Alcohol
Shochu
The city with the highest annual household quantity purchased of Shochu in Japan is Miyazaki (Miyazaki Prefecture) — 16,503 mL per household per year, 2.1× the national average of 7,864 mL.
2.1×vs. national average
Miyazaki
Miyazaki
16,503mL#1 city, per household
per year
per year
7,864mLNational average
Rank
Shochu — 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.
| Rank | City | Quantity purchased | vs. average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yokozuna | MiyazakiMiyazaki Prefecture | 16,503mL | 2.10× |
| Ozeki | KagoshimaKagoshima Prefecture | 12,983mL | 1.65× |
| Ozeki | OitaOita Prefecture | 11,765mL | 1.50× |
| Sekiwake | AomoriAomori Prefecture | 11,012mL | 1.40× |
| Sekiwake | YamaguchiYamaguchi Prefecture | 10,281mL | 1.31× |
| Komusubi | MoriokaIwate Prefecture | 10,055mL | 1.28× |
| Komusubi | MatsueShimane Prefecture | 9,779mL | 1.24× |
| Maegashira 1 | KumamotoKumamoto Prefecture | 9,650mL | 1.23× |
| Maegashira 2 | OkayamaOkayama Prefecture | 9,564mL | 1.22× |
| Maegashira 3 | Kitakyushudesignated cityFukuoka Prefecture | 9,292mL | 1.18× |
| Maegashira 4 | NahaOkinawa Prefecture | 9,247mL | 1.18× |
| Maegashira 5 | SagaSaga Prefecture | 9,006mL | 1.15× |
| Maegashira 6 | SapporoHokkaido | 8,625mL | 1.10× |
| Maegashira 7 | AkitaAkita Prefecture | 8,523mL | 1.08× |
| Maegashira 8 | YamagataYamagata Prefecture | 8,488mL | 1.08× |
| Maegashira 9 | MaebashiGunma Prefecture | 8,032mL | 1.02× |
| Maegashira 10 | NaraNara Prefecture | 7,942mL | 1.01× |
| Maegashira 11 | KofuYamanashi Prefecture | 7,931mL | 1.01× |
| Maegashira 12 | Sakaidesignated cityOsaka | 7,900mL | 1.00× |
| Maegashira 13 | FukushimaFukushima Prefecture | 7,827mL | 1.00× |
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