Around 1,000 Mongol army men landed on the Japanese island of Tsushima in 1274, the first onslaught of Kublai Khan's Mongol invasion of Japan.
The Mongol invasion on Japan took place in 1274. It was when Kublai Khan sent two huge fleets from China and Korea. When Mongol departed for the invasion of Japan, thier first stoppage was Tushima island and this was the first onslaught of Kabulai Khan's invasion of Japan.
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