Japan's four major islands

Japan's four major islands: Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu.

Hokkaido 1

Hokkaido, the northernmost first-class administrative region of Japan, is located in Sapporo City. The total area is 83,000 square kilometers.

Hokkaido is composed of Hokkaido Island, Yili Island, Liwen Island, Tianmai Island, Shaoqi Island and Aoqi Island, which constitutes the "Dao" of Japan's administrative unit, bordering the Sea of Japan in the west, the Pacific Ocean in the south and the Sea of Okhotsk in the northeast. It is adjacent to Honshu by Tsutsugaru Strait in the southwest and opposite to Sakhalin Island (sakhalin island) by La Perus Strait (Zonggu Strait) in the north. Known as "Japan's North Gate Lock Key".

2. The state

Honshu is the largest island in Japan, hence the name "Honshu". It is one of the four Japanese islands, located in the middle of the Japanese archipelago. There are three metropolitan areas in Japan, namely Tokyo Metropolitan Area, Osaka Metropolitan Area and Nagoya Metropolitan Area. Honshu Island faces Hokkaido across Tsutsugaru Strait in the north, Shikoku Island across Seto Inland Sea in the south, and Kyushu Island across Guanmen Strait and Hou Feng Waterway in the southwest. The total area is about 228,000 square kilometers.

3. Four countries

Shikoku, the smallest of the four main Japanese islands, is located in the southwest of Honshu Island in the south of China and the northeast of Kyushu Island, separated from Honshu Island by the Seto Inland Sea. It borders Seto Inland Sea in the north, Pacific Ocean in the south, Mingmen Strait and Jiyi Waterway in the east, Feng Jingen, Yufeng Strait and Hou Feng Waterway in Honshu in the west, and faces Kyushu. Together with the island area of about 18800 square kilometers.

4. Kyushu

Kyushu, an island in the southwest of Japan, is one of the four largest islands in Japan. Honshu Island is located at the southwestern tip of Japan, facing the northeast across the Guanmen Strait, Shikoku Island facing the east across the Yufeng Strait and the Hou Feng Waterway, adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the southeast, adjacent to South Korea in the northwest across the Korean Strait, and facing China in the west across the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea. The total area is 36,700 square kilometers.

Best tourist season in Japan

Spring and autumn are the best time to visit Japan, that is, March to May and September to 1 1 month every year.

Spring is the season when Japanese cherry blossoms bloom. Pink cherry blossoms are very romantic and eye-catching, so enjoying cherry blossoms is a very popular experience in Japan. Autumn is also one of the most popular tourist seasons. It has a pleasant climate and the best scenery. You can choose to travel to Japan in spring and autumn.