is a large, complex inlet that nearly cleaves the

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

island of Tsushima in two. The bay is notable for its ria coastline, with many

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and with many peninsulas and numerous small islands located close to the shore. It is part of the Iki-Tsushima Quasi-National Park.

Pearls A pearl is a hard, glistening object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle (mollusc), mantle) of a living Exoskeleton, shelled mollusk or another animal, such as fossil conulariids. Just like the shell of a mollusk, a pear ...

are cultured, and

Japanese amberjack The Japanese amberjack or yellowtail, ''Seriola quinqueradiata'', is a species of Amberjack, jack bony fish, fish in the family Carangidae, native to the northwest Pacific Ocean. It is known as ''shiyu'' () in China, ''bang'eo'' () in Korea, and ...

are farmed in its waters.

Manzeki Channel

The connects Asō Bay with , which opens onto the

Tsushima Straits or Eastern Channel (; ''Dongsuro'') is a channel of the Korea Strait, which lies between Korea and Japan, connecting the Sea of Japan, the Yellow Sea, and the East China Sea. The strait is the channel to the east and southeast of Tsushima Isl ...

. The channel was cut by the

Imperial Japanese Navy The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: Shinjitai: ' 'Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire', or ''Nippon Kaigun'', 'Japanese Navy') was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945, Potsdam Declaration, when it was dissolved followin ...

between 1895 and 1904. It was originally twenty-five metres wide and three meters deep, but was later widened to accommodate larger vessels. File:Top-Mount-Shiroyama-and-Aso-Bay-Tsushima.jpg, Top of Mount Shiroyama and Asō Bay, Tsushima File:Manzekisto.jpg,

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