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Buckwheat (soba) production by prefecture

Hokkaido grows or catches the most buckwheat (soba) in Japan: 17,900 t, 44.3% of the national total. Next come Nagano Prefecture and Ibaraki Prefecture. This survey covers the main producing prefectures only; prefectures not listed were not surveyed.

Buckwheat (soba) output by prefecture (MAFF, 2024)
Rank	Prefecture	Output (t)	Share
#1	Hokkaido	17,900	44.3%
#2	Nagano Prefecture	2,680	6.6%
#3	Ibaraki Prefecture	2,670	6.6%
#4	Fukui Prefecture	2,440	6.0%
#5	Yamagata Prefecture	2,360	5.8%
#6	Fukushima Prefecture	2,150	5.3%
#7	Akita Prefecture	2,030	5.0%
#8	Tochigi Prefecture	1,820	4.5%
#9	Iwate Prefecture	968	2.4%
#10	Aomori Prefecture	835	2.1%
#11	Kagoshima Prefecture	545	1.3%
#12	Niigata Prefecture	494	1.2%
#13	Gunma Prefecture	476	1.2%
#14	Shiga Prefecture	361	0.9%
#15	Kumamoto Prefecture	352	0.9%
#16	Toyama Prefecture	225	0.6%
#17	Chiba Prefecture	208	0.5%
#18	Saitama Prefecture	196	0.5%
#19	Gifu Prefecture	188	0.5%
#20	Miyagi Prefecture	150	0.4%
#21	Shimane Prefecture	147	0.4%
#22	Miyazaki Prefecture	139	0.3%
#23	Hiroshima Prefecture	128	0.3%
#24	Ishikawa Prefecture	118	0.3%
#25	Tottori Prefecture	117	0.3%
#26	Nagasaki Prefecture	110	0.3%
#27	Yamanashi Prefecture	108	0.3%
#28	Okayama Prefecture	83	0.2%
#29	Hyogo Prefecture	59	0.1%
#30	Kyoto	51	0.1%
#31	Oita Prefecture	45	0.1%
#32	Fukuoka Prefecture	43	0.1%
#33	Mie Prefecture	29	0.1%
#34	Saga Prefecture	27	0.1%
#35	Yamaguchi Prefecture	20	0.0%
#36	Shizuoka Prefecture	17	0.0%
#37	Okinawa Prefecture	13	0.0%
#38	Kanagawa Prefecture	12	0.0%
#39	Tokushima Prefecture	12	0.0%
#40	Kagawa Prefecture	8	0.0%
#41	Ehime Prefecture	7	0.0%
#42	Nara Prefecture	6	0.0%
#43	Aichi Prefecture	5	0.0%
#44	Kochi Prefecture	1	0.0%
#45	Tokyo	1	0.0%
#46	Wakayama Prefecture	1	0.0%
—	Japan total	40,400	100%

Source: MAFF, Crop Statistics Survey / Marine Fishery Production Statistics (e-Stat, 2024 final). Aquaculture counts harvested output.

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Which prefecture produces the most buckwheat (soba) in Japan?

Hokkaido, with 17,900 t (44.3% of the national total) in 2024, according to Japan's Ministry of Agriculture.

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Which prefecture produces the most buckwheat (soba) in Japan?

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