List of islands of Japan
The List of islands of Japan may be grouped by type or location. Japan is a country of islands.[1]
Main islands
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
Japan has 6,000+ smaller islands and people live on 430+ of these islands.[1]
Hokkaido
Islands in Sea of Japan
Islands in Tokyo Bay
- 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
- Maishima
- Yumeshima
- Sakishima
- Kansai International Airport (artificial island)
- Kobe Airport
- Port Island
- Rokko Island
- Minami Ashiyahama
- Wakayama Marina City
- Nishinomiyahama
Islands in Ise Bay
Islands in Pacific Ocean
- Izu Islands[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
Most of these are in the East China Sea.
Nansei Islands
Satsunan Islands
The northern half is administratively part of Kagoshima Prefecture and Kyūshū.
Ōsumi Islands
The North-Eastern Group:
The North-Western Group:
Tokara Islands
The Shichi-tō:
Amami Islands
Ryukyu Islands
The Southern Half, Okinawa Prefecture
Okinawa Islands
The Central Group or Ryukyu proper:
Sakishima Islands
Also known as the Further Isles:
Islands in Seto 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 Island[2]
- Etajima
- Itsukushima (popularly known as "Miyajima")
- Shōdoshima
- Suō-Ōshima, Yamaguchi
Islands in lakes
- Chikubu Island
- Daikon-island
- Bentenjima in Lake Toya
- Bentenjima in Lake Hamana
Other artificial islands
- 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
The Northern Territories
These are the four disputed Kuril Islands, also known as the Chishima Islands.[19]
Others
- Liancourt Rocks (Takeshima/Dokdo) - occupied by South Korea.
List Of Islands Of Japan Media
Japanese archipelago islands outlined
High quality map of the Izu Islands. This is the English (Romaji) version with Japanese names. Created with DEMIS World Map Server.
- Ogasawara_islands
The Range of the Seto Inland Sea by the Territorial Sea Law (領海及び接続水域に関する法律) is 19,700 km2 (solid lines). Reference: Seto_Inland_Sea01.png . The Range of the Seto Inland Sea according to the Setouchi Law and the Setouchi Law Enforcement Order is 21,827 km2 (solid lines and dashed lines). Reference: Seto_Inland_Sea02.png.
Kuril islands and the Northern Territories
Related pages
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Look Japan. Look Japan, Limited. 1997. p. 35.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Japan. Imperial Japanese Commission to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1903). Japan in the Beginning of the 20th Century. Printed at the "Japan times" office. p. 2.
- ↑ Japan. Imperial Japanese Commission to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1903). Japan in the Beginning of the 20th Century. Printed at the "Japan times" office. pp. 3–4.
- ↑ Japan. Imperial Japanese Commission to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1903). Japan in the Beginning of the 20th Century. Printed at the "Japan times" office. pp. 2–3.
- ↑ Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 791. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 747. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 412. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Favro, S.; Brebbia, C.A. (2010). Island Sustainability. WIT Press. p. 187. ISBN 978-1-84564-434-5.
- ↑ Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 412. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 761. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 987. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 737. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). Sovereign and Subject, pp. 331.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Ponsonby-Fane, p. 332.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Japan. Imperial Japanese Commission to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1903). Japan in the Beginning of the 20th Century. Printed at the "Japan times" office. p. 3.
- ↑ Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 1035. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 17.6 17.7 17.8 Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 801. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 1034. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Japan. Imperial Japanese Commission to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1903). Japan in the Beginning of the 20th Century. Printed at the "Japan times" office. p. 3.