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Tōnokubi Site (塔の首遺跡, Tōnokubi iseki) is an archaeological site with a cluster of Yayoi period graves, located in the Kamitsushima neighborhood of Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1977.
Tsushima also incorporates over 100 smaller islands, many tiny. The name Tsushima generally refers to all the islands of the Tsushima archipelago collectively. [5] Administratively, Tsushima Island is in Nagasaki Prefecture. The island group measures about 70 km (43 mi) by 15 km (9 mi) and had a population of about 28,000 as of 2022.
Tsushima City-hall. Tsushima (対馬市, Tsushima-shi) is an island city grouped in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.It is the only city of Tsushima Subprefecture and it encompasses all of Tsushima Island, which lies in the Tsushima Strait north of Nagasaki on the western side of Kyushu, the southernmost mainland island of Japan.
Misaki Itō (伊藤 美咲, Itō Misaki) commonly known as Misia (ミーシャ, Mīsha, born July 7, 1978) and stylized in all caps, is a Japanese singer and songwriter.Born in Tsushima, Nagasaki, Misia moved to Fukuoka at the age of 14 to pursue a recording career.
Tsushima Province (対馬国, Tsushima-no kuni) was an old province of Japan on Tsushima Island which occupied the area corresponding to modern-day Tsushima, Nagasaki. [1] It was sometimes called Taishū ( 対州 ) .
Tsushima Subprefecture, an administrative subdivision of Nagasaki prefecture (coterminous with Tsushima Island) Tsushima Fuchū Domain, a feudal domain of the early modern period, largely if not entirely contiguous with the Province; Tsushima Basin, also known as Ulleung Basin, located at the juncture of the Sea of Japan and the Korea Strait
Uni Island (Japanese: 海栗島) is an island located in Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, on the border between Japan and South Korea.The entire territory of Uni Island is state-owned land, and the Air Self-Defense Force is stationed on the island (the unit is the 19th Vigilance Team of the Western Air Vigilance Control Regiment under the Western Air Front).
Due to Tsushima's geographic proximity and special role in Japanese diplomacy with Korea, linguists used to expect the Tsushima dialect to show some influence from Korean. [3] However, they were unable to test the hypothesis by conducting field work because the access to the island was restricted by the army for its strategic importance.