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2. List of islands of Japan - Wikipedia

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   [1] [2] Japan is the fourth-largest island country in the world, behind Australia, Indonesia, and Madagascar. [3] Japan is also the second-most-populous island country in the world, only behind Indonesia. According to a survey conducted by the Japan Coast Guard in 1987, the number of islands in Japan was 6,852. At that time, the survey only ...

3. Etajima - Wikipedia

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   Edashima (江田島), also called Nōmi-jima , Nomijima, Nomi Island, or Edashima-Nōmijima (江田島・能美島) [1] is an island in Hiroshima Bay located in southwestern Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The mess with island name originates from the ancient (and possibly legendary) strait at now town Ōgaki-chō Hitonose (大柿町飛渡瀬).

4. Tourism in Japan - Wikipedia

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   The 2024 Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report ranked Japan 3rd out of 141 countries overall, which was the highest in Asia. Japan gained relatively high scores in almost all of the featured aspects, such as health and hygiene, safety and security, cultural resources and business travel. [ 4 ]

5. Japanese archipelago - Wikipedia

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   The Japanese archipelago (Japanese: 日本列島, Nihon Rettō) is an archipelago of 14,125 islands that form the country of Japan. [1] It extends over 3,000 km (1,900 mi) [2] from the Sea of Okhotsk in the northeast to the East China and Philippine seas in the southwest along the Pacific coast of the Eurasian continent, and consists of three island arcs from north to south: the Northeastern ...

6. Akusekijima - Wikipedia

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   Akusekijima (悪石島), is one of the Tokara Islands, a subgroup of the Satsunan Islands belonging to Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The island, 7.42 km² in area, has a population of 59 persons. The island can only be reached by boat, as it has no airport; there is a ferry service twice per week to the city of Kagoshima on the mainland.

7. Mikimoto Pearl Island - Wikipedia

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   The island is known as the birthplace of cultured pearl aquaculture. The island is owned by Mikimoto Pearl Museum Co., Ltd. ( 株式会社ミキモト真珠島 , Kabushiki-Gaisha-Mikimoto-Shinju-Jima ) , which operates the island as a tourist attraction, exhibiting pearls and pearl craft goods, and holding shows featuring ama divers .