Tsushima
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Places
- Tsushima, NagasakiTsushima, Nagasakiis a city governed by Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is the only city of Tsushima Subprefecture and it encompasses all of Tsushima Island Archipelago, which lies in the Tsushima Strait north of Nagasaki on the western side of Kyūshū, the southernmost mainland island of Japan. the city has an...
, a city in Nagasaki Prefecture (coterminous with Tsushima Island) - Tsushima BasinTsushima BasinThe or Ulleung Basin is an oceanic basin located where the Sea of Japan meets the Korea Strait. It lies immediately south of Ulleung-do and Liancourt Rocks, in the eastern end of the South Korean EEZ and the western end of the Japanese EEZ.In 1978, the Japanese government registered the name...
, also known as Ulleung Basin, located at the juncture of the Sea of Japan and the Korea Strait - Tsushima IslandTsushima IslandTsushima Island is an island of the Japanese Archipelago situated in the middle of the Tsushima Strait at 34°25'N and 129°20'E. The main island of Tsushima was once a single island, but the island was divided into two in 1671 by the Ōfunakosiseto canal and into three in 1900 by the Manzekiseto canal...
, part of Nagasaki Prefecture - Tsushima ProvinceTsushima Provincewas an old province of Japan on Tsushima Island which occupied the area corresponding to modern-day Tsushima, Nagasaki. It was sometimes called .-Political History:...
, a historical province, coterminous with modern Tsushina Subprefecture - Tsushima SubprefectureTsushima SubprefectureTsushima Subprefecture is an administrative subdivision of Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. This subprefecture is the administrative body for the Tsushima Island which lie between Kyūshū and the Korean Peninsula...
, an administrative subdivision of Nagasaki prefecture (coterminous with Tsushima Island) - Tsushima Fuchū DomainTsushima Fuchu domainThe Tsushima Fuchū domain , also called the Tsushima domain, was a domain of Japan during the Edo period that controlled Tsushima Province and a small portion of Hizen Province. It was ruled by the Sō clan...
, a feudal domain of the early modern period, largely if not entirely contiguous with the Province - Tsushima StraitTsushima Straitis the eastern channel of the Korea Strait, which lies between Korea and Japan, connecting the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea.The Tsushima Strait is the broader eastern channel to the east and southeast of Tsushima Island, with the Japanese islands of Honshū to the east and northeast, and...
, the eastern channel of the Korea Strait - Tsushima, AichiTsushima, Aichiis a city located in Aichi Prefecture in the Chūbu region of Japan.As of April 1, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 66,448, with a household number of 25,398, and the density of 2,649.44 persons per km². The total area is 25.08 km²....
, a city in Aichi Prefecture - Tsushima, EhimeTsushima, Ehimeis a former town of Japan located in Kitauwa District, Ehime Prefecture.On August 1, 2005 Tsushima, along with the towns of Mima and Yoshida, all from Kitauwa District, was merged into the expanded city of Uwajima....
, a town dissolved in August 2005, formerly located in Ehime Prefecture - Tsushima ShrineTsushima Shrineis a Shinto shrine in Tsushima, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Nationally famous, it heads the Tsushima shrine network, dedicated to the so-called . This Tōkai-centered network with its about 3000 member shrines is the tenth largest in the country. The main kami of this faith are , the god of...
, Aichi Prefecture - Tsushima Shrine, located in the city of Mitoyo, KagawaMitoyo, Kagawais a city located in Kagawa, Japan.As of 2005, the city has an estimated population of 71,178 and a density of 320 persons per km². The total area is 222.66 km²....
Prefecture and only accessible one day a year in early August
Events
- Battle of TsushimaBattle of TsushimaThe Battle of Tsushima , commonly known as the “Sea of Japan Naval Battle” in Japan and the “Battle of Tsushima Strait”, was the major naval battle fought between Russia and Japan during the Russo-Japanese War...
(1905), also known as the "Sea of Japan Naval Battle", the last sea battle of the Russo-Japanese War - Tsushima IncidentTsushima IncidentThe Tsushima Incident occurred in 1861 when the Russians attempted to establish a year-round anchorage on the coast of the island of Tsushima, a Japanese territory located between Honshu and Korea.-Arrival of the Posadnik:...
(1861), involving Russia, Japan, and Britain
Ships
- Tsushima MaruTsushima MaruTsushima Maru was a Japanese unmarked passenger/cargo ship that was sunk while carrying hundreds of schoolchildren by the submarine USS Bowfin during World War II. The ship was on her way from Okinawa to Kagoshima. On August 22, 1944, at between 10:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m...
, a civilian ship sunk by American naval forces during World War II - Japanese cruiser TsushimaJapanese cruiser Tsushimawas a Niitaka class protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy. It was a sister ship to the , and was named for the Tsushima island, the strategic island group between Japan and Korea.-Background:...
Other things connected to Tsushima Island
- Tsushima Current, a branch of the Kuroshio Current into the Sea of Japan
- Tsushima horse or Tsushima pony, a breed of Japanese horses
People
- Yūko Tsushima (born 1947), pen name of "Tsushima Satoko", a Japanese fiction writer, essayist and critic
- Yūji TsushimaYuji Tsushimais a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Aomori, Aomori, he attended University of Tokyo and passed the bar exam while still in college...
, a politician