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.
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Jomon 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.
Read OnAncient Kamakura (T)
Lithobates Canada - 05-Oct-24
Visit date(s): October 23, 2024 (Autumnal equinox holiday)
Nearby sites on trip: None nearby
Overnight location: Tokyo, less than half hour walk from Tokyo station
Location(s): This order is mostly downhill from kita-Kamakura station, returning to Tokyo via tram and Kamakura station:
Engaku-ji
Kencho-ji (photo)
Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu
Wakamiya Oji
Kotoku-in, including the Daibutsu
Travel method(s): Train, tram and foot (9 km!). Most sites are built into hillsides, so there are a lot of hills and stairs.
Read OnThe Padang Civic Ensemble (T)
Lithobates Canada - 18-Aug-24
Visit date(s): October 1, 2023
Nearby sites on trip: Singapore Botanic Gardens
Overnight location: Chinatown, between Maxwell and Tanjong Pagar MRT stations
Locations (Entered the National Gallery and Asian Civilizations Museum):
- St. Andrew’s Cathedral
- former City Hall and Supreme Court (currently National Gallery Singapore)
- the Padang itself
- old Parliament House (currently Arts House, see photo)
- former Town Hall and Victoria Memorial Hall (currently Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall, to left in photo)
- former Empress Place (currently Asian Civilizations Museum)
Travel method(s): MRT and foot
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