Aogashima: Japan’s Hidden Tropical Island A Gorgeous escape from city life December 7, 2011 • words written by Hashi We usually think of Japan as four [five] major islands (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Cat Island) and the smattering of small islands of Okinawa. But in reality, Japan is tons of different islands of all sizes. Case in point, I recently saw the picture above and was astound