List of islands of Japan
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This is a list of islands of Japan. The four main islands of Japan are:
[edit] List of smaller islands of Japan
Japan has 6,852 islands in total as of 1988, of which 426 are inhabited. This figure may include disputed areas and tidal islands and artificial islands, but all islands are at least 0.1 square kilometres (0.039 sq mi) in size.
[edit] The Northern Territories
These are the four disputed Kuril Islands. See also Kuril Island conflict.
[edit] Hokkaido
- Kamome Island
- Ko Island (Oshima)
- Ō Island (Oshima)
- Okushiri Island
- Teuri Island
- Rebun Island
- Rishiri Island
- Yagishiri Island
[edit] Islands off Honshu in Sea of Japan
- Liancourt Rocks (Takeshima/Dokdo) - disputed, administered by the Republic of Korea
- Oki
- Sado
- Todo Island
- Mitsukejima
[edit] Islands in Tokyo Bay (Artificial Islands)
- Dream Island (Yume No Shima)
- Odaiba
- Saru Island (natural)
- 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
[edit] Islands in the Pacific Ocean
- Izu Islands
- Ogasawara Islands
- Chichi
- Haha
- Iwo
- Minami Torishima (Marcus Island)
- Okino Torishima (Parece Vela)
- Enoshima
[edit] Islands around Kyūshū
Most of these are located in the East China Sea.
[edit] Nansei islands (Ryukyu Chain)
[edit] Satsunan Islands
The northern half is administratively part of Kagoshima Prefecture and Kyūshū).
[edit] Ōsumi Islands
The North-Eastern Group:
The North-Western Group:
[edit] Tokara Islands
The Shichi-tō:
[edit] Amami Islands
[edit] Ryūkyū Shotō
The Southern Half, Okinawa Prefecture
[edit] Okinawa Islands
The Central Group or Ryukyu proper:
- Okinawa Island (aka. Okinawan mainland, Okinawa hontō)
- Kumejima
- Iheyajima
- Izenajima
- Agunijima
- Iejima
- Iwo Tori Shima (Iōtorishima) [1]
- Kerama Islands
- Daitō Islands
[edit] Sakishima Islands
Also known as the Further Isles:
- Miyako Islands
- Yaeyama Islands
- Senkaku Islands Disputed territory also claimed by the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China, but administered by Japan:
[edit] Islands in the 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
- Manabe Island, 真鍋島
- Mushima Island (Okayama), 六島 (岡山県)
- Shiwaku Islands
- Awaji
- Etajima
- Itsukushima (popularly known as "Miyajima")
- Shōdoshima
- Suō-Ōshima, Yamaguchi
[edit] Islands in lakes
[edit] Other Artificial islands
- Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Dejima
- Kansai International Airport
- Kobe Airport
- Port Island
- Rokko Island
- New Kitakyushu Airport
