List of islands of Japan#Main islands

{{Main|Japanese archipelago}}

{{Location map many | Japan

| caption = The main islands of Japan

| alt = The four main islands of Japan run from Hokkaido in the northeast, along the largest island, Honshu, to Kyushu, in the southwest. Shikoku is the smallest and is tucked between Honshu to the north and Kyushu to the west.

| label1 = Hokkaido | coordinates1= {{coord|43|N|142|E}}

| label2 = Honshu | coordinates2= {{coord|36|N|138|E}}

| label3 = Kyushu | coordinates3 = {{coord|33|N|131|E}}

| label4 = Shikoku | coordinates4 = {{coord|33.7432|N|133.6375|E}}

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The four main islands of Japan are:{{cite web |title=離島とは(島の基礎知識) (what is a remote island?) |publisher=Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism |url=http://www.mlit.go.jp/crd/chirit/ritoutoha.html |website= MLIT (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) |date=22 August 2015 |access-date= 9 August 2019 | language=ja |format=website |quote=MILT classification 6,852 islands(main islands: 5 islands, remote islands: 6,847 islands) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113053915/http://www.mlit.go.jp/crd/chirit/ritoutoha.html |archive-date=2007-11-13}}Imperial Japanese Commission to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. (1903). [https://books.google.com/books?id=tYguAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA2 Japan in the Beginning of the 20th century (Haruki Yamawaki, editor), p. 2].

• Hokkaido – the northernmost and second largest main island, third most populous.
• Honshu – the largest and most populous island, with the capital Tokyo. Honshu is connected to the other three main islands by bridges and tunnels.
• Kyushu – the third largest main island, second most populous and the nearest to the Asian continent.
• Shikoku – the smallest and least populous main island, located between Honshu and Kyushu.

• Ōshima
• Okushiri Island
• Teuri Island
• Rebun Island
• Rishiri IslandNussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA791 "Rishiri-tō"] in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 791.
• Yagishiri Island
• Kamome island

• Awashima Island, Niigata
• Kanmurijima
• Kutsujima, Kyoto
• Mitsukejima
• Nanatsujima archipelago
• Notojima
• Oki IslandsPonsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). Sovereign and Subject, p. 332.
• Dōgo
• Nakanoshima
• Nishinoshima
• Chiburijima
• {{ill|Oomijima|ja|青海島}}
• SadoPonsonby-Fane, p. 331.
• Takashima, Shimane
• Tobishima (Yamagata)
• {{ill|Oshakujima|ja|御積島}}
• Tsunoshima
• Umashima, Shimane

{{main|Tokyo Bay}}

• Dream Island (Yume No Shima)
• Odaiba (artificial island)
• Sarushima (natural)
• {{ill|Jonan Island|ja|城南島}}
• {{ill|Heiwa Island|ja|平和島}}
• {{ill|Showa Island|ja|昭和島}}
• {{ill|Keihin Island|ja|京浜島}}
• Tokyo International Airport (artificial island)
• {{ill|Katsushima |ja|勝島}}
• {{ill|Hakkeijima|ja|八景島}}
• {{ill|Higashi Ogijima|ja|東扇島}}
• Wakasu
• {{ill|Oogishima|ja|扇島}}
• {{interlanguage link multi|Ukishima-cho|lt=Ukishima|ja|浮島町 (川崎市)}}

{{main|Osaka Bay}}

• Maishima
• Yumeshima
• {{ill|Sakishima, Osaka|ja|咲洲|lt=Sakishima}}
• Kansai International Airport (artificial island)
• Kobe Airport (artificial island)
• Port Island
• Rokkō Island
• {{ill|Minami Ashiyahama|ja|南芦屋浜}}
• Wakayama Marina City
• {{ill|Nishinomiyahama|ja|西宮浜}}

{{main|Ise Bay}}

• Chūbu Centrair International Airport (artificial island)
• Kami-shima
• Kashiko Island
• Kozukumi Island
• Mikimoto Pearl Island

{{main|Mutsu Bay}}

• Ōshima
• Taijima

{{main|Nanpō Islands}}

File:Map_of_Izu_Islands.png

• Izu IslandsNussbaum, [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA412 "Izu Shotō"] at p. 412.
• AogashimaGotoh, H. et al. (2010). [https://books.google.com/books?id=Kc5xrqAD9fYC&pg=PA187 "Infrastructure Maintenance and Disaster Prevention Measures on Isolated Islands: the Case of the Izu Islands near Tokyo"] in Island Sustainability (Favro, S., editor), p. 187.
• HachijōNussbaum, [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA412 p. 412]; Ponsonby-Fane, p. 332.
• Izu ŌshimaNussbaum, [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA761 "Ōshima"] at p. 761.
• Kōzu
• Miyake-jima
• Mikura-jima
• Nii-jima
• Shikine
• Toshima
• Tori-shimaNussbaum, [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA987 "Torishima"] at p. 987.
• Udonejima
• Ogasawara Islands (Bonin Islands)Nussbaum, [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA737 "Ogasawara Guntō"] at p. 737.

File:Ogasawara_islands.png

• Mukojima Rettō
• Chichijima
• Hahajima
• Mukojima
• Kazan Rettō (Volcano Islands)
• Nishinoshima
• Kita Iwo Jima (North Iwo Jima)
• Iwo Jima
• Minami Iwo Jima (South Iwo Jima)

• Minami Torishima (Marcus Island)
• Enoshima
• Okino Torishima (Parece Vela)

Most of these are located in the East China Sea.

• Amakusa
• Shimoshima Island, Amakusa
• Kamishima Island, Amakusa
• Nagashima Island, Kagoshima
• Aoshima
• Gotō Islands
• Danjo Islands
• {{ill|Hizentorishima|ja|鳥島 (長崎県)}}
• HashimaNussbaum, [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA294 "Hashima" at p. 294].
• Hirado
• Iki
• Koshikijima Islands
• Shimokoshiki-jima
• Kamikoshiki-jima
• Tsushima
• Ukushima

• Kuro-shima (Ehime)
• Nii Ōshima

{{main|Ryukyu Islands}}

File:Location_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands.JPG

{{main|Satsunan Islands}}

The northern half is administratively part of Kagoshima Prefecture and Kyushu.

{{main|Ōsumi Islands}}

The North-Eastern Group:

• Tanegashima
• Yakushima
• Kuchinoerabujima
• Mageshima

The North-Western Group:

• Iōjima
• Shōwa Iōjima
• [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kuroshima,+Mishima,+Kagoshima+District,+Kagoshima+890-0902,+Japan/@30.831093,129.8658229,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x3517d4295cfe122f:0xcf4c5c44daabe9ee!8m2!3d30.8327368!4d129.935018 Kuroshima]
• [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Takeshima/@30.8100241,130.4210341,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x353da4255a06b1b5:0x60b4e3632d7b1930!8m2!3d30.8101914!4d130.4287111 Takeshima]

{{main|Tokara Islands}}

The Shichi-tō:

• Kuchinoshima
• Nakanoshima (Kagoshima)
• Gajajima
• Suwanosejima
• Akusekijima
• Tairajima
• Kodakarajima
• Takarajima

{{main|Amami Islands}}

• Amami Ōshima
• Kikaijima
• Kakeromajima
• Yoroshima
• Ukeshima
• Tokunoshima
• Okinoerabujima
• Yoronjima

The Southern Half, Okinawa Prefecture

{{main|Okinawa Islands}}

The Central Group or Ryukyu proper:

• Okinawa Island
• Kumejima
• Iheyajima
• Izenajima
• Agunijima
• Iejima
• Iōtorishima{{cite gvp|title=Io-Torishima|vn=282020|access-date=2022-03-16}}
• Kerama Islands
• Tokashikijima
• Zamamijima
• Akajima
• Gerumajima
• Daitō Islands
• Kitadaitojima
• Minamidaitōjima
• Okidaitōjima

{{main|Sakishima Islands}}

Also known as the Further Isles:

• Miyako Islands
• Miyako-jima
• Ikema
• Ogami
• Irabu Island
• Shimoji
• Kurima-jima
• Minna
• Tarama
• Yaeyama Islands
• Iriomote
• Ishigaki
• Taketomi
• Kohama
• Kuroshima
• Aragusuku
• Hatoma
• Yubujima
• Hateruma
• Yonaguni
• Senkaku Islands - controlled by Japan, disputed by China and Taiwan.
• Uotsurijima
• Kuba Jima
• Taisho Jima
• Kita Kojima
• Minami Kojima

File:Seto-Inland-Sea-Photo.jpg

{{main|Seto Inland Sea}}

• Kasaoka Islands
• Takashima Island (Okayama) 高島 (岡山県笠岡市)
• Shiraishi Island
• Kitagi Island, 北木島
• Obishi Island, 大飛島
• Kobi Island, 小飛島
• Manabeshima, 真鍋島
• Mushima Island (Okayama), 六島 (岡山県)
• Shiwaku Islands
• Awaji
• Etajima
• Kurahashi-jima
• Inujima
• Itsukushima (popularly known as "Miyajima")
• Shōdoshima
• Naoshima Islands
• Suō-Ōshima, Yamaguchi
• Himeshima, Ōita
• Aoshima, Ehime
• Hashira Island
• Okamura Island
• Ōshima (Ehime)
• Mukaishima Island, Hiroshima
• Ōmishima Island, Ehime
• Ōkunoshima (often called "Rabbit Island")

• Daikon-island
• Bentenjima in Lake Tōya
• Bentenjima in Lake Hamana

• Chūbu Centrair International Airport
• Dejima
• New Kitakyushu Airport
• {{ill|Midori No Shima|ja|緑の島}}, off Hakodate (artificial)
• {{ill|Malimpia Okinosu|ja|マリンピア沖洲}} (artificial)
• Wakaejima (artificial)
• Island City, Fukuoka (artificial)

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There are four disputed Kuril Islands that are controlled by Russia and claimed by Japan. These islands are called the Chishima Islands.Imperial Japanese Commission, [https://books.google.com/books?id=tYguAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA3 p. 3].

• Iturup - {{Nihongo4|Etorofu|択捉島|Etorofu-tō}}
• Kunashir - {{Nihongo4|Kunashiri|国後島|Kunashiri-tō}}
• Shikotan - {{Nihongo4|Shikotan|色丹島|Shikotan-tō}}
• Habomai Islands - {{Nihongo4|Habomai|歯舞群島|Habomai-guntō}}

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• Liancourt Rocks (Dokdo/Takeshima) - controlled by South Korea, disputed by Japan. North Korea also claims Dokdo belongs to North Korea, and blasts Japan for its claim over Dokdo.{{Cite web |date=2021-07-17 |title=North Korea blasts Japan over claim to Dokdo |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/08/103_312294.html |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=koreatimes |language=en}}

• South Seas Mandate (1919–1947) - part of the Japanese colonial empire until its defeat in 1945. Formally revoked by the United Nations in 1947. The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands later became a U.S. territory.
• Taiwan and Penghu (1895–1952) - part of the Japanese colonial empire until its defeat in 1945. Returned to the Republic of China in 1945 but unrecognized by the Allies. All claims relinquished by the Treaty of San Francisco signed in 1951.
• Karafuto (1905–1949) - the southern half of the island of Sakhalin, controlled by Japan after the Russo-Japanese War. Japan lost control of Karafuto after its invasion by the Soviet Union during World War II. Formally abolished as a legal entity by Japan in 1949. Japan in addition controlled the northern half of Sakhalin between 1920 and 1925, during and after the Russian Civil War.
• Jeju Island (1910–1945) - part of Korea, annexed by Japanese colonial empire until its defeat in 1945.

{{main|List of islands of Japan by area}}

These are the 50 largest islands of Japan. It excludes the disputed Kuril islands known as the northern territories.

• Geography of Japan
• Japanese archipelago
• List of islands of Japan by area
• Lists of islands
• Names of Japan

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