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GENERAL INFORMATION

AREA AND POPULATION

Japan's approximate 125 million citizens live on four primary islands. There are also 3,918 smaller, mostly uninhabitable islands.

Island Name Area Population
Sq. Miles Sq. Km
HOKKAIDO 30,077 77,900 5,974,600
HONSHU 89,124 230,832 99,870,700
KYUSHU 17,135 44,380 15,048,800
SHIKOKU 7,258 18,799 4,475,400
Total of all Islands 145,823 377,682 125,369,500

POINTS OF MEASURE

HIGHEST MOUNTAINS

Mount Height
Feet Meters
FUJIYAMA 12,389 3,776
SHIRANE 10,473 3,192
HOTAKA-DAKE 10,466 3,190
YARI-GA-TAKE 10,434 3,180
ON-TAKE 10,050 3,063

LONGEST RIVERS

Name Length
Miles
Km
SHINANO-GAWA 228 367
TONE-GAWA 200 322
ISHIKARI-GAWA 163 262
TESHIO-GAWA 162 261
TENRYU-GAWA 155 250

LARGEST LAKES

Name Area
Sq. Miles Sq. Km
BIWA-KO 260 673.8
KASUMI-GA-URA 65 167.7
SAROMA-KO 59 151.7
INAWASHIRO-KO 40 103.9
NAKA-NO-UMI 38 98.5

COASTLINE

Japan's coastline stretches for 18,450 miles or 29,700 km.

IMAGE MAP

Selecting any one of the four main islands will give you additional information about that island. Be sure to select the island itself.

Image Map of Japan.

 


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