Island ranking of Japan
This ranking removes Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku.
Where is the largest island in Japan?
The biggest island in Japan is Etorofu in Hokkaido. The area is 3182.7 km2. The 2nd place is the Kunashiri in Hokkaido. The 3rd place is the Okinawa island in Okinawa Prefecture.
Incidentally, there are 6852 islands in Japan.
Island ranking of Japan (area ranking) |
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Ranking |
Island |
Area (km2) |
Place |
1 |
Etorofu |
3182.7 |
Hokkaido |
2 |
Kunashiri |
1498.6 |
Hokkaido |
3 |
Okinawa island |
1207.9 |
Okinawa |
4 |
Sado Island |
854.5 |
Niigata |
5 |
Amami Oshima |
712.5 |
Kagoshima |
6 |
Tsushima |
696.5 |
Nagasaki |
7 |
Awaji island |
592.3 |
Hyogo |
8 |
Amakusashimo island |
574.2 |
Kumamoto |
9 |
Yaku Islands |
504.9 |
Kagoshima |
10 |
Tanegashima |
445.1 |
Kagoshima |
11 |
Fukue island |
326.4 |
nagasaki |
12 |
Iriomote island |
289.3 |
Okinawa |
13 |
Shikotan |
250.2 |
Hokkaido |
14 |
Tokunoshima |
247.8 |
Kagoshima |
15 |
dougo |
241.6 |
Shimane |
16 |
amakusakami island |
225.4 |
Kumamoto |
17 |
Ishigaki Island |
222.6 |
Okinawa |
18 |
Rishiri island |
182.2 |
Hokkaido |
19 |
nakadori island |
168.4 |
Nagasaki |
20 |
Hirato island |
163.7 |
Nagasaki |
21 |
Miyako island |
159.3 |
Okinawa |
22 |
shodo island |
153.3 |
Kagawa |
23 |
Okushiri island |
142.7 |
Hokkaido |
24 |
Iki island |
133.9 |
Nagasaki |
25 |
Yashiro island |
128.4 |
Yamaguchi |
26 |
Okierabu island |
93.7 |
Kagoshima |
27 |
Eta island and the Nomi island |
91.5 |
Hiroshima |
28 |
Oshima |
91.1 |
Tokyo |
29 |
Nagashima |
90.6 |
Kagoshima |
30 |
Rebun island |
81 |
Hokkaido |
31 |
kakeroma island |
77.4 |
Kagoshima |
32 |
Kurahashi island |
69.6 |
Hiroshima |
33 |
Hachijo Island |
69.5 |
Tokyo |
34 |
Shimokoshiki island |
66.1 | Kagoshima |
35 |
Omi island |
64.6 |
Ehime |
36 |
shibotsu |
59.5 |
Hokkaido |
37 |
Kume island |
59.1 |
Okinawa |
38 |
Kikai island |
56.9 |
Kagoshima |
39 |
Nishino island |
55.9 |
Shimane |
40 |
Miyake island |
55.4 |
Tokyo |
Data Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism |