List of lakes and rivers in Japan

In this article, we will see a complete list of Japanese lakes and rivers, their names, location and their writing in Japanese. Japan's rivers are generally short and steep, due to mountainous region in the country, many are used to provide water and electricity.

Typical rivers rise in the mountains and descend into the valleys where they extend and are used for agriculture, and from Japan rice cultivation. Recalling that in addition to rivers Japan has several lakes and springs of thermal water.

Longest river is the Shinano, which flows from Nagano to Niigata. The Tone River has the largest hydrographic basin and serves water for more than 30 million inhabitants. The Mogami, Fuji and Kuma rivers are the three fastest rivers in Japan. From Japan

Main Lakes of Japan

Let's start with a list of lakes in Japan. We don't know if all the lakes are on that list, but we believe that due to the gigantic amount of spring water in the country, there are thousands of ponds and small streams everywhere.

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Ranking	Name	Province	Cities	Area(km²)	Depth(m)
1	Biwa	Shiga	Ōtsu, kusatsu, higashi -ōmi, hikonenagahama, Moriyama, ōmi-hachimantakashima, yasu, maibara	670.3	103.8
2	Kasumigaura	Ibaraki	Tsuchiura, Ishioka, Omitama, Inashiki, Ami, Kasumigaura, Namegata, Itako, Miho	167.6	7.10
3	Saroma	Abashiri	Kitami, Saroma, Yūbetsu	151.9	19.6
4	Inawashiro	Fukushima	Kōriyama, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Inawashiro	103.3	94.6
5	Nakaumi	Shimane Tottori	Matsue, Yonago, YasugiSakaiminato, Higashi-Izumo	86.2	17.1
6	Kussharo	Kushiro	Teshikaga	79.3	117.5
7	Shinji	Shimane	Matsue, Izumo, Hikawa	79.1	6.0
8	Shikotsu	Ishikari	Chitose	78.4	360.1
9	Tōya	Iburi	Tōyako, Sōbetsu	70.7	179.9
10	Hamana	Shizuoka	Hamamatsu, Kosai, Arai	65.0	13.1
11	Ogawara	Aomori	Misawa, Tōhoku, Rokkasho	62.2	24.4
12	Towada	AomoriAkita	Towada, Kosaka	61.0	326.8
13	Notoro	Abashiri	Abashiri	58.4	23.1
14	Fūren	Nemuro	Nemuro, Betsukai	57.5	13.0
15	Kitaura	Ibaraki	Kashima, Hokota, Namegata, Itako	35.2	7.0
16	Abashiri	Abashiri	Abashiri, Ōzora	32.3	16.1
17	Akkeshi	Kushiro	Akkeshi, Hokkaidō	32.3	11.0
18	Hachirō	Akita	Katagami, oga, gojōme, ikawa, ōgata	27.7	12.0
19	Tazawa	Akita	Senboku	25.8	423.4
20	Mashu	Kushiro	Teshikaga	19.2	211.4
21	Jūsan	Aomori	Goshogawara, Tsugaru, Nakadomari	18.1	1.5
22	Kutcharo	Sōya	Hamatonbetsu	13.3	3.3
23	Suwa	Nagano	Okaya, Suwa, Shimo-Suwa	13.3	7.6
24	Akan	Kushiro	Kushiro	13.0	44.8
25	Chuzenji	Tochigi	Nikkō	11.8	163.0
26	Inba	Chiba	Yachiyo, Sakura, Narita, Inzai, Shisui, Sakae	11.55	2.5
27	Ikeda	Kagoshima	Ibusuki	10.9	233.0
28	Hibara	Fukushima	Kitashiobara	10.7	30.5
29	Kuttara	Iburi	Shiraoi	4.68	148

List of Rivers in Japan

• Dōtonbori Channel [道頓堀] - Osaka
• Abe River [安倍川] - Shizuoka
• Abukuma River [阿武隈川] - Miyagi, Fukushima
• Agano River [阿賀野川] - Fukushima, Gunma, Niigata
• Agano River [阿賀野川] - Niigata, Fukushima, Gunma
• Aka River [赤川] - Yamagata
• Ara River [荒川 （羽越）] - Yamagata, Niigata
• Arakawa River [荒川 （関東）] - Saitama, Tokyo
• Asahi River [旭川] - Okayama
• Ashida River [芦田川] - Okayama, Hiroshima
• Banjo River [番匠川] - Ōita
• Chikugo River [筑後川] - Kumamoto, Ōita, Fukuoka, Saga
• Second class Rio:
• Doki River [土器川] - Kagawa
• Edo River [江戸川]
• Fuji River [富士川] - Nagano, Yamanashi, Shizuoka
• Fuji River 富士川 - Nagano, Yamanashi, Shizuoka
• Gokase River [五ヶ瀬川] - Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki
• Gonokawa River [江の川] - Hiroshima, Shimane
• Hii River [斐伊川] - Shimane, Tottori
• Hiji River [肱川] - Ehime
• Hime River [姫川] - Nagano, Niigata
• Hino River - Tottori
• Honmyo River [本明川] - Nagasaki
• Ibi River [揖斐川] - Gifu, Mie
• Ibo River [揖保川] - Hyogo
• Iwaki River [岩木川] - Aomori
• Jinzū River [神通川] - Gifu, Toyama
• Jōganji River [常願寺川] - Toyama
• Kakehashi River [梯川] - Ishikawa
• Kako River [加古川] - Hyogo
• Kamo River [鴨川] - Kyoto
• Kanda River [神田川]
• Kase River [嘉瀬川] - Saga
• Katsura River [桂川] - Hozu-gawa [保津川] - Ōi-gawa [大堰川] - Kyoto, Osaka
• Kikuchi River [菊池川] - Kumamoto
• Kimotsuki River [肝属川 or 肝付川] - Kagoshima
• Kinokawa River [紀の川] - Nara, Wakayama
• Kiso River [木曽川] - Nagano, Gifu, Aichi, Mie
• Kita River [北川] - Shiga, Fukui
• Kitakami River [北上川] - Iwate, Miyagi
• Kizu River [木津川] - Kyoto
• Koyoshi River [子吉川] - Akita
• Kuji River [久慈川] - Fukushima, Ibaraki
• Kuma River [球磨川] - Kumamoto
• Kumano River [熊野川] - Shingu-gawa [新宮川] - Nara, Mie, Wakayama
• Kurobe River [黒部川] - Toyama
• Kushida River [櫛田川] - Mie
• Kuzuryu River [九頭竜川] - Fukui
• Kuzuryū River [九頭竜川] - Gifu, Fukui
• Mabechi River [馬淵川] - Iwate, Aomori
• Maruyama River [円山川] - Hyogo
• Matsūra River [松浦川] - Saga
• Midori River [緑川] - Kumamoto
• Miya River [宮川] - Mie
• Mogami River [最上川] - Yamagata
• Monobe River [物部川] - Kōchi
• Monobe River [物部川] - Kōchi
• Rio Muko [武庫川]
• Nagara River [長良川] - Gifu, Aichi, Mie
• Naka River [那珂川] - Tochigi, Ibaraki
• Naka River [那賀川] - Tokushima
• Naruse River [鳴瀬川] - Miyagi
• Natori River [名取川] - Miyagi
• Niyodo River [仁淀川] - Ehime, Kōchi
• Oirase River [奥入瀬川] - Aomori, Akita
• Omaru River [小丸川] - Miyazaki
• Omono River [雄物川] - Akita
• Onga River [遠賀川] - Fukuoka
• Ose River [小瀬川] - Hiroshima, Yamaguchi
• Oyabe River [小矢部川] - Ishikawa, Toyama
• Oyabe River [小矢部川] - Toyama, Ishikawa
• Rokkaku River [六角川] - Saga
• Saba River [佐波川] - Yamaguchi, Shikoku
• Sagami River [相模川] - Yamanashi, Kanagawa
• Seki River [関川] - Nagano, Niigata
• Sendai River [千代川] - Tottori
• Sendai River [川内川] - Miyazaki, Kagoshima
• Sendai River [川内川_ - Miyazaki, Kagoshima
• Shigenobu River [重信川] - Ehime
• Shimanto River [四万十川] - Ehime, Kōchi
• Shimanto River [四万十川] - Ehime, Kōchi, Kyūshū
• Shinano River [信濃川] - Largest in Japan; Nagano, Gunma, Niigata
• Shira River [白川] - Kumamoto
• Shō River [庄川] - Gifu, Toyama
• Shōnai River [庄内川] - Gifu, Aichi
• Sumida River [隅田川]
• Takahashi River [高梁川] - Hiroshima, Okayama
• Takase River 高瀬川 - Aomori
• Takatsu River [高津川] - Shimane
• Tama River [多摩川] - Yamanashi, Tokyo, Kanagawa
• Tedori River [手取川] - Ishikawa
• Tenjin River [天神川] - Tottori
• Tenryū River [天竜川] - Nagano, Aichi, Shizuoka
• Tone River [利根川] – Gunma, Nagano, Tochigi, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba, Ibaraki
• Toyo River [豊川] - Aichi
• Tsurumi River [鶴見川] - Tokyo, Kanagawa
• Yabe River [矢部川] - Fukuoka
• Yahagi River [矢作川] - Nagano, Gifu, Aichi
• Yamakuni River [山国川] - Ōita, Fukuoka
• Yamato River [大和川] - Nara, Osaka
• Yasu River [野洲川] - Shiga
• Yodo River [淀川] - Seta River [瀬田川] and Uji River [宇治川] - Shiga, Osaka
• Yoneshiro River [米代川] - Akita, Iwate
• Yoshii River [吉井川] - Okayama
• Yoshino River [吉野川] - Kōchi, Ehime, Tokushima, Kagawa
• Yura River [由良川] - Hyogo, Kyoto
• Ōi River [大井川] - Shizuoka
• Ōita River [大分川] - Ōita
• Ōno River [大野川] - Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Ōita
• Ōta River [太田川] - Hiroshima
• Ōyodo River [大淀川] - Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Miyazaki
• Ōyodo River [大淀川] - Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Miyazaki

Rivers of Hokkaido by extension:

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Rio	Extension
Ishikari (石狩川 Ishikari-gawa)	268 km (167)
Teshio (天塩川 Teshio-gawa)	256 km (159)
Tokachi (十勝川 Tokachi-gawa)	156 km (97 mi)
Kushiro (釧路川 Kushiro-gawa)	154 km (96 & mi)
Yūbari (夕張川 Yūbari-gawa)	136 km (85 n mi)
Mu (鵡川 & Mu-kawa)	135 km (84 & mi)
Shiribetsu (尻別川 Shiribetsu-gawa)	126 km (78 mi)
Tokoro (常呂川 Tokoro-gawa)	120 km (75 n mi)
Abashiri (網走川 Abashiri-gawa)	115 km (71)
Chitose (千歳川 Chitose-gawa)	108 km (67)
Saru (沙流川 Saru-gawa)	104 km (65 & mi)
Akan (阿寒川 Akan-gawa)	98 km (61)
Yūbetsu (湧別川 Yūbetsu-gawa)	87 km (54)
Shokotsu (渚滑川 Shokotsu-gawa)	84 km (52)
Niikappu (新冠川 Niikappu-gawa)	80 km (50)
Shiribeshi-Toshibetsu (後志利別川 Shiribeshi-Toshibetsu-gawa)	80 km (50)
Shibetsu (標津川 Shibetsu-gawa)	78 km (48)
Toyohira (豊平川 Toyohira-gawa)	72.5 km (45 mi)
Shizunai (静内川 Shizunai-gawa)	69.9 km (43.4 mi)
Rumoi (留萌川 Rumoi-gawa)	44 km (27)
Koetoi (声問川 Koetoi-gawa)	41.9 km (26.0 mi)
Mitsuishi (三石川 Mitsuishi-gawa)	31.6 km (19.6 & mi)
Makomanai (真駒内川 Makomanai-gawa)	21 km (13)
Anano (穴の川 Ana-no-kawa)	9.4 km (5.8 & mi)

Complete List of Lakes in Japanese

To make the article even more complete, we will leave another list of lakes separated by province. There are more than 200 lakes below with the Japanese name Kanji for you to go deeper and search for more information on Google.

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Kanji	Romaji	Province	Extension（km2）	Depth（m）
阿寒湖	akanko	Hokkaido	13.25	45.0
厚岸湖	akkeshiko	Hokkaido	32.31	11.0
網走湖	abashiriko	Hokkaido	32.28	16.8
一菱内湖	ichibishinaiko	Hokkaido	2.96
ウトナイ湖	autonaiko	Hokkaido	2.10	1.5
得茂別湖	urumonbetsuko	Hokkaido	5.80
生花苗沼	oikamanainuma	Hokkaido	1.54	3.6
大沼	This word is untranslatable.	Hokkaido	4.67	2.2
大沼	This word is untranslatable.	Hokkaido	5.31	13.6
オコタンペ湖	okotanpeko	Hokkaido	0.5	20
温根沼	onnetō	Hokkaido	5.72	7.0
オンネトー	onnetō	Hokkaido	0.23	9.8
オンネ沼	onneuma	Hokkaido	-	-
カムイト沼	kamuitonuma	Hokkaido	0.19	5.2
キモン沼	kimonnum	Hokkaido	1.01
キモンマ沼	kimonmanuma	Hokkaido	1.44
久種湖	kushuko	Hokkaido	0.49	5.2
屈斜路湖	kussharoko	Hokkaido	79.54	117.0
倶多楽湖	kuttarako	Hokkaido	4.70	148
クッチャロ湖	kuccharoko	Hokkaido	13.40	3.3
ケラムイ湖	keramuiko	Hokkaido	1.67
小沼	konuma	Hokkaido	3.81	5.0
駒止湖	komadomeko	Hokkaido	0.02	5.0
コムケ湖	komukeko	Hokkaido	4.84	3.8
サロマ湖	saromako	Hokkaido	151.59	19.6
然別湖	shikaribatsuko	Hokkaido	3.59	108
支笏湖	shikotsuko	Hokkaido	78.48	363.0
東雲湖	shinonomeko	Hokkaido	0.04	2.0
シブノツナイ湖	shibunotsunaiko	Hokkaido	2.63	3.0
蘂取沼	shibetoronuma	Hokkaido	2.83
紗那沼	shananuma	Hokkaido	1.01
シュンクシタカラ湖	shunkushitakarako	Hokkaido	0.11	-
蓴菜沼	junsainuma	Hokkaido	0.73	4.6
シラルトロ沼	shirarutoronuma	Hokkaido	1.72	2.3
知床五湖	shiretokogoko	Hokkaido	-	-
知床沼	shiretoko 沼	Hokkaido	38	-
神仙沼	shinsennuma	Hokkaido	0.0119	2.0
達古武湖	takkobuko	Hokkaido	1.31	3.0
チミケップ湖	chimikeppuko	Hokkaido	1.05	21.3
長節湖	chōboshiko	Hokkaido	1.12	3.5
チョマトー	chomatō	Hokkaido	-	-
濤沸湖	tōfutsuko	Hokkaido	8.19	2.5
東沸湖	tōfutsuko	Hokkaido	8.13
洞爺湖	tōyako	Hokkaido	70.72	180.0
塘路湖	tōroko	Hokkaido	6.27	7.0
トウロ沼	touronuma	Hokkaido	1.38
年萌湖	toshimoiko	Hokkaido	4.36
豊似湖	toyoniko	Hokkaido	0.03	18.6
内保沼	naibonuma	Hokkaido	2.55
ニキショロ湖	nikishoroko	Hokkaido	3.44
西ビロク湖	nishibirokuko	Hokkaido	2.40
能取湖	notoroko	Hokkaido	58.20	23.1
ノトロ湖	notoroko	Hokkaido	1.00
春採湖	harutoriko	Hokkaido	0.38	8.5
パンケ沼	pancake	Hokkaido	3.55	3.6
パンケトー	pancake	Hokkaido	2.86	54.0
東ビロク湖	higashibirokuko	Hokkaido	3.49
火散布沼	hichirippunuma	Hokkaido	3.76	2.0
風蓮湖	fūrenko	Hokkaido	59.01	11.0
ペケレット湖	pekerettoko	Hokkaido	0.12	1.2
ペンケ沼	penketō	Hokkaido	1.27	2.9
ペンケトー	penketō	Hokkaido	0.3	39.4
ポロト湖	porotoko	Hokkaido	-	-
ポロ沼	poronuma	Hokkaido	1.97	4.0
摩周湖	mashūko	Hokkaido	19.22	211.5
宮島沼	miyajimanuma	Hokkaido	-	-
モエレ沼	moerenuma	Hokkaido	0.24	2.0
モケウニ沼	mokeuninuma	Hokkaido	0.49	4
藻散布沼	mochirippunuma	Hokkaido	0.62	3.0
湧洞沼	yūdōnuma	Hokkaido	4.43	3.5
羅臼湖	rausuko	Hokkaido	0.42	2.1
ラウス沼	rausunuma	Hokkaido	1.35
姉沼	anenuma	Aomori	1.57	4.3
市柳沼	ichiyanagiuma	Aomori	1.75	4.0
宇曽利山湖	usoriyamako	Aomori	2.68	23.5
小川原湖	ogawarako	Aomori	61.98	25
尾駮沼	obuchinuma	Aomori	3.32	5.0
十三湖	jūsanko	Aomori	17.81	3.0
十二湖	jūniko	Aomori	-	-
鷹架沼	takahokonuma	Aomori	5.43	7.0
田光沼	tappinuma	Aomori	1.25	-
田面木沼	tamoginuma	Aomori	1.61	7.0
十和田湖	towadako	Aomori - Akita	61.10	327
伊豆沼	Izunuma	Miyagi	3.32	1.3
内沼	uchinuma	Miyagi	1.05	1.0
御釜	okama	Miyagi	0.9	27.6
蕪栗沼	kabukurinuma	Miyagi	0.79	-
鳥の海	torinōmi	Miyagi	1.30	4.8
長面浦	nagazuraura	Miyagi	1.45	-
長沼	naganuma	Miyagi	4.89	2.8
万石浦	mangakūra	Miyagi	7.30	5.3
浅内沼	asanainuma	Akita	1.04	3.5
作沢沼	sakuzawanuma	Akita	0.02	20
田沢湖	tazawako	Akita	25.75	423.4
八郎潟調整池	hachirōgatachōseichi	Akita	27.75	12.0
目潟	"megata"	Akita	-	-
大鳥池	ōtorike	Yamagata	0.4	68
白竜湖	hakuryūko	Yamagata	1.08	-
秋元湖	akimotoko	Fukushima	3.52	34.1
猪苗代湖	inawashiro lake	Fukushima	103.24	94.6
雄国沼	oguninuma	Fukushima	0.48	8.0
尾瀬沼	ozenuma	Fukushima - Gunma	1.81	9.5
小野川湖	onogawako	Fukushima	1.73	24.4
男沼	onuma	Fukushima	0.05	9.8
五色沼	goshikinuma	Fukushima	0.03	9.5
五色沼	goshikinuma	Fukushima	-	-
曽原湖	soharako	Fukushima	0.35	12.0
仁田沼	nidanuma	Fukushima	-	-
沼沢湖	numazawako	Fukushima	2.99	96
半田沼	handanuma	Fukushima	0.08	23.2
桧原湖	hibarako	Fukushima	10.86	30.5
蓋沼	futanuma	Fukushima	-	-
松川浦	matsukawaura	Fukushima	6.06	5.5
女沼	menuma	Fukushima	0.08	8.7
牛久沼	ushikunuma	Ibaraki Prefecture	3.55	3.0
霞ヶ浦	Kasumigaura	Ibaraki - Chiba	220	7.1
菅生沼	sugaonuma	Ibaraki Prefecture	2.3	2
神之池	gōnoike	Ibaraki Prefecture	0.44	3.5
涸沼	hinuma	Ibaraki Prefecture	9.30	6.5
鬼怒沼	kinunuma	Tochigi Prefecture	134	-
五色沼	goshikinuma	Tochigi Prefecture	0.05	5
中禅寺湖	chūzenjiko	Tochigi Prefecture	11.90	163
湯ノ湖	yunoko	Tochigi Prefecture	0.31	12
西ノ湖	sainoko	Tochigi Prefecture	0.7	17.1
大沼	This word is untranslatable.	Gunma Prefecture	0.88	16.5
尾瀬沼	ozenuma	Fukushima / Gunma	1.81	9.5
菅沼	suggestuma	Gunma Prefecture	0.85	67
多々良沼	tataranuma	Gunma Prefecture	0.08	2
榛名湖	harunako	Gunma Prefecture	1.24	12.6
丸沼	marunuma	Gunma Prefecture	0.45	50
伊佐沼	isanuma	Saitama	0.35	-
黒浜沼	kurohamanuma	Saitama	32	-
柴山沼	shibayamanuma	Saitama	125	8
白幡沼	shirahatanuma	Saitama	-	-
鳥羽井沼	tobainuma	Saitama	22	-
原市沼	haraichinum	Saitama	-	-
別所沼	besshonuma	Saitama	0.03	-
印旛沼	inbanuma	Chiba	9.43	2.5
手賀沼	teganuma	Chiba	4.02	3.8
古利根沼	furutonenuma	Chiba Prefecture / Ibaraki Prefecture	-	-
与田浦	yodaura	Chiba	1.23	1.2
不忍池	shinobazunoike	Tokyo	1.1	-
洗足池	senzokuike	Tokyo	0.41	2.0
芦ノ湖	ashinoko	Kanagawa Prefecture	7.03	43.5
震生湖	shinseiko	Kanagawa Prefecture	13	10
加茂湖	kamoko	Niigata	4.85	8.7
佐潟	sakata	Niigata	436	-
鳥屋野潟	toyanogata	Niigata	1.37	2
福島潟	fukushimagata	Niigata	1.93	0.6
十二町潟	jūnichōgata	Toyama	0.06	1.1
足洗潟	ashiaraikata	Toyama		-
ミクリガ池	mikurigaike	Toyama	0.03	15
ミドリガ池	midorigaike	Toyama	4	1.6
リンドウ池	rindōike	Toyama	-	-
血の池	chinoike	Toyama	-	-
水晶池	suishōike	Toyama	0.0075	-
竜晶池	ryūshōike	Toyama	5	-
長池	nagaike	Toyama	5	-
祖父谷の天然ダム湖	jijidannotennendamuko	Toyama		-
五郎池	gorōike	Toyama	4	-
縄ヶ池	nawagaike	Toyama	0.03	11
猫池	nekoike	Toyama	-	-
黒池	kuroike	Toyama	-	-
赤倉池	akakuranoike	Toyama	-	-
新湯	shinyu	Toyama	-	5
刈込池	karikomiike	Toyama	-	10
多枝原池	taedaharaike	Toyama	0.0124	7.4
泥鰌池	dojōike	Toyama	0.0192	2.3
釜池	kamaike	Toyama	0.03	30
つぶら池	tsuburaike	Toyama	-	-
ながら池	nagaraike	Toyama	-	-
早月川河川敷の水溜り	hayatsukigawakasenjikinomizutamari	Toyama	0.0018	-
木場潟	kibagata	Ishikawa	1.13	6.3
柴山潟	shibayamagata	Ishikawa	1.92	4.9
河北潟	kahokugata	Ishikawa	4.20	6.5
邑知潟	ōchigata	Ishikawa	0.69	8.0
北潟湖	kitagatako	Fukui-Ishikawa	2.16	4
水月湖	suigetsuko	Fukui	4.18	3.4
菅湖	sugako	Fukui	0.91	13.0
久々子湖	kugushiko	Fukui	1.40	2.5
日向湖	hirugako	Fukui	0.92	38.5
三方湖	mikatako	Fukui	3.58	5.8
大沼池	onumake	Nagano	0.23	26.2
風吹大池	kazafukiōike	Nagano	87	5.5
白駒の池	shirakomanoike	Nagano	0.11	8.6
諏訪湖	suwako	Nagano	12.81	7.2
大正池	taishōike	Nagano	0.15	4.0
田代池	tashiroike	Nagano	13	1.1
青木湖	aokiko	Nagano	1.73	58
木崎湖	kizakiko	Nagano	1.69	29.5
中綱湖	nakatsunako	Nagano	0.14	12.0
野尻湖	nojiriko	Nagano	4.45	38.5
白馬大池	hakubaōike	Nagano	0.06	13.5
琵琶池	biwaike	Nagano	0.16	27.9
北竜湖	hokuryūko	Nagano	189	8.0
松原湖	matsubarako	Nagano	0.12	7.7
四尾連湖	shibireko	Yamanashi	0.9	13
河口湖	kawaguchiko	Yamanashi	5.48	15.2
西湖	saiko	Yamanashi	2.10	73.2
精進湖	shōjiko	Yamanashi	0.5	15.2
本栖湖	motosuko	Yamanashi	4.70	138
山中湖	yamanakako	Yamanashi	6.57	15.0
一碧湖	ippekiko	Shizuoka	291	6.2
佐鳴湖	sanaruko	Shizuoka	1.13	2.5
八丁池	hack	Shizuoka	0.02	2.5
浜名湖	hamanak	Shizuoka	64.92	16.6
油ヶ淵	aburagafuchi	Aichi	0.64	5
阿蘇海	asokai	Kyoto	4.80	14
久美浜湾	kumihamawan	Kyoto	7.18	20.6
離湖	hanareko	Kyoto	0.35	7
尺八池	shakeuhachiike	Kyoto	0.03	-
玄覇池	genpaike	Kyoto	0.01	-
深泥池	mizorogaike	Kyoto	0.09	3.5
西の湖	nishinoko	Shiga	2.15	3
琵琶湖	Biwako	Shiga	669.26	103.58
余呉湖	yogoko	Shiga	1.76	13
湖山池	koyamaike	Tottori	6.99	7.5
多鯰ヶ池	tanegaike	Tottori	0.0248	15.1
東郷池	tōgōike	Tottori	4.05	3.6
水尻池	mizushirinoike	Tottori	0.24	3.0
神西湖	Jinzaiko	Shimane	1.14	10
宍道湖	shinjiko	Shimane	79.25	6.4
中海	nakaumi	Shimane-Tottori	85.74	17.1
海老ヶ池	ebigaike	Tokushima	0.18	5.5
上江津湖	kamiezuko	Kumamoto	0.14	1.8
下江津湖	shimoezuko	Kumamoto	0.35	5.0
志高湖	shidakako	octa	0.09	5
大幡池	ōhataike	Miyazaki	31	13.8
不動池	fudōike	Miyazaki	17	9.0
御池	miike	Miyazaki	0.72	93.5
六観音御池	rockannonmiike	Miyazaki	0.17	14.0
池田湖	Ikedako	Kagoshima	10.91	233
藺牟田池	imutaike	Kagoshima	0.63	2.7
鰻池	unagiike	Kagoshima	1.20	56.5
大浪池	onamike	Kagoshima	0.25	11.6
薩摩湖	satsumako	Kagoshima	0.10	11.0
住吉池	sumiyoshiike	Kagoshima	0.15	52
なまこ池	namakoike	Kagoshima	0.50	26.4
大池	ok	Okinawa	0.31	1.3

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Complete List of Rivers in Japan

This complete list has all the rivers in Japan, there are more than 1000 Japanese rivers, many of them second and third class. This list has only the name of the rivers, without much additional information.

• Koonuma River (tributary of Kamogawa)
• Sasame River (Arakawa tributary)
• Shinshiba River (Shibakawa branch)
• Fujiemon River (tributary of Shibakawa)
• Fujii River (tributary of Nakagawa)
• Furo River (tributary of the Shin-Kishi River)
• Futama River (Yakushima)
• Rio Gamo (Tottori Prefecture)
• Hanano River (tributary of the Kozu River)
• Hanzo River (tributary of the Honmei River)
• Hazuki River (tributary of the Kawauchi River)
• Hino River (Yamaguchi Prefecture)
• Hirose River (Fukushima Prefecture)
• Hirose River (Miyagi Prefecture)
• Hiso River (tributary of the Nitta River)
• Hodokubo River (tributary of the Tama River)
• Inabe River (also called Machiya River)
• Iruma River (Arakawa tributary)
• Ishikawa River (Okinawa Prefecture)
• Iwami River (Akita Prefecture)
• Iwase River (Akita Prefecture)
• Jazuru River (some manholes)
• Joganji River (also called Magawa)
• Kadaya River (tributary of Shibakawa)
• Kamo River (Yoshii River System)
• Kanda River (Fujinomiya City)
• Kanda River (Tokyo)
• Kashio River (also called Tobe River)
• Kawachi River (Amami Oshima)
• Kawachi River (Tottori Prefecture)
• Kawauchi River (Amami Oshima)
• Kawauchi River (Aomori Prefecture)
• Kitazawa River (Culvert)
• Kosaka River (Akita Prefecture)
• Kubo River (tributary of the branch)
• Kuju River (branch of the Shin-Kishi River)
• Kumano River (also called Shingugawa)
• Kurosawa River (Yuzawa City)
• Kuryu River (Yakushima)
• Kyobashi River (branch of the Ota River)
• Maruko River (Akita Prefecture)
• Maruyama River (Yamaguchi Prefecture)
• Minase River (Akita Prefecture)
• Misumi River (Yamaguchi Prefecture)
• Mizusawa River (Akita Prefecture)
• Mizusawa River (Yamagata Prefecture)
• Motoyasu River (former branch of the River Ota)
• Murray River (Okinawa Prefecture)
• Nagase River (Fukushima Prefecture)
• Nakanoguchi River (Branch / Shinano River)
• Nakatsu River (branch of the Yamaguni River)
• Niu River (Yamagata Prefecture)
• Niu River (also called Kurotaki River)
• Oba River (Shizuoka Prefecture)
• Okitabata River (branch of the Yabe River)
• Okura River (Miyagi Prefecture)
• Omori River (Akita Prefecture)
• Osaki River (Yakushima)
• Ota River (Minamisoma city)
• Otagiri River (Niigata Prefecture)
• Oura River (Kagoshima Prefecture)
• Oura River (Okinawa Prefecture)
• Sagami River (Katsura River)
• Sai River (Akita Prefecture)
• Sakon River (new Sakon River)
• Sasago River (Akita Prefecture)
• Shakujii River (tributary of Arakawa)
• Shigenobu River (also called Iyo River)
• Shin-Kishi River (join the Sumida River)
• Shiomi River (Shiomi Channel)
• Shiomi River (Tottori Prefecture)
• Shirasawa River (Miyagi Prefecture)
• Shiratani River (Yakushima)
• Shiratori River (some manholes)
• Shobu River (Arakawa tributary)
• Sugar River (tributary of the Oguri River)
• Sumida River (Arakawa tributary)
• Taino River (Yakushima)
• Takamatsu River (Akita Prefecture)
• Tashiro River (Yakushima)
• Tenma River (branch of the Ota River)
• Tsuboi River (Shirakawa Branch)
• Umeda River (Miyagi Prefecture)
• Yamada River (also called Momose River)
• Yamato River (Amami Oshima)
• Yamato River (also called Hatsuse River)
• Yamazaki River (tributary of the Kozu River)
• Yasuda River (Tokunoshima)
• Yoshino River (Nakatosa City)
• Yoshino River (Okayama Prefecture)
• Yoshino River (Yamagata Prefecture)
• Yusuki River (tributary of the Kozu River)
• Rokkakugawa (Fukushima Prefecture)

• Aburagawa
• Aisegawa
• Akakawa (Eastern City of Aomori)
• Akigawa (tributary of the Tama River)
• Akiri Kamikawa
• Akitsugawa
• Akiyagawa
• Akumagawa
• Akutagawa
• Anikawa (Iwate Prefecture)
• Annogawa
• Old Kitakami River
• Old Omono River (branch of the Omono River)
• Old Sakogawa
• Aoge Horikawa
• Arai Gogawa
• Arakawa (Daisen City)
• Arakawa (Kanto)
• Arakawa (Fukushima Prefecture)
• Arakawa (Miyagi Prefecture)
• Arakawa (Uetsu)
• Arakawa (Yakushima)
• Asahikawa
• Asahikawa (Okayama Prefecture)
• Asakawa (tributary of the Tama River)
• Asase Ishikawa
• Asatogawa
• Ashinosegawa
• Ashiwagawa
• Ashmorigawa
• Ataka Isogawa
• Atodagawa
• Atsuigawa
• Azusagawa
• Babamegawa
• Banshogawa
• Bentengawa
• Besshogawa
• Bettogawa
• Bichugawa
• Binnumagawa
• Bizen Horikawa
• Canal but what is called a river
• Canegawa
• Carp Tanigawa
• Chidogawa
• Chihayakawa
• Chihogawa
• Chiyokawa
• Daini Neyagawa
• Doshikawa
• Doya Togawa
• Eaigawa
• Edogawa
• Edogawa (Tonegawa branch)
• Former Edogawa (Edogawa branch)
• Endogawa
• Enogawa
• Climbing a river
• Tategawa Station
• Kawauchi Pit
• Fuchu Okawa
• Fujijigawa
• Fujikawa
• Fujikogawa
• Fukudagawa
• Fukukawa
• Fukurokawa
• Fukusho Egawa
• Funagawa
• Furukawa
• Fuyuki Rakugawa
• Gatokugawa
• Gekkogawa
• Giongawa
• Gochogawa
• Gohongawa
• Goishikawa
• Gongen Dogawa
• Gongen Yatogawa
• Goromarugawa
• Gotagawa
• Gotogawa
• Hachikogawa
• Hakugawa
• Hamakawa
• Hamogawa
• Hanachi Okawa
• Hanamunegawa
• Hanekawa
• Harakawa
• Haranakagawa (Yamaguchi Prefecture)
• Hashikishirogawa
• Hatagawa
• Hatogawa
• Hayadegawa
• Hayakawa
• Hayakawa (Yamanashi Prefecture)
• Hayanogawa
• Hayato Horikawa
• Hayatogawa
• Hayatsu Egawa (branch of the Chikugo River)
• Henokigawa
• Hidakagawa
• Higashi Koidegawa
• Higashikawa
• Higashitanigawa
• Hiigawa
• Hijikawa
• Himekawa
• Himemiya Rakugawa
• Himetagawa
• Hirakawa
• Hirakawa (Aomori Prefecture)
• Hirakugawa
• Hirashinkawa
• Hitonogawa
• Hojugawa
• Hokikawa
• Hondogawa
• Honkawa (Tokunoshima)
• Honkinagawa
• Honmeigawa
• Horikawa
• Horikawa (Fukushima Prefecture)
• Hoshikawa
• Hotanigawa
• Hozugawa
• Hyoegawa
• Ibigawa
• Ichikawa
• Ichiminatogawa
• Ichinogawa
• Ichinosakagawa
• Idegawa
• Igisagawa
• Ihogaw
• Iinashigawa
• Ikuhogawa
• Ikumogawa
• Ikutagawa
• Iriomote Island
• River valley islands
• Imagawa
• Imokawa
• Imokawa (Akita Prefecture)
• Inagawa
• Inamagawa
• Ingagawa
• Inogawa
• Inumamigawa
• Inunarigawa
• Irikawa
• Iriya Togawa
• Irokawa
• Isagawa
• Isatsugawa
• Isawagawa
• Iserikawa
• Ishikawa
• Isuzugawa
• Jendagawa
• Jikogawa
• Jinnogawa
• Jizogawa
• Jonogawa (Yakushima)
• Junigawa (Fuji River water system)
• Kaburagawa
• Kadokawa
• Kagamikawa
• Kaikugawa
• Kajikawa
• Kakegawa
• Kakikawa
• Kakitagawa
• Kakogawa
• Kamekugawa
• Kamiguroishikawa
• Kamiichikawa
• Kamijogawa
• Kamikawa
• Kaminarikawa
• Kamiyukawa
• Kamogawa
• Kamoshidagawa
• Kanagawa
• Kanaigawa
• Kanakutagawa
• Kanda Horikawa
• Kanna Fukuchigawa
• Kannogawa
• Kanosegawa (also called Kanosegawa)
• Karasukawa
• Karikawa
• Kariya Tagawa
• Kasebigawa
• Kasegawa
• Kashiigawa
• Kasumikawa
• Katashinakawa
• Kawahara Hikawa
• Kawatozawa
• Kidogawa
• Kikugawa
• Kinfugawa
• Kinkigawa
• Kinseigawa
• Kinugawa
• Kinukawa
• Kinukawa (Akita Prefecture)
• Kirorogawa
• Kisegawa
• Kishikawa
• Kitachigawa
• Kitagawa
• Kitanomatagawa
• Kitaokunogawa
• Kiyagawa
• Kiyotsugawa
• Kizugawa
• Koanigawa
• Kobatsugawa
• Kodashigawa
• Kodonagawa
• Kofugawa
• Kohanagawa
• Koidegawa
• Kojuku Okawa
• Kokaigawa
• Kokatsugawa
• Kokuryogawa
• Komadegawa
• Komatani Tanigawa
• Komatsugawa
• Komogawa
• Konesugawa
• Koonagawa
• Koonogawa
• Koragawa
• Korikawa
• Korokawa
• Kosaka Shikawa
• Kosakamagawa
• Kosawagawa
• Kosegawa
• Koshikawa
• Koshugawa
• Kotogawa
• Koyoshigawa
• Kozagawa
• Kujigawa
• Kumagawa
• Kumesugawa (also called Rio Manamba)
• Kumozugawa Furukawa
• Kunogawa
• Kuramakawa
• Kurame Kigawa
• Kurisugawa
• Kurokawa
• Kurosegawa
• Kurusugawa
• Kushidagawa
• Kushikawa
• Kusugawa
• Maborikawa
• Mabuchigawa
• Machiarikawa
• Machinogawa
• Maekawa
• Maerakawa
• Magutagawa
• Makikawa
• Mamurogawa
• Manaigawa
• Manasegawa
• Manogawa
• Manosegawa
• Maruishi Tanigawa
• Masegawa
• Matsukawa
• Matsukawa (Fukushima Prefecture)
• Matsukawa (Miyagi Prefecture)
• Meinegawa
• Midarakawa
• Midorikawa
• Midorikawa (branch of the Iris River) 流
• Miekawa
• Mifunegawa
• Minamiakigawa
• Minamikawa
• Minamikawa (Koriyama City)
• Minamikohanagawa
• Minatogawa
• Minatogawa (east of Tokunoshima)
• Minatogawa (west of Tokunoshima)
• Mishinogawa
• Miss Teshigawa
• Mitagawa
• Miyagawa
• Miyagawa (Nakanoshima)
• Miyagawa (Fukushima Prefecture)
• Miyakudagawa
• Miyamugawa
• Miyasegawa
• Morishogawa
• Motoarakawa
• Mt.Sanagawa
• Muchirogawa
• Mukaigawa
• Mukogawa
• Mukurigawa
• Munekawa
• Murayamanogawa
• Nadakawa
• Nagaregawa
• Nagasegawa
• Nagatagawa (Yakushima)
• Nagatogawa
• Nagatorigawa
• Nagatsugawa
• Nakaegawa (Banshogawa branch)
• Nakagawa
• Nakagawa (Yakushima)
• Former Nakagawa (Arakawa branch)
• Nakagaya Togawa
• Nakakatsugawa
• Nakanogawa
• Nakasegawa (Yakushima)
• Nakatsugawa
• Nakatsugawa (Fukawa / Fujikumagawa)
• Nakazatogawa
• Nakugawa (Kitakata City)
• Nakugawa (Yamanashi Prefecture)
• Namekawa
• Naruigawa
• Nashikawa
• Natachikawa
• Nechikawa
• Neyagawa
• Nihogawa
• Niidagawa
• Nisakogawa
• Nishikawa
• Nishikawa (Takahashi river system)
• Nishikigawa
• Nishimunugawa
• Nishirekawa
• Nishitanigawa
• Nittagawa
• Nittagawa (Fukushima Prefecture)
• Niyodogawa
• Nodagawa
• Nodorigawa
• Nogawa (Tokyo)
• Nonakaya Togawa
• Nougawa
• Numakawa
• Odagawa
• Odagawa (Kojiki, Kurashiki City)
• Odagawa (Miyagi Prefecture)
• Odagawa (Takahashi River System)
• Odanigawa
• Odogawa
• Ogachigawa
• Ogawa (Yakushima)
• Ohmatagawa
• Oho Okawa
• Oigawa (Okinawa Prefecture)
• Oishikawa
• Ojikawa
• Okawa (East Amami)
• Okawa (West Amami)
• Okawa (Hachijojima)
• Okawa (Yakushima)
• Okawadagawa
• Okita Nogawa
• Okita Shirakawa
• Okitsugawa
• Okugawa
• okikawa
• Omatagawa
• Omigawa (Higashine)
• Omikawa
• Omonogawa
• Omotogawa
• Onagawa
• Onagawa (Yakushima)
• Onagigawa
• Onchigawa
• Ondagawa
• Onigawa
• Onogawa (Fukushima Prefecture)
• Oogurigawa
• Osagawa
• Osegawa
• Oshinagawa
• Oshirakawa
• Oshogaw
• Otagawa
• Otekawa
• Otokawa
• Otsugawa
• Oyagawa
• Oyokogawa
• Oyukawa
• Ozengawa
• Ozoegawa
• Puraigawa (Date City)
• Purikawa
• Pusagawa
• Rangawa (Yamagata Prefecture)
• Sabigawa
• Sahogaw
• Saidagawa (tributary of the Kozu River)
• Saigawa
• Saikawa
• Sajigawa (Chiyogawa water system)
• Sakagawa
• "Sakaigawa"
• Sakakawa
• Sakakawa (Ota river system)
• Sakamatagawa
• Sakawa Torikawa
• Sakogawa
• Sakukigawa
• Sakuragawa (Nakagawa tributary)
• Samekawa
• Sanbegawa
• Sanigawa
• Sanogawa
• Santokugawa
• Sanyogawa
• Sarigawa
• Sarugaishikawa
• Sasagawa
• Sasakawa
• Sasasegawa
• Satokawa (tributary of the Kuji River)
• Sawaranogawa
• Sawatanigawa
• Seifujigawa
• Sekikawa
• Senamigawa
• Sengawa
• Senogawa
• Senrigaw
• Sentegawa
• Serikawa
• Seagawa
• Setayagawa
• Setogawa
• Setsukegawa
• Sezitsugawa
• Shibakawa
• Shibakawa (Shizuoka Prefecture)
• Shibakawa (Arakawa tributary)
• Shibata Tagawa
• Shichigawa
• Shidagawa
• Shidokogawa
• Shigogawa
• Shiikawa
• Shikawa
• Shima Togawa
• Shimokawa
• Shimotanigawa
• Shinagawa
• Shinbogawa
• Shinborikawa
• Shindorigawa
• Shinhogawa
• Shinkawa
• Shinpukuji River application River
• Shinyoshinogawa
• Shiragawa
• Shirahagigawa
• Shirakami River Application River
• Shirakawa
• Shirashikawa
• Shiroigawa
• Shitagawa
• Shizukugawa
• Shizukuishikawa
• Shobei Horikawa
• Shogawa
• Shojakugawa
• Shomyogawa
• Shukugawa
• Sufukawa
• Sumikawa
• Sunagawa
• Sunagawa moat
• Suunagawa
• Suyoshigawa
• Suzukawa (Yakushima)
• Taishakugawa
• Takadagawa
• Takakawa
• Takasegawa
• Takatsugawa
• Takenogawa
• Takigawa
• Tamagawa
• Tamagawa (Oguni City)
• Tamagawa (Akita Prefecture)
• Tanigawa no meio
• Tategawa (Tokyo)
• Tatsukigawa
• Tayorikawa
• Tedorigawa
• Tanigawa wind storm
• Tenmei Shinkawa
• Tenpakugawa
• Terakawa
• Tochitsugawa
• Todorokigawa
• Tojigawa
• Tokugawa
• Tonegawa
• Tonomegawa
• Tosegawa
• Toshikawa
• Totamagawa
• Toyokawa
• Tsubogawa
• Tsuchigawa
• Tsuchikawa
• Tsudagawa
• Tsuigawa
• Tsukakawa
• Tsurukawa
• Tsutodagawa
• Tsutsukawa
• Ubakawa
• Uchikawa
• Uchikawa (Tokyo)
• Udagawa
• Umagawa
• Umikawa
• Unogawa
• Urakawa
• Urakugawa
• Uregawa
• Usagawa
• Utagawa
• Utsukawa
• Uwakawa
• Upper valley
• Wada Yoshinogawa
• Watasegawa
• Whiichi Tanigawa
• Wutokugawa
• Yahagi Furukawa
• Yainagawa
• Yamaegawa
• Yamasagawa
• Yanagawa
• Yasegawa
• Yasuda Okawa
• Yasukawa
• Yatogawa
• Yatsugawa
• Yodagawa
• Yodogawa
• Yohorogawa
• Yokoe Miyagawa
• Yokokawa
• Yokosegawa
• Yonedaigawa
• Yonenotsugawa
• Yonogawa
• Yosasakawa
• Yoshidagawa
• Yoshiigawa
• Yoshikawa
• Yoshinogawa
• Yosugawa
• Yudo Marukawa
• Yudonogawa
• Yuidogawa
• Yukatsugawa
• Yukawa (Yakushima)
• Yutanigawaac