Islands of Japan

Enoshima (江の島) is a small offshore island, about 4 km in circumference, at the mouth of the Katase River which flows into the Sagami Bay of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

Dejima (Japanese: 出島, "exit island"), in old Western documents latinized as 'Decima', 'Desjima', 'Dezima', 'Disma', or 'Disima', was a small fan-shaped artificial island built in the bay of Nagasaki in 1634 by local merchants.

The Okinotori "Islands" (沖ノ鳥島 Okinotori-shima) are considered a Japanese uninhabited atoll with a total area of 8,482 m2 (2.096 acres).

Ōkunoshima (大久野島) is a small island located in the Inland Sea of Japan in the city of Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture.

The Miyako Islands (宮古列島 Miyako Rettō) are a group of islands in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, east of the Yaeyama Islands.

Taketomi Island (竹富島 Taketomi-jima, Yaeyama: Teedun Okinawan: Dakidun) is an island in the Yaeyama District of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

Oki Islands (隠岐諸島 Oki-shotō, or 隠岐の島 Oki-no-shima, 隠岐群島 Oki-guntō) is an archipelago in the Sea of Japan, the islands of which are administratively part of Oki District, Shimane Prefecture, Japan.

Rishiri Island (利尻島 Rishiri-tō) is an island in the Sea of Japan off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan.

Ishigaki (石垣島 Ishigaki-jima, Yaeyama and Okinawan: Ishigachi), also known as Ishigakijima, is a Japanese island west of Okinawa Hontō and the second-largest island of the Yaeyama Island group.

Minami-Tori-shima (南鳥島, "Southern Bird Island"), also known as Marcus Island, is an isolated Japanese coral atoll in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, located some 1,848 kilometres (1,148 mi) southeast of Tokyo and 1,267 kilometres (787 mi) east of the closest Japanese island, South Iwo Jima of the Ogasawara Islands, and nearly on a straight line between mainland Tokyo and the United States' Wake Island, 1,415 kilometres (879 mi) further to the east-southeast.

Iki Island (壱岐島 Iki-no-shima), or the Iki Archipelago (壱岐諸島 Iki-shotō) is an archipelago in the Tsushima Strait, which is administered as the city of Iki in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.

Shimoji-shima (下地島) is one of the Miyako Islands, a part of the Ryukyu Islands.

The Gotō Islands (五島列島 Gotō-rettō, literally: "five-island archipelago") are Japanese islands in the East China Sea, off the western coast of Kyūshū.

Iriomote Island (西表島 Iriomote-jima, Yaeyama: Irimutii; Okinawan: Iriumuti) is the largest of the Yaeyama Islands and the second largest in Okinawa Prefecture after Okinawa Island itself.

The Amami Islands (奄美群島 Amami-guntō) is an archipelago in the Satsunan Islands, which is in turn part of the Ryukyu Archipelago.

Tashirojima (田代島) is a small island in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan.

Chichijima (父島, Father Island), formerly known as Peel Island and in the 19th century known to the English as part of the Bonin Islands, is the largest island in the Ogasawara archipelago.

The Volcano Islands or Ioretto (火山列島 Kazan Rettō) is a group of three Japanese islands south of the Bonin Islands that belong to the municipality of Ogasawara.

Matsushima (松島) is a group of islands in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.

Shikoku (四国, "four provinces") is the smallest (225 km or 139.8 mi long and between 50 and 150 km or 31.1 and 93.2 mi wide) and least populous (4,141,955 as of 2005) of the four main islands of Japan, located south of Honshu and east of the island of Kyushu.

Kyushu (九州 Kyūshū, lit. "Nine Provinces") (Japanese pronunciation: [kjɯᵝːꜜɕɯᵝː]) is the third largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its four main islands.

Honshu (本州 Honshū, "Main Island" or "Main Province") ([hoɴꜜɕɯᵝː] ) is the largest and most populous island of Japan, located south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Straits.

Yonaguni (Japanese: 与那国島 Hepburn: Yonaguni-jima, Yonaguni romanization: Dunan, Okinawan romanization: Yunaguni) is one of the Yaeyama Islands.

Tsushima Island (対馬 Tsushima) is an island of the Japanese archipelago situated in the Korea Strait between the Japanese mainland and the Korean Peninsula.

Minamidaitōjima (南大東島), also spelt as Minami Daitō or Minami-Daitō, is the largest island in the Daitō Islands group southeast of Okinawa, Japan.

Iwo To (硫黄島 Iō-tō, "sulfur island"), known in English as Iwo Jima (/ˌiːwoʊ ˈdʒiːmə, ˌiːwə-/ ), is an island of the Japanese Volcano Islands chain south of the Ogasawara Islands and together with them form the Ogasawara Archipelago also known as the Bonin Islands.

Yakushima (屋久島) is one of the Ōsumi Islands belonging to Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.

Kuchinoerabu-jima (口永良部島), is one of the Satsunan Islands, usually classed with the Ōsumi Islands belonging to Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.

Tanegashima (種子島) is one of the Ōsumi Islands belonging to Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.

The Yaeyama Islands (八重山諸島 Yaeyama-shotō, also 八重山列島 Yaeyama-rettō, Yaeyama: Yaima Okinawan: Eema) are an archipelago in the southwest of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, and cover 591.

Amami Ōshima (奄美大島, Okinawan: Uushima (ウーシマ?); Amami: Ushima (ウシマ?)) is one of the Satsunan Islands, and is the largest island within the Amami archipelago between Kyūshū and Okinawa.

The Sakishima Islands (先島諸島 Sakishima-shotō) (or 先島群島, Sakishima-guntō) (Okinawan: Sachishima) are an archipelago located at the southernmost end of the Japanese Archipelago.

Hateruma (波照間島; Hateruma-jima; Yaeyama: Hatirooma Okinawan: Hatiruma) is an island in the Yaeyama District of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

Miyako-jima (宮古島, Miyako: Myaaku (ミャーク?); Okinawan: Naaku (ナーク?)) is the largest and the most populous island among the Miyako Islands of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

Hatoma (鳩間島, Hatoma-jima Yaeyama and Okinawan: Hatuma) is a small island of the Yaeyama Islands, barely 1 kilometer in diameter.

Kohama Island (小浜島 Kohama-jima) (Yaeyama: Kumoo Okinawan: Kubama) is an island in the Yaeyama Islands group at the southwestern end of the Ryukyu Islands chain, and part of Taketomi, Yaeyama District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

Benten-jima (弁天島) is a small deserted island west by northwest of Cape Sōya, Wakkanai, Hokkaidō, Japan.

Itsukushima (厳島) is an island in the western part of the Inland Sea of Japan, located in the northwest of Hiroshima Bay.

Kitadaitōjima (北大東島), also spelled as Kita Daitō, Kita-Daitō-shima, and Kitadaitō, is the northernmost island in the Daitō Islands group, located in the Philippine Sea southeast of Okinawa, Japan.

Aoshima (青島 Aoshima) is an island located in Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.

Awaji Island (淡路島 Awaji-shima) is an island in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, in the eastern part of the Seto Inland Sea between the islands of Honshū and Shikoku.

Okinawa Island (沖縄本島 Okinawa-hontō, alternatively 沖縄島 Okinawa-jima; Okinawan: 沖縄/うちなー Uchinaa or 地下/じじ jiji; Kunigami: ふちなー Fuchináa) is the largest of the Okinawa Islands and the Ryukyu (Nansei) Islands of Japan.