Japan's Best Eats Rankings 日本語

PRODUCTION

Who grows the most?

The No.1 producing prefecture for 92 foods, from Ministry of Agriculture statistics (2024). This is about what prefectures produce; our other rankings are about what households buy.

Fruit

ApplesAomori Prefecture 60.8%No.1 producer Mikan (mandarins)Wakayama Prefecture 25.3%No.1 producer GrapesYamanashi Prefecture 26.5%No.1 producer PersimmonsWakayama Prefecture 19.2%No.1 producer PeachesYamanashi Prefecture 28.7%No.1 producer Ume plumsWakayama Prefecture 57.6%No.1 producer Japanese pearsChiba Prefecture 12.4%No.1 producer European pearsYamagata Prefecture 70.1%No.1 producer CherriesYamagata Prefecture 74.7%No.1 producer PlumsYamanashi Prefecture 31.0%No.1 producer KiwifruitEhime Prefecture 20.1%No.1 producer ChestnutsIbaraki Prefecture 27.0%No.1 producer LoquatsNagasaki Prefecture 32.0%No.1 producer

Vegetables

PotatoesHokkaido 92.3%No.1 producer OnionsHokkaido 62.1%No.1 producer CabbageGunma Prefecture 20.5%No.1 producer Napa cabbageIbaraki Prefecture 34.1%No.1 producer LettuceNagano Prefecture 32.6%No.1 producer CarrotsHokkaido 33.0%No.1 producer Daikon radishChiba Prefecture 12.7%No.1 producer TomatoesKumamoto Prefecture 19.8%No.1 producer Kabocha squashHokkaido 56.1%No.1 producer Sweet cornHokkaido 41.2%No.1 producer YamHokkaido 48.7%No.1 producer CucumbersMiyazaki Prefecture 12.4%No.1 producer Green onionsIbaraki Prefecture 13.1%No.1 producer Burdock rootAomori Prefecture 39.1%No.1 producer WatermelonKumamoto Prefecture 15.1%No.1 producer EggplantKochi Prefecture 16.1%No.1 producer MelonsIbaraki Prefecture 26.0%No.1 producer Green peppersIbaraki Prefecture 25.9%No.1 producer BroccoliHokkaido 19.3%No.1 producer KomatsunaIbaraki Prefecture 28.5%No.1 producer Lotus rootIbaraki Prefecture 58.9%No.1 producer StrawberriesTochigi Prefecture 16.9%No.1 producer TurnipsChiba Prefecture 27.2%No.1 producer SpinachGunma Prefecture 12.2%No.1 producer GingerKochi Prefecture 49.5%No.1 producer TaroSaitama Prefecture 19.1%No.1 producer MizunaIbaraki Prefecture 41.2%No.1 producer Garlic chivesKochi Prefecture 30.4%No.1 producer CeleryNagano Prefecture 40.0%No.1 producer GarlicAomori Prefecture 78.0%No.1 producer Bok choyIbaraki Prefecture 30.2%No.1 producer EdamameHokkaido 14.4%No.1 producer Snow peasKagoshima Prefecture 39.8%No.1 producer Green beansChiba Prefecture 18.3%No.1 producer Chrysanthemum greensOsaka 13.7%No.1 producer MitsubaChiba Prefecture 22.0%No.1 producer AsparagusHokkaido 11.7%No.1 producer Fava beansKagoshima Prefecture 24.7%No.1 producer ButterburAichi Prefecture 31.0%No.1 producer CauliflowerIbaraki Prefecture 13.3%No.1 producer Green peasWakayama Prefecture 34.0%No.1 producer

Grains & tea

WheatHokkaido 69.4%No.1 producer RiceNiigata Prefecture 8.5%No.1 producer Sweet potatoesKagoshima Prefecture 30.4%No.1 producer SoybeansHokkaido 52.5%No.1 producer KonjacGunma Prefecture 96.7%No.1 producer Green teaKagoshima Prefecture 36.5%No.1 producer Buckwheat (soba)Hokkaido 44.3%No.1 producer

Seafood

ScallopsHokkaido 92.0%No.1 producer SardinesIbaraki Prefecture 31.3%No.1 producer Alaska pollockHokkaido 96.1%No.1 producer MackerelNagasaki Prefecture 36.9%No.1 producer Oysters (farmed)Hiroshima Prefecture 63.6%No.1 producer BonitoShizuoka Prefecture 31.9%No.1 producer Nori (farmed)Hyogo Prefecture 26.4%No.1 producer Kombu kelpHokkaido 90.4%No.1 producer SalmonHokkaido 99.3%No.1 producer Horse mackerelNagasaki Prefecture 42.8%No.1 producer Red sea bream (farmed)Ehime Prefecture 57.2%No.1 producer Atka mackerel (hokke)Hokkaido 99.4%No.1 producer Yellowtail (farmed)Kagoshima Prefecture 24.5%No.1 producer Wakame (farmed)Miyagi Prefecture 44.1%No.1 producer OctopusHokkaido 67.1%No.1 producer Mozuku seaweed (farmed)Okinawa Prefecture 99.7%No.1 producer Amberjack (farmed)Kagoshima Prefecture 62.4%No.1 producer Pacific sauryHokkaido 34.7%No.1 producer Coho salmon (farmed)Miyagi Prefecture 78.2%No.1 producer Whitebait (shirasu)Hyogo Prefecture 29.6%No.1 producer Bluefin tuna (farmed)Nagasaki Prefecture 35.7%No.1 producer Japanese flying squidAomori Prefecture 27.3%No.1 producer Sea urchinHokkaido 61.7%No.1 producer Red snow crabShimane Prefecture 18.4%No.1 producer Sea squirt (farmed)Hokkaido 44.5%No.1 producer Sea cucumberHokkaido 32.7%No.1 producer Pufferfish (farmed)Nagasaki Prefecture 36.2%No.1 producer Sandfish (hatahata)Tottori Prefecture 43.2%No.1 producer Snow crabTottori Prefecture 23.6%No.1 producer Turban shellsNiigata Prefecture 12.2%No.1 producer Spiny lobsterChiba Prefecture 26.1%No.1 producer