Oils & Seasonings
Soy sauce
The city with the highest annual household spending of Soy sauce in Japan is Yamagata (Yamagata Prefecture) — 2,941 JPY per household per year, 1.6× the national average of 1,800 JPY.
Yamagata
per year
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Rank
Soy sauce — ranked across 52 cities
Figures are annual spending 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 | Spending | vs. average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yokozuna | YamagataYamagata Prefecture | 2,941JPY | 1.63× |
| Ozeki | KagoshimaKagoshima Prefecture | 2,216JPY | 1.23× |
| Ozeki | YamaguchiYamaguchi Prefecture | 2,106JPY | 1.17× |
| Sekiwake | MatsueShimane Prefecture | 2,058JPY | 1.14× |
| Sekiwake | GifuGifu Prefecture | 1,966JPY | 1.09× |
| Komusubi | TakamatsuKagawa Prefecture | 1,965JPY | 1.09× |
| Komusubi | OitaOita Prefecture | 1,951JPY | 1.08× |
| Maegashira 1 | SagaSaga Prefecture | 1,912JPY | 1.06× |
| Maegashira 2 | TsuMie Prefecture | 1,887JPY | 1.05× |
| Maegashira 3 | NagasakiNagasaki Prefecture | 1,878JPY | 1.04× |
| Maegashira 4 | KumamotoKumamoto Prefecture | 1,878JPY | 1.04× |
| Maegashira 5 | TottoriTottori Prefecture | 1,877JPY | 1.04× |
| Maegashira 6 | HiroshimaHiroshima Prefecture | 1,870JPY | 1.04× |
| Maegashira 7 | MoriokaIwate Prefecture | 1,839JPY | 1.02× |
| Maegashira 8 | Kitakyushudesignated cityFukuoka Prefecture | 1,831JPY | 1.02× |
| Maegashira 9 | MiyazakiMiyazaki Prefecture | 1,829JPY | 1.02× |
| Maegashira 10 | WakayamaWakayama Prefecture | 1,825JPY | 1.01× |
| Maegashira 11 | KanazawaIshikawa Prefecture | 1,814JPY | 1.01× |
| Maegashira 12 | NiigataNiigata Prefecture | 1,809JPY | 1.00× |
| Maegashira 13 | MatsuyamaEhime Prefecture | 1,808JPY | 1.00× |
Showing the top 20 cities. See the full map →
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