List of islands of Japan


has 6,852 islands. Approximately 430 are inhabited. Japan is the largest island country in East Asia and the fourth largest island country in the world.

Main islands

The five main islands of Japan are:
Most of these are located in the East China Sea.

[Satsunan Islands]

The northern half is administratively part of Kagoshima Prefecture and Kyushu.
[Ōsumi Islands]
The North-Eastern Group:
The North-Western Group:
The Shichi-tō:
The Southern Half, Okinawa Prefecture
[Okinawa Islands]
The Central Group or Ryukyu proper:
Also known as the Further Isles:

The Northern Territories

There are four disputed Kuril Islands that are controlled by Russia and claimed by Japan. These islands are called the Chishima Islands.
These are the 50 largest islands of Japan. It excludes the disputed Kuril islands known as the northern territories.
RankIsland nameArea
Area
Island group
1Honshu227,960
2Hokkaido83,424.31
3Kyushu36,782
4Shikoku18,800
5Okinawa Island1,207Ryukyu Islands
6Sado Island855.26
7Amami Ōshima712.35Amami Islands
8Tsushima Island708.7
9Awaji Island592.17
10Shimoshima Island, Amakusa574.01
11Yakushima504.88Ōsumi Islands
12Tanegashima444.99Ōsumi Islands
13Fukue Island326.43Gotō Islands
14Iriomote Island289.27
15Tokunoshima247.8Amami Islands
16Dōgojima241.58Oki Islands
17Kamishima Island, Amakusa225.32Amakusa islands
18Ishigaki Island222.5
19Rishiri Island183
20Nakadōri Island168.34Gotō Islands
21Hirado Island163.42
22Miyako-jima158.87
23Shōdoshima153.30
24Okushiri Island142.97
25Iki Island138.46
26Suō-Ōshima128.31
27Okinoerabujima93.63Amami Islands
28Etajima91.32
29Izu Ōshima91.06Izu Islands
30Nagashima Island, Kagoshima90.62
31Rebun Island80
32Kakeromajima77.39Amami Islands
33Kurahashi-jima69.46
34Shimokoshiki-jima66.12
35Ōmishima Island, Ehime66.12
36Hachijō-jima62.52
37Kume Island59.11Okinawa Islands
38Kikaijima56.93Amami Islands
39Nishinoshima55.98
40Miyake-jima55.44
41Notojima46.78
42Kamikoshiki-jima45.08
43Ōshima 41.87
44Ōsakikamijima38.27
45Kuchinoerabu-jima38.04
46Hisaka37.23
47Innoshima35.03
48Nakanoshima 34.47Tokara Islands
49Hario Island33.16
50Nakanoshima 32.21Oki Islands