List of islands of Japan Facts for Kids

List of islands of Japan may be grouped by type or location. Japan is a country of islands.

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.

List of smaller islands of Japan

Japan has 6,000+ smaller islands and 430+ are inhabited.

Hokkaido

Kamome Island
Ko Island (Oshima)
Ōshima
Okushiri Island
Teuri Island
Rebun Island
Rishiri Island
Yagishiri Island

Islands in Sea of Japan

Oki Islands
Sado Island
Todo Island
Mitsuke Island

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

Chūbu Centrair International Airport (artificial island)
Kamishima
Kashiko Island
Kozukumijima
Mikimoto Pearl Island
Ozukumijima

Islands in Pacific Ocean

Izu Islands
- Aogashima
- Hachijō Island
- Izu Ōshima
- Kōzu Island
- Miyake Island
- Mikura Island
- Nii Island
- Shikine Island
- Toshima Island
- Tori Island
- Udone Island
Ogasawara Islands
- Chichi Island
- Haha Island
- Muko Island
- Yome Island
- Iwo Jima
- Minamitorishima (Marcus Island)
- Okinotorishima (Parece Vela)
Enoshima

Islands near Kyūshū

Most of these are in the East China Sea.

Hiroshina
Amakusa
Gotō Islands
Hirado Island
Hashima Island
Iki Island
Koshiki Island
Tsushima Islands

Nansei Islands

Satsunan Islands

The northern half is administratively part of Kagoshima Prefecture and Kyūshū.

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
Okinoerabu Island
Yoron Island

Ryukyu Islands

The Southern Half, Okinawa Prefecture

Okinawa Islands

The Central Group or Ryukyu proper:

Okinawa
Kume Island
Iheya Island
Izena Island
Aguni Island
Ie Island
Iwo Tori Shima (Iōtorishima) [1]
Kerama Islands
- Tokashikijima
- Zamamijima
- Akajima
- Gerumajima
Daitō Islands
- Kita daitō
- Mimami daitō
- Oki daitō

Sakishima Islands

Also known as the Further Isles:

Miyako Islands
- Miyakojima
- Ikema
- Ogami
- Irabu
- Shimoji
- Kurima
- Minna
- Tarama
Yaeyama Islands
- Iriomote Island
- Ishigaki Island
- Taketomi Island
- Kohama
- Kuroshima
- Aragusuku
- Hatoma
- Yubujima
- Hateruma
- Yonaguni
Senkaku Islands (disputed by PRC and ROC)

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
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
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.

Iturup
Habomai Islands
Kunashir
Shikotan

Others

Liancourt Rocks (Takeshima/Dokdo) - occupied by South Korea.

Images for kids

Japanese archipelago with outlined islands
Izu Islands
Ogasawara Islands
Ryukyu Islands
Seto Inland Sea
Kuril islands and the Northern Territories

List of islands of Japan facts for kids

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