Comments on: Japan’s Border Towns http://cominganarchy.com/2008/04/20/japans-border-towns/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:08:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Sperwer http://cominganarchy.com/2008/04/20/japans-border-towns/#comment-383365 Sperwer Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:38:17 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/04/20/japans-border-towns/#comment-383365 The SO lords of Tsushima were considered quasi-feudatories by the Joseon dynasty, which conferred various seals of office on them that entitled them to conduct trade and diplomacy with Korea on behalf of Japan, which those was held at arms-length, diplomatically, economically and, equally if not more important symbolically in maintaining the East Asian "world" order and the Koreans' sense of their own place in it vis-a-vis their Chinese overlords, on the one hand, and the putatively lesser Japanese, on the other. The SO lords of Tsushima were considered quasi-feudatories by the Joseon dynasty, which conferred various seals of office on them that entitled them to conduct trade and diplomacy with Korea on behalf of Japan, which those was held at arms-length, diplomatically, economically and, equally if not more important symbolically in maintaining the East Asian “world” order and the Koreans’ sense of their own place in it vis-a-vis their Chinese overlords, on the one hand, and the putatively lesser Japanese, on the other.

]]> By: links for 2008-04-21 « Skid Roche http://cominganarchy.com/2008/04/20/japans-border-towns/#comment-383358 links for 2008-04-21 « Skid Roche Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:39:41 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/04/20/japans-border-towns/#comment-383358 [...] Japan’s Border Towns Japan is an archipelago and has no land border with any neighboring nation. However, several towns and regions take the modern role of “border town”—politically, economically, and culturally. (tags: politics) [...] [...] Japan’s Border Towns Japan is an archipelago and has no land border with any neighboring nation. However, several towns and regions take the modern role of “border town”—politically, economically, and culturally. (tags: politics) [...]

]]> By: Curzon http://cominganarchy.com/2008/04/20/japans-border-towns/#comment-383349 Curzon Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:52:24 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/04/20/japans-border-towns/#comment-383349 Yeah, I saw it already thanks to Lady Curzon. I just got back from Tsushima today. Ace, the number of people on the ferry we took from Fukuoka to Hitakatsu port earlier this week was, I kid you not, EIGHT PEOPLE including my friend and I. There were more crew members than passengers. We also did not see one tourist at any of the numerous sites we visited. There is very, very little Japanese tourism in Tsushima from what I saw. However, Korean tourists are everywhere and are visiting in the tens of thousands. And while there are always concerns, the money from Koreans does keep that place running. Yeah, I saw it already thanks to Lady Curzon. I just got back from Tsushima today.

Ace, the number of people on the ferry we took from Fukuoka to Hitakatsu port earlier this week was, I kid you not, EIGHT PEOPLE including my friend and I. There were more crew members than passengers. We also did not see one tourist at any of the numerous sites we visited. There is very, very little Japanese tourism in Tsushima from what I saw. However, Korean tourists are everywhere and are visiting in the tens of thousands. And while there are always concerns, the money from Koreans does keep that place running.

]]> By: Aceface http://cominganarchy.com/2008/04/20/japans-border-towns/#comment-383345 Aceface Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:02:27 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/04/20/japans-border-towns/#comment-383345 Check the article on this week's Shukan Shincho,Curz. I thought that was pretty xenophobic,but islanders are not very happy with Koreans for various reasons nowadays it seems. Check the article on this week’s Shukan Shincho,Curz.

I thought that was pretty xenophobic,but islanders are not very happy with Koreans for various reasons nowadays it seems.

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