The four main islands of Japan are:
- Hokkaido
- Honshu, the largest island, on which the capital, Tokyo, is situated.
- Shikoku
- Kyushu
Japan also has over 6,000 smaller islands, of which over 430 are inhabited.
List of smaller islands of Japan
Hokkaido prefecture
- Kamome Island
- Ko Island (Oshima)
- ÅŒshima
- Okushiri Island
- Teuri Island
- Rebun Island
- Rishiri Island
- Yagishiri Island
Islands off Honshu in the Sea of Japan
- Oki
- Sado
- Todo Island
- Mitsukejima
Islands in Tokyo Bay (artificial islands)
- Dream Island (Yume No Shima)
- Odaibai>
- Sarushima (natural)
- Jonan Island ja:城å—島
- Heiwa Island ja:å¹³å'Œå³¶
- Showa Island ja:æ˜å'Œå³¶
- Keihin Island ja:京浜島
- Tokyo International Airport
- Katsushima ja:å‹å³¶
- Hakkeijima ja:横浜・八景島シーãƒ'ラダイス
- Higashi Ogijima ja:æ±æ‰‡å³¶
- Wakasu
- Oogishima, ja:扇島
Islands in Osaka Bay (artificial islands)
- Maishima, ja:舞洲
- Yumeshima, ja:夢洲
- Sakishima, ja:å'²æ´²
- Kansai International Airport
- Kobe Airport
- Port Island
- Rokko Island
- Minami Ashiyahama, ja:å—芦屋浜
- Wakayama Marina City ja:å'ŒæŒå±±ãƒžãƒªãƒ¼ãƒŠã‚·ãƒ†ã‚£
- Nishinomiyahama ja:西宮浜
Islands in Ise Bay
- Chūbu Centrair International Airport (artificial island)
- Kami-shima
- Kashiko Island
- Kozukumi Island
- Mikimoto Pearl Island
- ÅŒzukumi-jima
Islands in the Pacific Ocean
- Izu Islands
- Aogashima
- HachijÅ
- Izu ÅŒshima
- KÅzu
- Miyake
- Mikura-jima
- Nii-jima
- Shikine
- Toshima
- Tori Shima
- Udonejima
- Ogasawara Islands
- Chichi
- Haha
- Iwo
- Minami Torishima (Marcus Island)
- Okino Torishima (Parece Vela)
- Enoshima
Islands around Kyushu
Most of these are located in the East China Sea.
- Amakusa
- Aoshima
- GotÅ Islands
- Hashima
- Hirado
- Iki
- Koshiki
- Tsushima
Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-shotÅ)
Satsunan Islands
The northern half is administratively part of Kagoshima Prefecture and Kyushu.
ÅŒsumi Islands
The North-Eastern Group:
- Tanegashima
- Yakushima
- Kuchinoerabujima
- Mageshima
The North-Western Group:
- Takeshima
- IÅjima
- ShÅwa IÅjima
- Kuroshima
Tokara Islands
The Shichi-tÅ:
- Kuchinoshima
- Nakanoshima (Kagoshima)
- Gajajima
- Suwanosejima
- Akusekijima
- Tairajima
- Kodakarajima
- Takarajima
Amami Islands
- Amami ÅŒshima
- Kikaijima
- Kakeromajima
- Yoroshima
- Ukeshima
- Tokunoshima
- Okinoerabujima
- Yoronjima
Ryukyu Islands (RyÅ«kyÅ«-shotÅ)
The Southern Half, Okinawa Prefecture
Okinawa Islands
The Central Group or Ryukyu proper:
- Okinawa Island
- Kumejima
- Iheyajima
- Izenajima
- Agunijima
- Iejima
- Iwo Tori Shima (IÅtorishima) [1]
- Kerama Islands
- Tokashikijima
- Zamamijima
- Akajima
- Gerumajima
- DaitÅ Islands
- Kita daitÅ
- Mimami daitÅ
- Oki daitÅ
Sakishima Islands
Also known as the Further Isles:
- Miyako Islands
- Miyako-jima
- Ikema
- Ogami
- Irabu
- 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
- Kasaoka Islands
- Takashima Island (Okayama) 高島 (å²¡å±±çœŒç¬ å²¡å¸‚)
- Shiraishi Island
- Kitagi Island, 北木島
- Obishi Island, 大飛島
- Kobi Island, å°é£›å³¶
- Manabe Island, 真é‹å³¶
- Mushima Island (Okayama), å…島 (岡山県)
- Shiwaku Islands
- Awaji
- Etajima
- Inujima
- Itsukushima (popularly known as "Miyajima")
- ShÅdoshima
- SuÅ-ÅŒshima, Yamaguchi
Islands in lakes
- Daikon-island
- Bentenjima in Lake Toya
- Bentenjima in Lake Hamana
Other artificial islands
- Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Dejima
- New Kitakyushu Airport
- Midori No Shima, off Hakodate, ja:ç·'ã®å³¶ (artificial)
- Malimpia Okinosu ja:マリンãƒ"ア沖洲 (artificial)
- Wakaejima ja:å'Œè³€æ±Ÿå³¶ (artificial)
- Island City, Fukuoka ja:アイランドシティ (artificial)
Claims but does not control
The Northern Territories
There are the four disputed Kuril Islands, also known as the Chishima Islands.
- Iturup
- Habomai Islands
- Kunashir
- Shikotan
Others
- Liancourt Rocks (Dokdo/Takeshima) - controlled by South Korea
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