List of islands of Japan

The four main islands of Japan are:

• Hokkaido
• Honshu
• Kyushu
• Shikoku

Okinawa is the fifth largest island except the disputed northern territories, and is the smallest island which has a prefectural capital.

Table of contents

1 List of smaller islands of Japan 1.1 The Northern Territories 1.2 Islands in the Sea of Japan 1.3 Islands in the Pacific Ocean 1.4 Islands in the Inland Sea 1.5 Islands around Kyushu 1.6 Ryukyu Islands 1.7 Artificial islands 2 See also

List of smaller islands of Japan

Besides the four main islands, Japan has about 3,000 small islands. This is a list of major islands among them.

The Northern Territories

These are the four disputed Kuril Islands. See also Kuril Island conflict.

• Etorofu
• Habomai
• Kunashir
• Shikotan

Islands in the Sea of Japan

• Liancourt Rocks - disputed
• Oki
• Okushiri
• Rishiri
• Rebun
• Sado

Islands in the Pacific Ocean

• Izu Islands
  • Aogashima
  • Hachijō
  • Izu Ōshima;
  • Kōzu;
  • Miyake
  • Mikura
  • Niijima
  • Shikine
  • Toshima
• Ogasawara Islands
  • Chichi
  • Haha
  • Iwo
  • Minami Torishima (Marcus Island)
  • Okino Torishima (Parece Vela)
• Enoshima

Islands in the Inland Sea

• Awaji
• Etajima
• Itsukushima (popularly known as "Miyajima")
• Shōdoshima;

Islands around Kyushu

Most of these are located in the East China Sea.

• Amakusa
• Gotō
• Hirado
• Iki
• Koshiki
• Tsushima

Ryukyu Islands

See Ryukyu Islands for a more complete list.

• Amami Ōshima;
• Miyako
• Okinawa Hontō (Okinawan mainland)
• Senkaku Islands - disputed
• Tanegashima
• Yaeyama Islands
  • Iriomote
  • Ishigaki
• Yaku

Artificial islands

• Chubu Centrair International Airport
• Dejima
• Kansai International Airport
• Kobe Airport
• Odaiba
• Port Island
• Rokko Island

See also

• List of islands

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