Bentenjima

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Bentenjima (弁天島, Bentenjima^?), alternatively Bentenshima in Japanese or Benten Island in English, is a popular name used for Japanese islands, used for more than 50 of them. A Hindu goddess Saraswati, called Benzaiten (弁才天, Benzaiten^?) 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 Hyakkanjima (百貫島, Hyakkanjima^?).
  • 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)