Kisiwa cha Tsushima

Tsushima (kwa Kijapani: 対馬, Tsushima) ni kisiwa cha Funguvisiwa la Japani katika eneo la kati la Mlango wa Korea kwenye ramani ya kijiografia 34°25'N na 129°20'E.MaqQuest on Tsushima Island's coordinates.location of Tsushima. Hiki ni kisiwa kikubwa kabisa cha Mkoa wa Nagasaki. Jiji la Tsushima limeenea katika kisiwa chote.

 Jiografia 
Kisiwa cha Tsushima kipo mjini magharibi mwa Mlango wa Kanmon kwenye latitudo baina Honshū na Kyūshū katika Japan bara. Mlango wa Korea umegawanyika katika Funguvisiwa vya Kisiwa cha Tsushima katika kanda mbili; kanda kubwa, nayo ipo karibu na Japan bara, ni Mlango wa Tsushima. Ōfunakoshi-Seto na Manzeki-Seto, mifereji miwili ambayo ilijengwa mnamo 1671 na 1900 kwa kufuatana, inaunganika na kina kirefu cha Asō Bay kwa upande wa mashariki mwa kisiwa. Funguvisiwa imejumlisha vijisehemu takriban kumi tatu ikiwemo na kisiwa kikuu.

 Marejeo 

 Soma zaidi 
 Ian Nish, A Short History of JAPAN, 1968, LoCCC# 68-16796, Fredrick A. Praeger, Inc., New York, 238 pp.
 British Title and Publisher: The Story of Japan, 1968, Farber and Farber, Ltd.
 Edwin O Reischauer, Japan - The Story of a Nation, 1970, LoCCC# 77-10895 Afred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. 345 pp. plus index.
Previously published as Japan Past and Present, 4 Editions, 1946–1964.


 Viungo vya nje 

 A Profile of Tsushima City 
 Open minds bridge the gap between cultures - Cho Kyung-dal
 15th century Korean artifact unearthed on Tsushima Island, published by Japan Science Scan
 Reaching across the strait 1/ Sleepy Tsushima discovered in a big way
  A list of annual events and matsuri's in Tsushima 
 A 1998 newsgroup posting by Gari Ledyard, King Sejong Professor of Korean History at Columbia University in the City of New York 
 U.S. State Department, Report from the Office of Intelligence Research: Korea´s Recent Claim to the Island of Tsushima (prepared on March 30, 1950)
 "Request for Arrangement of Lands Between Korea and Japan," by the Patriotic Old Men´s Association, Seoul, Korea (August 5, 1948).
 Pro-U.S./Japan Grand National Party members' assertion to claim sovereignty over Daemado in response to Japanese government's action to advertise Dokdo as Japanese territory. (July 17, 2008)

Jamii:Visiwa vya Japani