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Political, physical and population maps of Japan with its 47 first-level divisions, the capital Tokyo and largest cities, plus ethnic, religious and language maps.

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Administrative divisions of Japan

Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries · 47 units

Japan is divided into 47 first-level administrative divisions:

AichiAkitaAomoriChibaEhimeFukuiFukuokaFukushimaGifuGunmaHiroshimaHokkaidōHyōgoIbarakiIshikawaIwateKagawaKagoshimaKanagawaKōchiKumamotoKyōtoMieMiyagiMiyazakiNaganoNagasakiNaraNiigataŌitaOkayamaOkinawaŌsakaSagaSaitamaShigaShimaneShizuokaTochigiTokushimaTokyoTottoriToyamaWakayamaYamagataYamaguchiYamanashi

Largest cities in Japan

Urban-area estimates · Natural Earth
#CityPopulation
1TokyoCapital35,676,000
2Ōsaka11,294,000
3Yokohama3,697,894
4Nagoya3,230,000
5Fukuoka2,792,000
6Sapporo2,544,000
7Sendai2,250,000
8Hiroshima2,045,000
9Kyoto1,805,000
10Kōbe1,528,478

Tokyo is the largest urban area in Japan with about 35,676,000 people.

Terrain, rivers & lakes

Terrain tiles · Natural Earth rivers & lakes

Highest terrain in Japan: ≈ 3,719 m — read from the global elevation model, so summit heights are approximate. The physical map paints elevation bands from green lowlands to brown highlands.

🌊 Rivers

  • Ishikari
  • Tone
  • Mogami

🏞️ Lakes

  • Biwa Ko

Ethnic groups in Japan

CIA World Factbook · 2022
Japanese
97.5%Chinese
0.6%Vietnam
0.4%South Korean
0.3%other
1.2%

Japanese 97.5%, Chinese 0.6%, Vietnam 0.4%, South Korean 0.3%, other 1.2% (includes Filipino, Brazilian, Nepalese, Indonesian, American, and Taiwanese) (2022 est.)

Regionally, Japanese is the most common ethnic group across most of the 47 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2022 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Religions in Japan

CIA World Factbook · 2021
Shintoism
48.6%Buddhism
46.4%Christianity
1.1%other
4%

Shintoism 48.6%, Buddhism 46.4%, Christianity 1.1%, other 4% (2021 est.)

Regionally, Shintoism is the most common religious group across most of the 47 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2021 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Languages in Japan

CIA World Factbook

Japanese

Regionally, Japanese is the most common language group across most of the 47 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

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Sources: boundaries, cities, rivers and lakes from Natural Earth (public domain, 1:10m); elevation from the AWS Open Data terrain tiles (SRTM/GMTED); ethnic, religious and language shares from the CIA World Factbook; regional dominance compiled by Glostats from national censuses and surveys. Page generated 2026-10-19. More about our data.