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The List of islands of Japan may be grouped by type or location. Japan is a country of islands.^[1]

Main islands[change | change source]

Japan has four main islands running from north to south. The general shape of the island grouping looks like the body of a dragon with its head erect.^[2]

List of smaller islands of Japan[change | change source]

Japan has 6,000+ smaller islands and people live on 430+ of these islands.^[1]

Islands in Sea of Japan[change | change source]

Oki Islands^[6]
Sado Island^[2]
Todo Island
Mitsuke Island

Islands in Tokyo Bay[change | change source]

Dream Island (Yume No Shima)
Odaiba
Sarushima (natural)
Jonan Island
Heiwa Island
Showa Island
Keihin Island
Tokyo International Airport
Katsushima
Hakkeijima
Higashi Ogijima
Wakasu (若洲)
Oogishima

Islands in Osaka Bay[change | change source]

Maishima
Yumeshima
Sakishima
Kansai International Airport (artificial island)
Kobe Airport
Port Island
Rokko Island
Minami Ashiyahama
Wakayama Marina City
Nishinomiyahama

Islands in Ise Bay[change | change source]

Chūbu Centrair International Airport (artificial island)
Kamishima
Kashiko Island
Kozukumijima
Mikimoto Pearl Island
Ozukumijima

Islands in Pacific Ocean[change | change source]

Izu Islands^[7]
- Aogashima^[8]
- Hachijō Island^[9]
- Izu Ōshima^[10]
- Kōzu Island^[7]
- Miyake Island^[7]
- Mikura Island^[7]
- Nii Island^[7]
- Shikine Island^[7]
- Toshima Island^[7]
- Tori Island^[11]
- Udone Island^[7]
Ogasawara Islands^[12]
- Chichi Island^[12]
- Haha Island^[12]
- Muko Island^[12]
- Yome Island^[12]
- Iwo Jima^[12]
- Minamitorishima (Marcus Island)
- Okinotorishima (Parece Vela)
Enoshima

Islands near Kyūshū[change | change source]

Most of these are in the East China Sea.

Hiroshina
Amakusa
Gotō Islands^[13]
Hirado Island^[14]
Hashima Island
Iki Island^[15]
Koshiki Island
Tsushima Islands^[15]

Nansei Islands[change | change source]

Satsunan Islands[change | change source]

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

Ōsumi Islands[change | change source]

The North-Eastern Group:

Tanegashima^[13]
Yakushima^[16]
Kuchinoerabujima
Mageshima

The North-Western Group:

Takeshima
Iōjima
Shōwa Iōjima
Kuroshima

Tokara Islands[change | change source]

The Shichi-tō:

Kuchinoshima
Nakanoshima (Kagoshima)
Gajajima
Suwanosejima
Akusekijima
Tairajima
Kodakarajima
Takarajima

Amami Islands[change | change source]

Amami Ōshima
Kikaijima
Kakeromajima
Yoroshima
Ukeshima
Tokunoshima
Okinoerabu Island^[17]
Yoron Island^[17]

Ryukyu Islands[change | change source]

The Southern Half, Okinawa Prefecture

Okinawa Islands[change | change source]

The Central Group or Ryukyu proper:

Okinawa^[17]
Kume Island^[17]
Iheya Island^[17]
Izena Island^[17]
Aguni Island^[17]
Ie Island^[17]
Iwo Tori Shima (Iōtorishima) [1]
Kerama Islands^[17]
Daitō Islands

Sakishima Islands[change | change source]

Also known as the Further Isles:

Miyako Islands
- Miyakojima
- Ikema
- Ogami
- Irabu
- Shimoji
- Kurima
- Minna
- Tarama
Yaeyama Islands^[18]
- Iriomote Island^[18]
- Ishigaki Island^[18]
- Taketomi Island^[18]
- Kohama
- Kuroshima
- Aragusuku
- Hatoma
- Yubujima
- Hateruma
- Yonaguni
Senkaku Islands (disputed by PRC and ROC)

Islands in Seto Inland Sea[change | change source]

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
- Manabe Island 真鍋島
- Mushima Island (Okayama) 六島 (岡山県)
Shiwaku Islands
Awaji Island^[2]
Etajima
Itsukushima (popularly known as "Miyajima")
Shōdoshima
Suō-Ōshima, Yamaguchi

Islands in lakes[change | change source]

Chikubu Island
Daikon-island
Bentenjima in Lake Toya
Bentenjima in Lake Hamana

Other artificial islands[change | change source]

Chūbu Centrair International Airport
Dejima^[14]
New Kitakyushu Airport
Midori No Shima, off Hakodate
Malimpia Okinosu
Wakaejima
Island City, Fukuoka

Claims but does not control[change | change source]

The Northern Territories[change | change source]

These are the four disputed Kuril Islands, also known as the Chishima Islands.^[19]

Iturup
Habomai Islands
Kunashir
Shikotan

Others[change | change source]

Liancourt Rocks (Takeshima/Dokdo) - occupied by South Korea.

Related pages[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

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