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The four main islands of Japan run from Hokkaido in the north-east, along the largest island, Honshu, to Kyushu, in the south-west. The fourth and smallest of the islands, Shikoku, lies tucked between Honshu to the north and Kyushu to the east.

Hokkaido

Hokkaido



Honshu

Honshu



Shikoku

Shikoku



Kyushu

Kyushu




The four main islands of Japan


The four main islands of Japan are:




  • Hokkaido[1]


  • Honshu,[2] the largest island, on which the capital, Tokyo, is located.


  • Shikoku[2]


  • Kyushu[3]


Japan also has over 6,000 smaller islands, of which only approximately 430 are inhabited.[4]




Contents






  • 1 List of smaller islands of Japan


    • 1.1 Hokkaido prefecture


    • 1.2 Islands off Honshu in the Sea of Japan


    • 1.3 Islands in Tokyo Bay (artificial islands)


    • 1.4 Islands in Osaka Bay (artificial islands)


    • 1.5 Islands in Ise Bay


    • 1.6 Islands in Mutsu Bay


    • 1.7 Islands in the Pacific Ocean


    • 1.8 Islands around Kyushu


    • 1.9 Islands around Shikoku


    • 1.10 Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-shotō)


      • 1.10.1 Satsunan Islands


        • 1.10.1.1 Ōsumi Islands


        • 1.10.1.2 Tokara Islands


        • 1.10.1.3 Amami Islands




      • 1.10.2 Ryukyu Islands (Ryūkyū-shotō)


        • 1.10.2.1 Okinawa Islands


        • 1.10.2.2 Sakishima Islands






    • 1.11 Islands in the Inland Sea


    • 1.12 Islands in lakes


    • 1.13 Other artificial islands


    • 1.14 Claims but does not control


      • 1.14.1 The Northern Territories


      • 1.14.2 Others






  • 2 See also


  • 3 References





List of smaller islands of Japan[edit]



Hokkaido prefecture[edit]



  • Kamley Island

  • Coco Island (Oshima)

  • Ōshima

  • Okushiri Island

  • Teuri Island


  • Rebun Island
    • Tornado Island



  • Rishiri Island[5]

  • Yagishiri Island


  • Kamome island



Islands off Honshu in the Sea of Japan[edit]



  • Awashima Island, Niigata

  • Kanmurijima

  • Kutsujima, Kyoto

  • Mitsukejima


  • Nanatsujima archipelago

  • Notojima


  • Oki (Oki Islands)[6]

  • ja:Oomijima


  • Sado[7]

  • Takashima, Shimane


  • Tobishima (Yamagata)
    • ja:Oshakujima


  • Tsunoshima

  • Umashima, Shimane



Islands in Tokyo Bay (artificial islands)[edit]



  • Dream Island (Yume No Shima)

  • Odaiba


  • Sarushima (natural)

  • Jonan Island ja:城南島

  • Heiwa Island ja:平和島

  • Showa Island ja:昭和島

  • Keihin Island ja:京浜島

  • Tokyo International Airport

  • Katsushima ja:勝島

  • Hakkeijima ja:横浜・八景島シーパラダイス

  • Higashi Ogijima ja:東扇島

  • Wakasu

  • Oogishima, ja:扇島



Islands in Osaka Bay (artificial islands)[edit]



  • Maishima, ja:舞洲

  • Yumeshima, ja:夢洲

  • Sakishima, ja:咲洲

  • Kansai International Airport

  • Kobe Airport

  • Port Island

  • Rokko Island

  • Minami Ashiyahama, ja:南芦屋浜


  • Wakayama Marina City ja:和歌山マリーナシティ

  • Nishinomiyahama ja:西宮浜



Islands in Ise Bay[edit]




  • Chūbu Centrair International Airport (artificial island)

  • Kami-shima

  • Kashiko Island

  • Kozukumi Island

  • Mikimoto Pearl Island

  • Ōzukumi-jima



Islands in Mutsu Bay[edit]



  • Ōshima

  • Tajima ja:鯛島 (青森県)



Islands in the Pacific Ocean[edit]




  • Izu Islands[8]


    • Aogashima[9]


    • Hachijō[10]


    • Izu Ōshima[11]


    • Kōzu[8]


    • Miyake[8]


    • Mikura-jima[8]


    • Nii-jima[8]


    • Shikine[8]


    • Toshima[8]


    • Tori Shima[12]


    • Udonejima[8]




  • Ogasawara Islands[13]


    • Chichi[13]


    • Haha[13]


    • Iwo[13]


    • Okino Torishima (Parece Vela)




  • Minami Torishima (Marcus Island)

  • Enoshima



Islands around Kyushu[edit]


Most of these are located in the East China Sea.




  • Amakusa

    • Shimoshima Island, Amakusa

    • Kamishima Island, Amakusa



  • Nagashima Island, Kagoshima

  • Aoshima


  • Gotō Islands[7]


  • Danjo Islands (ja:男女群島)


  • Hizentorishima (ja:鳥島 (長崎県))


  • Hashima[14]


  • Hirado[6]

  • Iki


  • Koshikijima Islands

    • Shimokoshiki-jima

    • Kamikoshiki-jima




  • Tsushima[7]



Islands around Shikoku[edit]



  • Kuro-shima (Ehime)

  • Nii Ōshima



Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-shotō)[edit]



Satsunan Islands[edit]


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



Ōsumi Islands[edit]

The North-Eastern Group:




  • Tanegashima[7]

  • Yakushima

  • Kuchinoerabujima

  • Mageshima


The North-Western Group:



  • Takeshima

  • Iōjima

  • Shōwa Iōjima

  • Kuroshima



Tokara Islands[edit]

The Shichi-tō:



  • Kuchinoshima

  • Nakanoshima (Kagoshima)

  • Gajajima

  • Suwanosejima

  • Akusekijima

  • Tairajima

  • Kodakarajima

  • Takarajima



Amami Islands[edit]


  • Amami Ōshima

  • Kikaijima

  • Kakeromajima

  • Yoroshima

  • Ukeshima

  • Tokunoshima

  • Okinoerabujima

  • Yoronjima



Ryukyu Islands (Ryūkyū-shotō)[edit]


The Southern Half, Okinawa Prefecture



Okinawa Islands[edit]

The Central Group or Ryukyu proper:




  • Okinawa Island[6]

  • Kumejima

  • Iheyajima

  • Izenajima

  • Agunijima

  • Iejima


  • Iwo Tori Shima (Iōtorishima) [15]


  • Kerama Islands

    • Tokashikijima

    • Zamamijima

    • Akajima

    • Gerumajima




  • Daitō Islands

    • Kitadaitojima

    • Mimamidaitōjima

    • Okidaitōjima





Sakishima Islands[edit]

Also known as the Further Isles:




  • Miyako Islands

    • Miyako-jima

    • Ikema

    • Ogami

    • Irabu Island

    • Shimoji

    • Kurima

    • Minna

    • Tarama




  • Yaeyama Islands

    • Iriomote

    • Ishigaki

    • Taketomi

    • Kohama

    • Kuroshima

    • Aragusuku

    • Hatoma

    • Yubujima

    • Hateruma

    • Yonaguni




  • Senkaku Islands (disputed by China)

    • Uotsurijima

    • Kuba Jima

    • Taisho Jima

    • Kita Kojima

    • Minami Kojima





Islands in the Inland Sea[edit]




  • 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[7]

  • 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



Islands in lakes[edit]



  • Daikon-island

  • Bentenjima in Lake Toya

  • Bentenjima in Lake Hamana



Other artificial islands[edit]



  • Chūbu Centrair International Airport


  • Dejima[6]

  • New Kitakyushu Airport

  • Midori No Shima, off Hakodate, ja:緑の島 (artificial)

  • Malimpia Okinosu ja:マリンピア沖洲 (artificial)


  • Wakaejima ja:和賀江島 (artificial)

  • Island City, Fukuoka ja:アイランドシティ (artificial)



Claims but does not control[edit]



The Northern Territories[edit]


There are the four disputed Kuril Islands, also known as the Chishima Islands.[16]





  • Iturup (Etorofu in Japanese)

  • Habomai Islands

  • Kunashir

  • Shikotan



Others[edit]



  • Liancourt Rocks (Dokdo/Takeshima) - controlled by South Korea


See also[edit]



  • List of islands

  • List of islands of Japan by area

  • Ōyashima



References[edit]





  1. ^ Imperial Japanese Commission, pp. 3-4.


  2. ^ ab Imperial Japanese Commission to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. (1903). Japan in the Beginning of the 20th century (Haruki Yamawaki, editor), p. 2.


  3. ^ Imperial Japanese Commission, pp. 2-3.


  4. ^ Look Japan, Vol. 43, Issues 493-504, p. 35; retrieved 2013-3-2.


  5. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Rishiri-tō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 791.


  6. ^ abcd Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). Sovereign and Subject, p. 332.


  7. ^ abcde Ponsonby-Fane, p. 331.


  8. ^ abcdefgh Nussbaum, "Izu Shotō" at p. 412.


  9. ^ Gotoh, H. et al. (2010). "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.


  10. ^ Nussbaum, p. 412; Ponsonby-Fane, p. 332.


  11. ^ Nussbaum, "Ōshima" at p. 761.


  12. ^ Nussbaum, "Torishima" at p. 987.


  13. ^ abcd Nussbaum, "Ogasawara Guntō" at p. 737.


  14. ^ Nussbaum, "Hashima" at p. 294.


  15. ^ [1]


  16. ^ Imperial Japanese Commission, p. 3.













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