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Fringe listening_Tsushima x Boreumdo
In the last 6 months I have had some opportunities to travel to a couple of islands in the region around Korea where I am living. The first was Tsushima which is a Japanese territory and is located between Kyushu and the Korean peninsular. Actually, in fine weather Korea can be seen from the north of Tsushima, and for hundreds of years the island has been the site of many inter-actions between the two mainland peoples. I don’t know much about it but I had great days cycling around and listening to this beautiful and low-key place.The second island is Boreumdo which is in the Korean West Sea and is in the North/South border area (under the control of South Korea.) Boreum-do is relatively small and is situated within the tidal mudflats which Koreans call ‘Getbol’ (갯벌). These tidal mudflats are an important habitat for many creatures, including birds that travel the Australasian East Asian Flyway, such as the Godwit and Curlew which fly it from New Zealand and Australia.
Some kind of far fetched scheme can imagine parallels between these two far flung Pacific island locations, Tsushima and Boreumdo. Boreum, surrounded by ancient mud; Tsushima, rising from the deepwater strait between mainland Japan and the Korean Peninsular. Both islands sit on fringes of state boundaries and overlook foreign nations. Both islands are on the fringes of major population centers, and both sustain some residual fringe richness of biodiversity.
Tsushima
Miuda headland&rockpools_144m tunnel, east coast_Toyotama river_Aso bay_Soh clan shrine_fruiting Icho tree_Miso bay rockpools_Miuda beach
Boreumdo
North-West coast mudflats at dawn_dried hillside, parched wind_reeds_hightide_freshwater reservoir_flotsam_remnant woodland
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