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Simmered kelp (tsukudani)

The city with the highest annual household quantity purchased of Simmered kelp (tsukudani) in Japan is Fukui (Fukui Prefecture) — 895 g per household per year, 1.8× the national average of 487 g.

1.8×vs. national average
Fukui
895g#1 city, per household
per year
487gNational average

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Simmered kelp (tsukudani) — ranked across 52 cities

Figures are annual quantity purchased per household (not per person), from Japan's Statistics Bureau "Family Income and Expenditure Survey," covering the 47 prefectural capitals plus 5 additional designated cities.

Simmered kelp (tsukudani) — annual quantity purchased per household (2023–2025 average)
RankCity Quantity purchasedvs. average
YokozunaFukuiFukui Prefecture895g1.84×
OzekiToyamaToyama Prefecture716g1.47×
OzekiNaganoNagano Prefecture694g1.43×
SekiwakeNaraNara Prefecture617g1.27×
SekiwakeOtsuShiga Prefecture602g1.24×
KomusubiSakaidesignated cityOsaka597g1.23×
KomusubiKanazawaIshikawa Prefecture577g1.18×
Maegashira 1NiigataNiigata Prefecture574g1.18×
Maegashira 2FukushimaFukushima Prefecture566g1.16×
Maegashira 3WakayamaWakayama Prefecture561g1.15×
Maegashira 4AomoriAomori Prefecture547g1.12×
Maegashira 5GifuGifu Prefecture536g1.10×
Maegashira 6YamagataYamagata Prefecture535g1.10×
Maegashira 7KagoshimaKagoshima Prefecture529g1.09×
Maegashira 8MiyazakiMiyazaki Prefecture510g1.05×
Maegashira 9MitoIbaraki Prefecture498g1.02×
Maegashira 10KyotoKyoto487g1.00×
Maegashira 11ShizuokaShizuoka Prefecture483g0.99×
Maegashira 12UtsunomiyaTochigi Prefecture482g0.99×
Maegashira 13TottoriTottori Prefecture479g0.98×

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