The top part is Hokkaido, the main part is Honshu, the third part is Shikoku, the fourth part is Kyushu.
Honshu, Kyushu, Hokkaido, and Shikoku.
The name of 4 islands in Japan are... Hokkaido Honshu Shikoku Kyushu
The 4 large islands that make up Japan are Shikoku, Kyushu, Honshu, and Hokkaido.
Together they are called the home islands
Best guess: 3,000 small islands, and 4 large islands.
Japan has 4 major islands. Hokkaido, Shikoku, Hoshuu, and Kyuushuu. Okinawa has a couple islands (Okinawa is one island but many small islands surround it). Some islands do not have a nationality (Korea thinks its theres, while Japan says its under Japanese so it is Japan's), but usually when talking about Japan, only the big 4 islands are named.
The four main islands of Japan are: * Hokkaidō * Honshū * Kyūshū * Shikoku
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Honshu.
Japan is a string of island called kuril. The islands stretches around 1,300 km.
Honshu Island
it has 4 Japan has 4 MAIN islands, (Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku) but Japan actually has over 1000 islands. Only around 30 or more of those islands have citizens. Other islands include Okinawa, Bonin islands, and the Ryuku Islands
New Answer-Japan is an archipelago of 6,852 islands. The four largest islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku (main islands), together and covers 97% of Japan's land area.