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Tsushima Strait

Tsushima Strait is a strait between the Korean Peninsula and Kyushu. Kyushu is an island which is west most in the four main islands of the Japanese Islands. There is Tsushima in the middle of Tsushima Strait. Tsushima is an island near the Korean Peninsula in Japan. The sea between the Korean Peninsula and Tsushima is called West Channel or Korea Strait. The sea between Tsushima and Kyushu is called Eest Channel.

This strait has connected the East China Sea and Sea of Japan.

This sea serves as Korea and a stage of exchange of Japan. Buddhism was transmitted from Korea to Japan through this strait. This sea is crossed and Mongolian and the Korean Allied Forces have attacked Japan. The ferry is put into service between Busan and Shimonoseki now, and Korean and Japanese are going back and forth.

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