Tsushima Subprefecture (対馬支庁,
Tsushima-shichō,
34°12′38″N 129°17′23″E / 34.210417°N 129.289833°E / 34.210417; 129.289833) was an administrative subdivision of
Nagasaki Prefecture,
Japan. The
subprefecture was the administrative body for
Tsushima Island which lies between
Kyūshū and the
Korean Peninsula. The only municipality in
Tsushima Subprefecture is
Tsushima City, which itself is the composite of the
merger of six smaller towns (Kamiagata: Kami-agata, Kami-tsushima, Mine and Shimoagata: Izuhara, Mitsushima, Toyotama) on the island.
