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.
Kamome Island
Ko Island (Oshima)
Ōshima
Okushiri Island
Teuri Island
Rebun Island
Todo Island
Rishiri Island
Yagishiri Island
Islands off Honshu in the Sea of Japan
Awashima Island, Niigata
Kanmurijima
Kutsujima, Kyoto
Mitsukejima
Nanatsujima archipelago
Notojima
Oki (Oki Islands)
ja:Oomijima
Sado
Takashima, Shimane
Tobishima (Yamagata)
ja:Oshakujima
Tsunoshima
Umashima, Shimane
Islands in Tokyo Bay (artificial islands)
Dream Island (Yume No Shima)
Odaiba
Sarushima (natural)
Jonan Island ja:城南島
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
Wakasu
Oogishima, ja:扇島
Islands in Osaka Bay (artificial islands)
Maishima, ja:舞洲
Yumeshima, ja:夢洲
Sakishima, ja:咲洲
Kansai International Airport
Kobe Airport
Port Island
Rokko Island
Minami Ashiyahama, ja:南芦屋浜
Wakayama Marina City ja:和歌山マリーナシティ
Nishinomiyahama ja:西宮浜
Islands in Ise Bay
Chūbu Centrair International Airport (artificial island)
Kami-shima
Kashiko Island
Kozukumi Island
Mikimoto Pearl Island
Ōzukumi-jima
Islands in the Pacific Ocean
Izu IslandsAogashima
Hachijō
Izu Ōshima
Kōzu
Miyake
Mikura-jima
Nii-jima
Shikine
Toshima
Tori Shima
Udonejima
Ogasawara IslandsChichi
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
Gotō Islands
Danjo Islands
Hizentorishima
Hashima
Hirado
Iki
Koshiki
Tsushima
Satsunan Islands
The northern half is administratively part of Kagoshima Prefecture and Kyushu.
Ōsumi Islands
The North-Eastern Group:
Tanegashima
Yakushima
Kuchinoerabujima
Mageshima
The North-Western Group:
Takeshima
Iōjima
Shōwa Iōjima
Kuroshima
Tokara Islands
The Shichi-tō:
Kuchinoshima
Nakanoshima (Kagoshima)
Gajajima
Suwanosejima
Akusekijima
Tairajima
Kodakarajima
Takarajima
Amami Islands
Amami Ōshima
Kikaijima
Kakeromajima
Yoroshima
Ukeshima
Tokunoshima
Okinoerabujima
Yoronjima
Ryukyu Islands (Ryūkyū-shotō)
The Southern Half, Okinawa Prefecture
Okinawa Islands
The Central Group or Ryukyu proper:
Okinawa Island
Kumejima
Iheyajima
Izenajima
Agunijima
Iejima
Iwo Tori Shima (Iōtorishima) [1]
Kerama Islands
Tokashikijima
Zamamijima
Akajima
Gerumajima
Daitō Islands
Kitadaitojima
Mimamidaitōjima
Okidaitōjima
Sakishima Islands
Also known as the Further Isles:
Miyako Islands
Miyako-jima
Ikema
Ogami
Irabu Island
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 (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
Etajima
Inujima
Itsukushima (popularly known as "Miyajima")
Shōdoshima
Suō-Ōshima, Yamaguchi
Himeshima, Ōita
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:緑の島 (artificial)
Malimpia Okinosu ja:マリンピア沖洲 (artificial)
Wakaejima ja:和賀江島 (artificial)
Island City, Fukuoka ja:アイランドシティ (artificial)
There are the four disputed Kuril Islands, also known as the Chishima Islands.
Iturup
Habomai Islands
Kunashir
Shikotan
Liancourt Rocks (Dokdo/Takeshima) - controlled by South Korea
