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List of islands of Japan

November 13, 2023

Japan is an archipelago of 14,125 islands, of which approximately 260 are inhabited.[1][2] Japan is the largest island country in East Asia and the fourth largest in the island nations of the world.[3]

Japanese archipelago islands outlined

According to a survey conducted by the Japan Coast Guard in 1987, the number of islands in Japan was 6,852. At that time, the survey only counted islands with coastlines of 100 meters or more that were shown on paper maps. On February 28, 2023, the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan announced that the number of islands had been updated to 14,125 through a recount using digital maps. Since there is no international standard for counting islands, only islands with a coastline of 100 meters or more were counted, as in the past. According to the GSI, advances in surveying technology and the detailed representation of topographic features through digital mapping contributed to this announcement.[4][1]

Japanese archipelago edit

Main article: Japanese archipelago

Main islands edit

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The main islands of Japan

The four main islands of Japan are:[5][6]

  • Hokkaido – the northernmost and second largest main island.
  • 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 main island, located between Honshu and Kyushu.

Hokkaido prefecture edit

Islands of Honshu in the Sea of Japan edit

Islands in Tokyo Bay edit

Islands in Osaka Bay edit

Islands in Ise Bay edit

Islands in Mutsu Bay edit

Nanpō Islands (Nanpō Shotō) edit

 
Izu Islands
 
Ogasawara Islands

Other Japanese islands edit

Islands around Kyushu edit

Most of these are located in the East China Sea.

Islands around Shikoku edit

Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-shotō) edit

 
Ryukyu Islands

Satsunan Islands edit

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

Ōsumi Islands edit

The North-Eastern Group:

The North-Western Group:

Tokara Islands edit

The Shichi-tō:

Amami Islands edit

Ryukyu Islands (Ryūkyū-shotō) edit

The Southern Half, Okinawa Prefecture

Okinawa Islands edit

The Central Group or Ryukyu proper:

Sakishima Islands edit

Also known as the Further Isles:

Seto Inland Sea islands edit

 
Seto Inland Sea

Islands in lakes edit

Other artificial islands edit

Claims but does not control edit

 
Kuril islands and the Northern Territories

The Northern Territories edit

There are four disputed Kuril Islands that are controlled by Russia and claimed by Japan. These islands are called the Chishima Islands.[18]

  • Iturup - Etorofu (択捉島, Etorofu-tō)
  • Kunashir - Kunashiri (国後島, Kunashiri-tō)
  • Shikotan - Shikotan (色丹島, Shikotan-tō)
  • Habomai Islands - Habomai (歯舞群島, Habomai-guntō)

Others edit

Former edit

Largest islands of Japan edit

Main article: 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.

Rank Island name Area
(km2)		 Area
(sq mi)		 Island group
1 Honshu 227,960 88,020
2 Hokkaido 83,424.31 32,210.31
3 Kyushu 36,782 14,202
4 Shikoku 18,800 7,300
5 Okinawa Island 1,207 466 Ryukyu Islands
6 Sado Island 855.26 330.22
7 Amami Ōshima 712.35 275.04 Amami Islands
8 Tsushima Island 708.7 273.6
9 Awaji Island 592.17 228.64 Seto Inland Sea islands
10 Shimoshima Island, Amakusa 574.01 221.63
11 Yakushima 504.88 194.94 Ōsumi Islands
12 Tanegashima 444.99 171.81 Ōsumi Islands
13 Fukue Island 326.43 126.04 Gotō Islands
14 Iriomote Island 289.27 111.69
15 Tokunoshima 247.8 95.7 Amami Islands
16 Dōgojima 241.58 93.27 Oki Islands
17 Kamishima Island, Amakusa 225.32 87.00 Amakusa islands
18 Ishigaki Island 222.5 85.9
19 Rishiri Island 183 71
20 Nakadōri Island 168.34 65.00 Gotō Islands
21 Hirado Island 163.42 63.10
22 Miyako-jima 158.87 61.34
23 Shōdoshima 153.30 59.19
24 Okushiri Island 142.97 55.20
25 Iki Island 138.46 53.46
26 Suō-Ōshima 128.31 49.54
27 Okinoerabujima 93.63 36.15 Amami Islands
28 Etajima 91.32 35.26
29 Izu Ōshima 91.06 35.16 Izu Islands
30 Nagashima Island, Kagoshima 90.62 34.99
31 Rebun Island 80 31
32 Kakeromajima 77.39 29.88 Amami Islands
33 Kurahashi-jima 69.46 26.82
34 Shimokoshiki-jima 66.12 25.53
35 Ōmishima Island, Ehime 66.12 25.53
36 Hachijō-jima 62.52 24.14
37 Kume Island 59.11 22.82 Okinawa Islands
38 Kikaijima 56.93 21.98 Amami Islands
39 Nishinoshima 55.98 21.61
40 Miyake-jima 55.44 21.41
41 Notojima 46.78 18.06
42 Kamikoshiki-jima 45.08 17.41
43 Ōshima (Ehime) 41.87 16.17
44 Ōsakikamijima 38.27 14.78
45 Kuchinoerabu-jima 38.04 14.69
46 Hisaka 37.23 14.37
47 Innoshima 35.03 13.53
48 Nakanoshima (in Kagoshima) 34.47 13.31 Tokara Islands
49 Hario Island 33.16 12.80
50 Nakanoshima (in Shimane) 32.21 12.44 Oki Islands

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Kojo, Hirotaka (February 15, 2023). . The Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on February 21, 2023.
  2. ^ McCurry, Justin (February 16, 2023). . The Guardian. Archived from the original on March 1, 2023.
  3. ^ . WorldAtlas.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-07. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
  4. ^ . Geospatial Information Authority of Japan. February 28, 2023. Archived from the original on March 2, 2023.
  5. ^ . MLIT (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) (in Japanese). Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. 22 August 2015. Archived from the original (website) on 2007-11-13. Retrieved 9 August 2019. MILT classification 6,852 islands(main islands: 5 islands, remote islands: 6,847 islands)
  6. ^ Imperial Japanese Commission to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. (1903). Japan in the Beginning of the 20th century (Haruki Yamawaki, editor), p. 2.
  7. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Rishiri-tō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 791.
  8. ^ a b c d Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). Sovereign and Subject, p. 332.
  9. ^ a b c d e Ponsonby-Fane, p. 331.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h Nussbaum, "Izu Shotō" at p. 412.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ Nussbaum, p. 412; Ponsonby-Fane, p. 332.
  13. ^ Nussbaum, "Ōshima" at p. 761.
  14. ^ Nussbaum, "Torishima" at p. 987.
  15. ^ a b c d Nussbaum, "Ogasawara Guntō" at p. 737.
  16. ^ Nussbaum, "Hashima" at p. 294.
  17. ^ "Io-Torishima". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  18. ^ Imperial Japanese Commission, p. 3.

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Japan is an archipelago of 14 125 islands of which approximately 260 are inhabited 1 2 Japan is the largest island country in East Asia and the fourth largest in the island nations of the world 3 Japanese archipelago islands outlinedAccording to a survey conducted by the Japan Coast Guard in 1987 the number of islands in Japan was 6 852 At that time the survey only counted islands with coastlines of 100 meters or more that were shown on paper maps On February 28 2023 the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan announced that the number of islands had been updated to 14 125 through a recount using digital maps Since there is no international standard for counting islands only islands with a coastline of 100 meters or more were counted as in the past According to the GSI advances in surveying technology and the detailed representation of topographic features through digital mapping contributed to this announcement 4 1 Contents 1 Japanese archipelago 1 1 Main islands 1 2 Hokkaido prefecture 1 3 Islands of Honshu in the Sea of Japan 1 4 Islands in Tokyo Bay 1 5 Islands in Osaka Bay 1 6 Islands in Ise Bay 1 7 Islands in Mutsu Bay 1 8 Nanpō Islands Nanpō Shotō 1 9 Other Japanese islands 1 10 Islands around Kyushu 1 11 Islands around Shikoku 1 12 Ryukyu Islands Nansei shotō 1 12 1 Satsunan Islands 1 12 1 1 Ōsumi Islands 1 12 1 2 Tokara Islands 1 12 1 3 Amami Islands 1 12 2 Ryukyu Islands Ryukyu shotō 1 12 2 1 Okinawa Islands 1 12 2 2 Sakishima Islands 1 13 Seto Inland Sea islands 1 14 Islands in lakes 1 15 Other artificial islands 1 16 Claims but does not control 1 16 1 The Northern Territories 1 16 2 Others 1 17 Former 2 Largest islands of Japan 3 See also 4 ReferencesJapanese archipelago editMain article Japanese archipelago Main islands edit nbsp nbsp Hokkaido nbsp Honshu nbsp Kyushu nbsp Shikokuclass notpageimage The main islands of Japan The four main islands of Japan are 5 6 Hokkaido the northernmost and second largest main island 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 main island located between Honshu and Kyushu Hokkaido prefecture edit Ōshima Okushiri Island Teuri Island Rebun Island Rishiri Island 7 Yagishiri Island Kamome islandIslands of Honshu in the Sea of Japan edit Awashima Island Niigata Kanmurijima Kutsujima Kyoto Mitsukejima Nanatsujima archipelago Notojima Oki Islands Oki Islands 8 Dōgo Nakanoshima Nishinoshima Chiburijima Oomijima ja Sado 9 Takashima Shimane Tobishima Yamagata Oshakujima ja Tsunoshima Umashima ShimaneIslands in Tokyo Bay edit Dream Island Yume No Shima Odaiba artificial island Sarushima natural Jonan Island ja Heiwa Island ja Showa Island ja Keihin Island ja Tokyo International Airport artificial island Katsushima ja Hakkeijima ja Higashi Ogijima ja Wakasu Oogishima ja Ukishima ja Islands in Osaka Bay edit Maishima Yumeshima Sakishima ja Kansai International Airport artificial island Kobe Airport artificial island Port Island Rokkō Island Minami Ashiyahama ja Wakayama Marina City Nishinomiyahama ja Islands in Ise Bay edit Chubu Centrair International Airport artificial island Kami shima Kashiko Island Kozukumi Island Mikimoto Pearl IslandIslands in Mutsu Bay edit Ōshima TaijimaNanpō Islands Nanpō Shotō edit nbsp Izu IslandsIzu Islands 10 Aogashima 11 Hachijō 12 Izu Ōshima 13 Kōzu 10 Miyake jima 10 Mikura jima 10 Nii jima 10 Shikine 10 Toshima 10 Tori shima 14 Udonejima 10 Ogasawara Islands Bonin Islands 15 nbsp Ogasawara IslandsMukojima Rettō Chichijima 15 Hahajima 15 Mukojima Kazan Rettō Volcano Islands Nishinoshima Kita Iwo Jima North Iwo Jima Iwo Jima 15 Minami Iwo Jima South Iwo Jima Other Japanese islands edit Minami Torishima Marcus Island Enoshima Okino Torishima Parece Vela 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 9 Danjo Islands Hizentorishima ja Hashima 16 Hirado 8 Iki Koshikijima Islands Shimokoshiki jima Kamikoshiki jima Tsushima 9 UkushimaIslands around Shikoku edit Kuro shima Ehime Nii ŌshimaRyukyu Islands Nansei shotō edit nbsp Ryukyu IslandsSatsunan Islands edit The northern half is administratively part of Kagoshima Prefecture and Kyushu Ōsumi Islands edit The North Eastern Group Tanegashima 9 Yakushima Kuchinoerabujima MageshimaThe North Western Group Iōjima Shōwa Iōjima Kuroshima TakeshimaTokara Islands edit The Shichi tō Kuchinoshima Nakanoshima Kagoshima Gajajima Suwanosejima Akusekijima Tairajima Kodakarajima TakarajimaAmami Islands edit Amami Ōshima Kikaijima Kakeromajima Yoroshima Ukeshima Tokunoshima Okinoerabujima YoronjimaRyukyu Islands Ryukyu shotō edit The Southern Half Okinawa Prefecture Okinawa Islands edit The Central Group or Ryukyu proper Okinawa Island 8 Kumejima Iheyajima Izenajima Agunijima Iejima Iōtorishima 17 Kerama Islands Tokashikijima Zamamijima Akajima Gerumajima Daitō Islands Kitadaitojima Minamidaitōjima OkidaitōjimaSakishima Islands edit 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 KojimaSeto Inland Sea islands edit nbsp Seto Inland SeaKasaoka 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 9 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 Islands in lakes edit Daikon island Bentenjima in Lake Tōya Bentenjima in Lake HamanaOther artificial islands edit Chubu Centrair International Airport Dejima 8 New Kitakyushu Airport Midori No Shima ja off Hakodate artificial Malimpia Okinosu ja artificial Wakaejima artificial Island City Fukuoka artificial Claims but does not control edit nbsp Kuril islands and the Northern TerritoriesThe Northern Territories edit There are four disputed Kuril Islands that are controlled by Russia and claimed by Japan These islands are called the Chishima Islands 18 Iturup Etorofu 択捉島 Etorofu tō Kunashir Kunashiri 国後島 Kunashiri tō Shikotan Shikotan 色丹島 Shikotan tō Habomai Islands Habomai 歯舞群島 Habomai guntō Others edit Liancourt Rocks Dokdo Takeshima controlled by South Korea disputed by Japan and North Korea Former edit 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 reliqunished 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 1952 part of Korea Largest islands of Japan editMain article 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 Rank Island name Area km2 Area sq mi Island group1 Honshu 227 960 88 0202 Hokkaido 83 424 31 32 210 313 Kyushu 36 782 14 2024 Shikoku 18 800 7 3005 Okinawa Island 1 207 466 Ryukyu Islands6 Sado Island 855 26 330 227 Amami Ōshima 712 35 275 04 Amami Islands8 Tsushima Island 708 7 273 69 Awaji Island 592 17 228 64 Seto Inland Sea islands10 Shimoshima Island Amakusa 574 01 221 6311 Yakushima 504 88 194 94 Ōsumi Islands12 Tanegashima 444 99 171 81 Ōsumi Islands13 Fukue Island 326 43 126 04 Gotō Islands14 Iriomote Island 289 27 111 6915 Tokunoshima 247 8 95 7 Amami Islands16 Dōgojima 241 58 93 27 Oki Islands17 Kamishima Island Amakusa 225 32 87 00 Amakusa islands18 Ishigaki Island 222 5 85 919 Rishiri Island 183 7120 Nakadōri Island 168 34 65 00 Gotō Islands21 Hirado Island 163 42 63 1022 Miyako jima 158 87 61 3423 Shōdoshima 153 30 59 1924 Okushiri Island 142 97 55 2025 Iki Island 138 46 53 4626 Suō Ōshima 128 31 49 5427 Okinoerabujima 93 63 36 15 Amami Islands28 Etajima 91 32 35 2629 Izu Ōshima 91 06 35 16 Izu Islands30 Nagashima Island Kagoshima 90 62 34 9931 Rebun Island 80 3132 Kakeromajima 77 39 29 88 Amami Islands33 Kurahashi jima 69 46 26 8234 Shimokoshiki jima 66 12 25 5335 Ōmishima Island Ehime 66 12 25 5336 Hachijō jima 62 52 24 1437 Kume Island 59 11 22 82 Okinawa Islands38 Kikaijima 56 93 21 98 Amami Islands39 Nishinoshima 55 98 21 6140 Miyake jima 55 44 21 4141 Notojima 46 78 18 0642 Kamikoshiki jima 45 08 17 4143 Ōshima Ehime 41 87 16 1744 Ōsakikamijima 38 27 14 7845 Kuchinoerabu jima 38 04 14 6946 Hisaka 37 23 14 3747 Innoshima 35 03 13 5348 Nakanoshima in Kagoshima 34 47 13 31 Tokara Islands49 Hario Island 33 16 12 8050 Nakanoshima in Shimane 32 21 12 44 Oki IslandsSee also editGeography of Japan Japanese archipelago List of islands of Japan by area List of islands Names of JapanReferences edit a b Kojo Hirotaka February 15 2023 Japan has more than 14 000 islands digital mapping reveals The Asahi Shimbun Archived from the original on February 21 2023 McCurry Justin February 16 2023 Japan sees its number of islands double 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