Where is the largest island in Japan?


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)
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