Bentenjima

Bentenjima

in Japanese Buddhism or Shinto, is worshipped as a goddess of water, among other things. As a guardian of fishers, she is enshrined in many Japanese islets.

*Hokkaidō
**Bentenjima (Akkeshi): An island in Lake Akkeshi.
**Bentenjima (Nemuro)
**Bentenjima (Tōyako): An island in Lake Tōya.
**Bentenjima (Wakkanai): The northernmost point under Japanese control.
*Aomori Prefecture
**Bentenjima (Mutsu): A part of Taijima Island.
**Bentenjima (Ōma): An island north to Cape Ōma, the northernmost point of Honshū Island.
*Chiba Prefecture
**Bentenjima (Kamogawa)
*Shizuoka Prefecture
**Bentenjima (Nishi, Hamamatsu): An island in Lake Hamana, with Bentenjima Station.
**Bentenjima (Shimoda)
*Hyōgo Prefecture
**Bentenjima (Kami)
**Bentenjima (Minamiawaji): An islet next to Awajishima Island.
*Hiroshima Prefecture
**Bentenjima (Fukuyama): An island in Tomonoura, officially called nihongo|Hyakkanjima|百貫島.
**Bentenjima (Minami, Hiroshima): There is Kobentenjima Island (lit. "Small Benten Island") near the island.
*Nagasaki Prefecture
**Bentenjima (Matsuura): A western island of Irohajima Islands.
**Bentenjima (Naru, Gotō)
**Bentenjima (Tamanoura, Gotō)


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