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Map of Hokkaido showing the subprefectures and the primary cities. As of April 2010, Hokkaidō has nine General Subprefectural Bureaus (総合振興局) and five Subprefectural Bureaus (振興局). Hokkaidō is one of eight prefectures in Japan that have subprefectures (支庁 shichō). However, it is the only one of the eight to have such ...
Map of Hokkaido showing the subprefectures and the primary cities (pre-2010) Map of Hokkaido within Japan, including the disputed Kuril islands. As of April 2010, Hokkaidō has nine General Subprefectural Bureaus (総合振興局) and five Subprefectural Bureaus (振興局).
Hokkaido – the northernmost and second largest main island, third most populous. Honshu – the largest and most populous island, with the capital Tokyo. Honshu is connected to the other three main islands by bridges and tunnels. Kyushu – the third largest main island, second most populous and the nearest to the Asian continent.
The Kuril Islands or Kurile Islands [a] are a volcanic archipelago administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast in the Russian Far East. [1] The islands stretch approximately 1,300 km (810 mi) northeast from Hokkaido in Japan to Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the north Pacific Ocean. There are 56 islands and many ...
Relief Map. Rebun Island (礼文島, Rebun-tō, Ainu: Repun) is an island in the Sea of Japan off the northwestern tip of Hokkaidō, Japan. The island sits 50 kilometres (31 mi) off the coast of Hokkaidō. Rebun stretches 29 kilometres (18 mi) from north to south and 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from east to west.
Sakhalin (Russian: Сахали́н, IPA: [səxɐˈlʲin]) is an island in Northeast Asia.Its north coast lies 6.5 km (4.0 mi) off the southeastern coast of Khabarovsk Krai in Russia, while its southern tip lies 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of the Japanese island of Hokkaido.
A monument indicates the northernmost point of Japan at Cape Sōya on Hokkaido. Cape Irizaki, Japan's westernmost point on Yonaguni Island Japan's easternmost point lies on Minami Torishima in the Pacific Ocean. Japan's southernmost point on Hateruma island. The northernmost point that Japan claims lies on the disputed island of Iturup.
Using of Hokkaido map where Kuril Islands belong to Japan its violation of principle "neutral point of view", abuse of independence, contravention of law and can not be placed in encyclopedia article. In this article must be placed map without Kuril Islands. This edited version contain the en:Kuril Islands dispute shaded in Gray