may travels 4: tsushima day 1
Jun. 27th, 2007 09:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stormsewerSo, while I lived in Nagasaki Prefecture, I managed to get just about everywhere except Tsushima. I had always planned to go out there, but I never managed it. Back in Kyushu after everyone had left to go home, I knew I had my chance.
Tsushima, by the way, is closer to Korea than it is to Japan, and the place is swarming with Korean tourists (who all seem to be primarily middle-aged women who travel in packs and all wear plastic visors). Only 9% of Tsushima is inhabited, and the rest is mountains. The population density is about 56 people per square kilometer, which is extremely low by Japanese standards (lower than Hokkaido, which is 67) and is about on par with Georgia, Tennessee, and New Hampshire.
The first thing I did was wander around the town the ferry docked in, looking for a place to stay. The town certainly has character.
Then I wandered out to an old temple (Banshouin), which has a fairly famous (and quite old) graveyard in back. I love a good graveyard.
Then I climbed Shizuyama Mountain, where there are ruins of a castle that Toyotomi Hideyoshi built as a base for invading Korea.
The town.
The ruins.
Then I wandered through a shrine...
And went back and went to bed.
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Tsushima, by the way, is closer to Korea than it is to Japan, and the place is swarming with Korean tourists (who all seem to be primarily middle-aged women who travel in packs and all wear plastic visors). Only 9% of Tsushima is inhabited, and the rest is mountains. The population density is about 56 people per square kilometer, which is extremely low by Japanese standards (lower than Hokkaido, which is 67) and is about on par with Georgia, Tennessee, and New Hampshire.
The first thing I did was wander around the town the ferry docked in, looking for a place to stay. The town certainly has character.
Then I wandered out to an old temple (Banshouin), which has a fairly famous (and quite old) graveyard in back. I love a good graveyard.
Then I climbed Shizuyama Mountain, where there are ruins of a castle that Toyotomi Hideyoshi built as a base for invading Korea.
The town.
The ruins.
Then I wandered through a shrine...
And went back and went to bed.
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