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Cabbage production by prefecture

Gunma Prefecture grows or catches the most cabbage in Japan: 271,700 t, 20.5% of the national total. Next come Aichi Prefecture and Chiba Prefecture. This survey covers the main producing prefectures only; prefectures not listed were not surveyed.

Cabbage output by prefecture (MAFF, 2024)
RankPrefectureOutput (t)Share
#1Gunma Prefecture271,70020.5%
#2Aichi Prefecture221,50016.7%
#3Chiba Prefecture101,8007.7%
#4Ibaraki Prefecture98,0007.4%
#5Nagano Prefecture61,6004.6%
#6Kanagawa Prefecture58,6004.4%
#7Kagoshima Prefecture58,4004.4%
#8Hokkaido51,8003.9%
#9Kumamoto Prefecture43,5003.3%
#10Iwate Prefecture25,5001.9%
#11Hyogo Prefecture21,9001.7%
#12Shizuoka Prefecture20,5001.5%
#13Fukuoka Prefecture18,9001.4%
#14Miyazaki Prefecture18,0001.4%
#15Saitama Prefecture17,1001.3%
#16Aomori Prefecture15,8001.2%
#17Oita Prefecture15,0001.1%
#18Nagasaki Prefecture11,1000.8%
#19Hiroshima Prefecture11,0000.8%
#20Okayama Prefecture9,8900.7%
#21Mie Prefecture9,2900.7%
#22Kagawa Prefecture9,1200.7%
#23Shiga Prefecture8,1600.6%
#24Osaka7,9300.6%
#25Tokushima Prefecture6,7800.5%
#26Yamaguchi Prefecture6,4000.5%
#27Tokyo6,1100.5%
#28Kyoto5,8300.4%
#29Miyagi Prefecture5,8100.4%
#30Wakayama Prefecture4,9800.4%
#31Shimane Prefecture4,6000.3%
#32Saga Prefecture4,5200.3%
#33Tottori Prefecture2,8600.2%
#34Fukui Prefecture2,2100.2%
#35Yamanashi Prefecture1,9400.1%
#36Toyama Prefecture1,9200.1%
—Japan total1,325,000100%

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

EAT

Who eats the most?

The city that buys the most is Matsue (Shimane Prefecture), at 1.2× the national average per household. The prefecture that grows it most and the one that buys it most are different.

Q&A

Common questions

Which prefecture produces the most cabbage in Japan?

Gunma Prefecture, with 271,700 t (20.5% of the national total) in 2024, according to Japan's Ministry of Agriculture.

Where in Japan do people buy the most cabbage?

Matsue (Shimane Prefecture) households buy 1.2× the national average (Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2023–2025 average).

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