VEGETABLES
Carrots production by prefecture
Hokkaido grows or catches the most carrots in Japan: 176,400 t, 33.0% of the national total. Next come Chiba Prefecture and Tokushima Prefecture. This survey covers the main producing prefectures only; prefectures not listed were not surveyed.
| Rank | Prefecture | Output (t) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hokkaido | 176,400 | 33.0% |
| #2 | Chiba Prefecture | 83,000 | 15.5% |
| #3 | Tokushima Prefecture | 43,300 | 8.1% |
| #4 | Aomori Prefecture | 36,300 | 6.8% |
| #5 | Nagasaki Prefecture | 26,600 | 5.0% |
| #6 | Ibaraki Prefecture | 25,000 | 4.7% |
| #7 | Kagoshima Prefecture | 23,200 | 4.3% |
| #8 | Kumamoto Prefecture | 22,900 | 4.3% |
| #9 | Aichi Prefecture | 14,800 | 2.8% |
| #10 | Miyazaki Prefecture | 13,300 | 2.5% |
| #11 | Saitama Prefecture | 12,200 | 2.3% |
| #12 | Gifu Prefecture | 4,360 | 0.8% |
| #13 | Niigata Prefecture | 4,320 | 0.8% |
| #14 | Hyogo Prefecture | 3,340 | 0.6% |
| #15 | Kagawa Prefecture | 2,730 | 0.5% |
| #16 | Tokyo | 2,570 | 0.5% |
| #17 | Iwate Prefecture | 2,480 | 0.5% |
| #18 | Wakayama Prefecture | 2,320 | 0.4% |
| #19 | Shizuoka Prefecture | 2,280 | 0.4% |
| #20 | Oita Prefecture | 2,200 | 0.4% |
| #21 | Okinawa Prefecture | 1,860 | 0.3% |
| #22 | Fukushima Prefecture | 1,680 | 0.3% |
| #23 | Tottori Prefecture | 1,550 | 0.3% |
| #24 | Mie Prefecture | 981 | 0.2% |
| #25 | Toyama Prefecture | 833 | 0.2% |
| #26 | Okayama Prefecture | 701 | 0.1% |
| #27 | Fukui Prefecture | 470 | 0.1% |
| #28 | Ishikawa Prefecture | 389 | 0.1% |
| — | Japan total | 533,800 | 100% |
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 Naha (Okinawa Prefecture), at 1.4× 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 carrots in Japan?
Hokkaido, with 176,400 t (33.0% of the national total) in 2024, according to Japan's Ministry of Agriculture.
Where in Japan do people buy the most carrots?
Naha (Okinawa Prefecture) households buy 1.4× the national average (Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2023–2025 average).