Alcohol
Whisky
The city with the highest annual household quantity purchased of Whisky in Japan is Akita (Akita Prefecture) — 3,101 mL per household per year, 1.9× the national average of 1,635 mL.
Akita
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Rank
Whisky — 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 | AkitaAkita Prefecture | 3,101mL | 1.90× |
| Ozeki | AomoriAomori Prefecture | 2,768mL | 1.69× |
| Ozeki | NiigataNiigata Prefecture | 2,634mL | 1.61× |
| Sekiwake | SapporoHokkaido | 2,571mL | 1.57× |
| Sekiwake | YamagataYamagata Prefecture | 2,460mL | 1.50× |
| Komusubi | ChibaChiba Prefecture | 2,280mL | 1.39× |
| Komusubi | Kitakyushudesignated cityFukuoka Prefecture | 2,204mL | 1.35× |
| Maegashira 1 | YokohamaKanagawa Prefecture | 2,175mL | 1.33× |
| Maegashira 2 | UtsunomiyaTochigi Prefecture | 2,140mL | 1.31× |
| Maegashira 3 | KofuYamanashi Prefecture | 2,127mL | 1.30× |
| Maegashira 4 | SendaiMiyagi Prefecture | 2,113mL | 1.29× |
| Maegashira 5 | SaitamaSaitama Prefecture | 2,103mL | 1.29× |
| Maegashira 6 | MaebashiGunma Prefecture | 2,054mL | 1.26× |
| Maegashira 7 | Tokyo (23 Wards)Tokyo | 2,002mL | 1.22× |
| Maegashira 8 | Kawasakidesignated cityKanagawa Prefecture | 1,983mL | 1.21× |
| Maegashira 9 | KobeHyogo Prefecture | 1,909mL | 1.17× |
| Maegashira 10 | MoriokaIwate Prefecture | 1,821mL | 1.11× |
| Maegashira 11 | NaganoNagano Prefecture | 1,764mL | 1.08× |
| Maegashira 12 | MitoIbaraki Prefecture | 1,733mL | 1.06× |
| Maegashira 13 | ShizuokaShizuoka Prefecture | 1,728mL | 1.06× |
Showing the top 20 cities. See the full map →
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