Kanpu Ferry - Kanpu Ferry

Japanese: 関釜フェリー - かんぷふぇりー

...It was also used for Koreans to travel to Japan and for forced deportation, and for Koreans, it was literally a "ferry of tears" as sung in the popular song "The Ferry is Leaving" (1938). Currently, since 1970, the privately run Kanpu Ferry has been operating as a route connecting Japan and Korea. [Park Kyung-sik]...

From Shimonoseki City

...After the Meiji era, Shimonoseki became a base for continental trade and deep-sea fishing, and various industries flourished as part of the Kitakyushu Industrial Zone, leading to rapid urban development. The Sanyo Main Line, national highways, and Sanyo Shinkansen all pass through the Kanmon Straits via undersea tunnels, and in 1973 the Chugoku Expressway was also connected to Kyushu by the Kanmon Bridge, so Shimonoseki's transportation functions as a city were weakened, but it has taken on a new role, with the launch of the Kanpu Ferry to Busan, Korea. Suburban agriculture, centered on vegetables and flowers, has developed in Hikoshima, Yasuoka, and Oki, and industries such as food, chemicals, metals, and shipbuilding are thriving, centered on Hikoshima and Chofu. ...

From [Tsushima Strait]

… In 1977, the Territorial Sea Law was enacted, setting the territorial sea at 12 nautical miles, but the Tsushima Strait, along with the Soya, Tsugaru, and Osumi Straits, remain designated sea areas with territorial seas at 3 nautical miles as before. The Kanpu Ferry runs between Shimonoseki and Busan, and ferries also run between Hakata and Izuhara (Tsushima), and between Kokura and Hitakatsu (Tsushima). [Takeuchi Kiyofumi]. …

*Some of the terms used in reference to "Kansai Ferry" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…朝鮮人の日本への渡航，強制連行などにも利用され，朝鮮人にとっては流行歌《連絡船は出ていく》(1938)で歌われたように文字どおり〈涙の連絡船〉でもあった。現在は70年以後民間の関釜フェリーが日本と韓国をつなぐ航路として運航されている。【朴慶植】。…

【下関[市]】より

…明治以降は大陸貿易，遠洋漁業の基地となり，北九州工業地帯の一環として諸工業が興り，急速な都市的発展を遂げた。山陽本線，国道，山陽新幹線がいずれも海底トンネルで関門海峡を通過し，1973年には中国自動車道も関門橋によって九州と結ばれたため，下関の交通都市的機能は弱まったが，韓国釜山との間に関釜（かんぷ）フェリーが就航するなど新たな役割をになっている。彦島･安岡･王喜では野菜･花卉を中心に近郊農業が発達しており，工業は彦島と長府を中心に食品，化学，金属，造船業などが盛ん。…