Nemuro Subprefecture

Kunashir () or is the southernmost island of the Kuril Islands. The island has been under Russian administration since the end of World War II, when Soviet forces took possession of the Kurils. It is claimed by Japan as part of its "Northern Territories".

national park in Hokkaidō, Japan

Iturup (), known in Japan as , is the largest of the Kuril Islands separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the North Pacific Ocean. The town of Kurilsk, administrative center of Kurilsky District, is located roughly midway along its western shore. Iturup is the largest and northernmost of the southern Kurils, ownership of which is disputed between Russia and Japan. It is located between Kunashiri to its southwest and Urup to its northeast. The Vries Strait between Iturup and Urup forms the Miyabe Line dividing the predominant plants of the Kurils.

Shikotan, also known as Shpanberg or Spanberg, is an island in the Kurils administered by the Russian Federation as part of Yuzhno-Kurilsky District of Sakhalin Oblast. It is claimed by Japan as the titular Shikotan District, organized as part of Nemuro Subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture. The island's primary economic activities are fisheries and fishing, with the principal marine products being cod, crab, and kelp.

island group in South Kuril Islands

Subprefecture of Hokkaido prefecture, Japan

town in Shibetsu district, Hokkaidō, Japan

mountain in Hokkaido, Japan

former province of Japan

province of Japan

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district in Hokkaido, Japan

former settlement on Iturup Island, Russia

river in Japan

district in Hokkaido, Japan

village in Hokkaido/Far Eastern Federal District, Japan/Russia

Japan House of Representatives constituency