Mitsushima Town
Must rent a car or take the taxi or the bus
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Green Park
Located in Kechi, Green Park is one of the largest sports and recreation areas in Tsushima. The park includes a picnic area, playground, baseball field, and tennis courts, but two sandy beaches are the main attraction. The water in the area is calm and clear allowing swimmers, divers, and snorkelers to enjoy the variety of tropical fish that inhabit the waters. Green Park is conveniently located about 20 minutes from Izuhara port and 5 minutes from Tsushima airport by car. The Kuko iriguchi (空港入り口) bus stop is located on the main road just in front of the park's entrance. |
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Manzeki Bridge
In the 33rd year of the Meiji Era (1900), a channel was artificially dug out as a passage for the warships of the Japanese Navy. However, the modern bridge is now an important transportation point. When the tide is going out, the tide flow multiplies the sea's swirls and rolls, and the scene is admired by people who view the scenery from the bridge. The current bridge is the third generation bridge. |
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Western Ship Inlet
Kofunakoshi is connected to the western side of Aso Bay, which is separated from Mitsuura Bay, which by a small hill. Kofunakoshi's name (small boat crossing) originates from old times when boats were carried across the hill between the east and west. At one time, Japan's envoys to the Sui and Tang Chinese dynasties came from the Kyushu mainland to Mitsuura Bay, transferred to boats on the western bank prepared for them, and went on to the continent. |
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Mt. Shiratake
Mt. Shiratake is composed of quartz porphyry and is a symbolic sacred mountain of Tsushima. The mountain is also designated as a national natural treasure for its peculiar ecological system, having vegetation of Japanese and continental environments. For climbers, the starting point is located in Sumo（洲藻）, Mitsushima, which is 15 minutes from Tsushima airport and 25 minutes from Izuhara port by car. You will experience the beautiful nature and the 360° panoramic view at the summit of Mt. Shiratake. |
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Kaneda Castle Ruins
In the second year of the Tenji Era (663), the Japanese army was defeated in the battle of Baekgang by the allied forces of China's Tang Dynasty and the kingdom of Korea. Tsushima, which became the foremost line of Japan's national defense, prepared for an invasion from the continent. On the south bank of Aso Bay, they built the Fortress of Kaneda on the towering castle mountain as a strategic point of defense. The living remains include three castle doors and a surrounding stone fortress. At the summit, one can see the distant South Korea when the weather is fine. |
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Nokowaki Cliff
The Joyama fortress mountain range caved in and created a cliff which looks as if it was cut with a saw. The Nokowaki cliff can be viewed from the shore opposite the Joyama fortress mountain. |
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Akashima
Akashima, on the eastern coast of Tsushima, is well-known among locals for its emerald green water and abundant sea life. |
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Fukaura Torpedo Boat Base
Suzuki Kantaro, prime minister during the end of WWII, was a lieutenant during the Russo-Japanese war. During the battle of Tsushima, Suzuki sortied from Fukaura and defeated the residual warships of the Russian Baltic fleet. The stone walls of the torpedo boat base still remain today and are recognized as an “A-rank” civil engineering asset. |
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Futonorito Shrine
Located in Kashi, this shrine is a great place to visit during firefly season in June. |
Tourist Institutions
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Yuttari Land Tsushima
Five minutes by car from Tsushima airport, Yuttari Land has a public hot spring bath and heated swimming pool, as well as a weight training room and restaurant. Closed Tuesdays |
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Tama no Yu Hot Spring
At Mitsushima town's hot spring bath, enjoy the smooth hot spring baths that have many fans, on the island and elsewhere. Closed Mondays |
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