Map of Japan

This National Geographic’s map of Japan highlights the fine political details about the country and its surrounding areas. Relief shading used throughout the map depicts the terrains and land height. Thousands of place-names and exact borders are shown on the map are carefully researched by National Geographic's map researchers and editors ensuring the utmost accuracy.

It comes with a detailed inset map of the Nansei Islands or the Ryukyu Islands, a chain of Japanese islands that stretches southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan.

Where is Japan

Japan in East Asia is located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies off the eastern coast of the Asian continent and stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and the Philippine Sea in the south.

It doesn’t have any land borders and is the largest island country in East Asia. Japan has the eighth largest Exclusive Economic Zone in the world due to its many far-flung outlying islands.

Major cities in Japan

5 largest cities in Japan by population are:

• Tokyo
• Yokohama
• Osaka
• Nagoya
• Sapporo

You can buy maps of all these cities and customize them around your central location. Click on the name of the city above to view the map.