Data & sources

Two kinds of "No.1"

No.1 by what households buy

From the Statistics Bureau of Japan's Family Income and Expenditure Survey (2023–2025 average): the city, among 52 (47 prefectural capitals plus designated cities), whose households spend or buy the most per year. Home purchases only — eating out and gifts are not counted.

No.1 by what prefectures produce

From the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) crop and marine fishery statistics (2024 final figures): the prefecture with the largest harvest, catch or aquaculture output.

Downloads (CSV)

Column names are in Japanese. UTF-8 with BOM.

• consumption_no1.csv — top-buying city for each item
• production_no1.csv — top 3 producing prefectures for each item

Top producer by prefecture (excerpt)

• Hokkaido: No.1 producer of Wheat (714,200 t)
• Aomori Prefecture: No.1 producer of Apples (370,500 t)
• Miyagi Prefecture: No.1 producer of Wakame (farmed) (17,481 t)
• Yamagata Prefecture: No.1 producer of European pears (17,800 t)
• Ibaraki Prefecture: No.1 producer of Chestnuts (3,780 t)
• Tochigi Prefecture: No.1 producer of Strawberries (25,700 t)
• Gunma Prefecture: No.1 producer of Konjac (49,700 t)
• Saitama Prefecture: No.1 producer of Taro (17,600 t)
• Chiba Prefecture: No.1 producer of Japanese pears (21,400 t)
• Niigata Prefecture: No.1 producer of Rice (622,800 t)
• Yamanashi Prefecture: No.1 producer of Grapes (43,600 t)
• Nagano Prefecture: No.1 producer of Lettuce (178,000 t)
• Shizuoka Prefecture: No.1 producer of Bonito (77,023 t)
• Aichi Prefecture: No.1 producer of Butterbur (2,430 t)
• Osaka: No.1 producer of Chrysanthemum greens (2,990 t)
• Hyogo Prefecture: No.1 producer of Nori (farmed) (49,368 t)
• Wakayama Prefecture: No.1 producer of Mikan (mandarins) (141,700 t)
• Tottori Prefecture: No.1 producer of Sandfish (hatahata) (617 t)
• Shimane Prefecture: No.1 producer of Red snow crab (2,273 t)
• Hiroshima Prefecture: No.1 producer of Oysters (farmed) (94,290 t)
• Ehime Prefecture: No.1 producer of Kiwifruit (4,140 t)
• Kochi Prefecture: No.1 producer of Eggplant (38,500 t)
• Nagasaki Prefecture: No.1 producer of Loquats (697 t)
• Kumamoto Prefecture: No.1 producer of Tomatoes (129,400 t)
• Miyazaki Prefecture: No.1 producer of Cucumbers (58,700 t)
• Kagoshima Prefecture: No.1 producer of Sweet potatoes (218,300 t)
• Okinawa Prefecture: No.1 producer of Mozuku seaweed (farmed) (17,181 t)

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