Japan Physical Map
A free printable physical map of Japan, with elevation shown in color and shaded relief. The labeled version names the mountain ranges, deserts, plains, rivers, seas and highest peaks, plus the capital and largest cities. The blank version leaves them off for students to fill in.
Highest Point
Mt. Fuji
12,388 ft
Lowest Point
Hachirogata
about 13 ft below sea level
Choose your version
Labeled or blank.
Both are free PDFs sized for US Letter paper.
Labeled
Ranges, deserts, plains, rivers, lakes, seas and the highest peaks, all named. Use it as a reference or an answer key.
downloadLabeled PDF
Blank
The same terrain with no names and a name line at the top, for students to label the features themselves.
downloadBlank PDFThe physical geography of Japan
Japan is a chain of mountainous islands. The four largest, from north to south, are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu. About three-quarters of the land is mountains, and the country has more than 100 active volcanoes, including Mt. Fuji, its highest peak. The Japanese Alps cross the middle of Honshu. Flat land is scarce and found mainly in small coastal plains. The largest is the Kanto Plain around Tokyo.
Major rivers
- Shinano
- Tone
- Ishikari
- Teshio
- Kitakami
Find it on the map
- The four main islands in a curved line
- The Japanese Alps across central Honshu
- The Kanto Plain around Tokyo
Built from real data, not stock images.
The terrain is drawn from a global elevation model (Mapzen terrain tiles, built from NASA SRTM and other public surveys). Coastlines, rivers, lakes and feature names come from Natural Earth. The colors are spread over this country’s own elevation range, so its terrain shows clearly whether it is flat or mountainous.
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