List of islands of Japan by area

Japan has 6,852 islands. Approximately 430 are inhabited.[1][2] This list provides basic geographical data of the most prominent islands belonging or claimed by Japan.

Name	area, sq.km	maximal height, m	population	Prefecture
Honshu	225800	3776	104000000	34 prefectures
Hokkaido	83423	2290	5348102	Hokkaido
Kyushu	36782	1791	12970479	7 prefectures
Shikoku	18297	1982	3796687	4 prefectures
IturupN	3174	1634	7500	Hokkaido
KunashirN	1490	1819	7800	Hokkaido
Okinawa	1206	503	1301462	Okinawa
Sado	854	1172	55474	Niigata
Amami Ōshima	712.35	694	73000	Kagoshima
Tsushima	708.7	649	39716	Nagasaki
Awaji	592	606	157000	Hyōgo
Shimoshima, Amakusa	574.01	538.4	87191	Kumamoto
Yakushima	504	1935	13178	Kagoshima
Tanegashima	444	282	33000	Kagoshima
Fukue	326	461	38481	Nagasaki
Iriomote	289	469.5	2347	Okinawa
Tokunoshima	247	645	27000	Kagoshima
ShikotanN	247	412	2100	Hokkaido
Dōgojima	241.58	607	14849	Shimane
Kamishima, Amakusa	225	682	34412	Kumamoto
Ishigaki	222	525.5	47000	Okinawa
Rishiri	183	1721	5102	Hokkaido
Nakadori	168	442	20167	Nagasaki
Hirado	163	535	21355	Nagasaki
Miyako-jima	158	114.8	55914	Okinawa
Shōdoshima	153	816.7	28764	Kagawa
Okushiri	142	584	3343	Hokkaido
Iki	134	212.9	28008	Nagasaki
Suō-Ōshima	128	691	19739	Yamaguchi
Okinoerabujima	93	246	15000	Kagoshima
Etajima	91	399.8	24596	Hiroshima
Izu Ōshima	91	764	8179	Tokyo
Nagashima, Kagoshima	90.62	403	10120	Kagoshima
Rebun	80	490	3194	Hokkaido
Kakeromajima	77.39	314	1600	Kagoshima
Kurahashi-jima	69.46	491.1	19565	Hiroshima
Shimokoshiki-jima	66.12	604	2780	Kagoshima
Ōmishima, Ehime	64.54	437	23398	Ehime
Hachijō-jima	62.52	854.3	8363	Tokyo
Kume Island	59.11	310.4	10000	Okinawa
Zelenyj, HabomaiN	58.38	45	0	Hokkaido
Kikaijima	56.93	214	7657	Kagoshima
Nishinoshima	55.97	452	3400	Shimane
Miyake-jima	55.44	775.1	2415	Tokyo
Notojima	46.78	196.8	3187	Ishikawa
Kamikoshiki-jima	45.08	423	2796	Kagoshima
Ōshima (Ehime)	41.87	381.9	1800	Ehime
Ōsakikamijima	38.27	452.6	3187	Hiroshima
Kuchinoerabu-jima	38.04	657	147	Kagoshima
Hisaka	37.23	357	395	Nagasaki
Innoshima	35.03	390	27465	Hiroshima
Nakanoshima	34.47	979	167	Kagoshima
Hario	33.16	174	9767	Nagasaki
Nakanoshima	32.21	164	2400	Shimane
Ikuchi-jima	31.21	472.3	9310	Hiroshima
Wakamatsu	31.13	339.2	1661	Nagasaki
Minamidaitōjima	30.57	75	2107	Okinawa
Itsukushima	30.33	535	1800	Hiroshima
Ōyano-jima	29.88	229	14729	Kumamoto
Irabu-jima	29.06	89	6283	Okinawa
Yonaguni	28.88	231.4	1745	Okinawa
Suwanosejima	27.66	796	48	Kagoshima
Uku-jima	24.94	258	2575	Nagasaki
Naru Island	23.65	276	2776	Nagasaki
Chichijima	23.45	326	2000	Tokyo
Mukaishima	23.31	283	28000	Hiroshima
Ie-jima	23	172.2	4198	Okinawa
Nii-jima	22.97	432	2700	Tokyo
Naka-jima, Ehime	21.17	293	2938	Ehime
Iwo Jima	21	161	0	Tokyo
Hakata	20.93	304	7683	Ehime
Yoronjima	20.8	98	6000	Kagoshima
Iheya-jima	20.66	98	1214	Okinawa
Mikura-jima	20.45	851	351	Tokyo
Hahajima	19.88	462	450	Tokyo
Tarama-jima	19.81	34.2	1185	Okinawa
Kamikamagari-jima	18.81	457	2658	Hiroshima
Kōzu-shima	18.48	571	1952	Tokyo
Ōsakishimo-jima	17.82	449	6000	Hiroshima
Fukushima, Nagasaki	17.26	141	3202	Nagasaki
Shishi-jima	17.05	393	1050	Kagoshima
Ikitsuki, Nagasaki	16.58	286	7014	Nagasaki
Heigun	16.56	468	591	Yamaguchi
Takashima, Nagasaki	16.18	117	2487	Nagasaki
Izena	15.44	119.9	1518	Okinawa
Kuroshima	15.37	621.9	199	Kagoshima
Tokashiki	15.31	227	750	Okinawa
Azuchi-Ōshima	15.16	177	1269	Nagasaki
Ōmi-jima	14.81	319.9	1200	Yamaguchi
Teshima	14.5	339.8	1200	Kagawa
Chiburijima	13.7	325	650	Shimane
Nagashima, Yamaguchi	13.69	314	2000	Yamaguchi
Uke	13.35	400	200	Kagoshima
Kuchinoshima	13.33	628.5	140	Kagoshima
Hateruma	12.73	59.5	490	Okinawa
Goshoura	12.53	442.4	3615	Kumamoto
Tanfil'eva, HabomaiN	12.42	18	0	Hokkaido
Ojika	12.27	111	2433	Nagasaki
Oshima	12.08	163	5725	Nagasaki
Kitadaitōjima	11.94	74	660	Okinawa
Hiroshima, Kagawa	11.72	453	800	Kagawa
Kasado-jima	11.67	255.8	800	Yamaguchi
Iōjima	11.65	703.7	121	Kagoshima
Polonskogo, HabomaiN	10.91	16	0	Hokkaido
Hikoshima	10.58	111.8	30182	Yamaguchi
Kinkasan	10.28	445	6	Miyagi
Kakuishima	10.13	245	12	Okayama
Okinoshima	10.02	404	283	Kōchi
Kuroshima	10.02	15.3	220	Okinawa
YuriN	9.9	44	0	Hokkaido
Awashima, Niigata	9.86	265.6	265	Niigata
Oshima (Hokkaido)	9.73	732.4	0	Hokkaido

Nclaimed but not controlled

See also

• Geography of Japan
• List of islands of Japan
• List of islands
• Names of Japan

References

This article used material from Japanese Wikipedia page 日本の島の一覧, accessed 28 July 2017

1. Look Japan, Vol. 43, Issues 493-504, p. 35; retrieved 2013-3-2.
2. "離島とは(島の基礎知識)" (in Japanese). Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Archived from the original (website) on November 13, 2007. Retrieved 3 October 2018.