- 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 inLake Akkeshi .
**Bentenjima (Nemuro)
**Bentenjima (Tōyako): An island inLake Tōya .
**Bentenjima (Wakkanai): The northernmost point under Japanese control.
*Aomori Prefecture
**Bentenjima (Mutsu): A part of Taijima Island.
**Bentenjima (Ōma): An island north toCape Ōma , the northernmost point ofHonshū Island.
*Chiba Prefecture
**Bentenjima (Kamogawa)
*Shizuoka Prefecture
**Bentenjima (Nishi, Hamamatsu): An island inLake Hamana , withBentenjima Station .
**Bentenjima (Shimoda)
*Hyōgo Prefecture
**Bentenjima (Kami)
**Bentenjima (Minamiawaji): An islet next to Awajishima Island.
*Hiroshima Prefecture
**Bentenjima (Fukuyama): An island inTomonoura , officially called nihongo|Hyakkanjima |百貫島.
**Bentenjima (Minami, Hiroshima): There isKobentenjima Island (lit. "Small Benten Island") near the island.
*Nagasaki Prefecture
**Bentenjima (Matsuura): A western island ofIrohajima Islands.
**Bentenjima (Naru, Gotō)
**Bentenjima (Tamanoura, Gotō)
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