk (T)