Japanese Archipelago - a string of more than 3,000 islands east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific OceanEzo, Hokkaido, Yezo - the second largest of the four main islands of Japan; north of Honshu Hondo, Honshu - the central and largest of the four main islands of Japan; between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean; regarded as the Japanese mainland Kyushu - the southernmost of the four main islands of Japan; contains coal fields Shikoku - the smallest of the four main islands of Japan; south of Honshu and east of Kyushu; separated from Honshu by the Inland Sea; forested and mountainous archipelago - a group of many islands in a large body of water Osaka Bay - a bay of the western Pacific in southern Honshu |