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Cucumbers production by prefecture

Miyazaki Prefecture grows or catches the most cucumbers in Japan: 58,700 t, 12.4% of the national total. Next come Gunma Prefecture and Saitama Prefecture. This survey covers the main producing prefectures only; prefectures not listed were not surveyed.

Cucumbers output by prefecture (MAFF, 2024)
Rank	Prefecture	Output (t)	Share
#1	Miyazaki Prefecture	58,700	12.4%
#2	Gunma Prefecture	50,800	10.7%
#3	Saitama Prefecture	40,400	8.5%
#4	Fukushima Prefecture	38,000	8.0%
#5	Chiba Prefecture	28,700	6.0%
#6	Ibaraki Prefecture	23,000	4.8%
#7	Kochi Prefecture	21,700	4.6%
#8	Saga Prefecture	15,000	3.2%
#9	Hokkaido	14,400	3.0%
#10	Kumamoto Prefecture	13,600	2.9%
#11	Miyagi Prefecture	13,300	2.8%
#12	Aichi Prefecture	12,500	2.6%
#13	Nagano Prefecture	12,300	2.6%
#14	Iwate Prefecture	11,800	2.5%
#15	Yamagata Prefecture	10,600	2.2%
#16	Kanagawa Prefecture	10,200	2.1%
#17	Tochigi Prefecture	9,780	2.1%
#18	Fukuoka Prefecture	9,150	1.9%
#19	Akita Prefecture	8,750	1.8%
#20	Kagoshima Prefecture	8,410	1.8%
#21	Niigata Prefecture	7,910	1.7%
#22	Ehime Prefecture	7,300	1.5%
#23	Nagasaki Prefecture	7,000	1.5%
#24	Tokushima Prefecture	6,580	1.4%
#25	Aomori Prefecture	4,990	1.1%
#26	Gifu Prefecture	4,950	1.0%
#27	Yamanashi Prefecture	4,050	0.9%
#28	Hiroshima Prefecture	4,010	0.8%
#29	Kagawa Prefecture	3,910	0.8%
#30	Kyoto	3,590	0.8%
#31	Shimane Prefecture	3,310	0.7%
#32	Okinawa Prefecture	3,260	0.7%
#33	Yamaguchi Prefecture	3,090	0.7%
#34	Shiga Prefecture	2,820	0.6%
#35	Hyogo Prefecture	2,700	0.6%
#36	Oita Prefecture	2,640	0.6%
#37	Okayama Prefecture	2,460	0.5%
#38	Mie Prefecture	1,900	0.4%
#39	Wakayama Prefecture	1,830	0.4%
#40	Ishikawa Prefecture	1,490	0.3%
#41	Nara Prefecture	1,360	0.3%
#42	Osaka	1,320	0.3%
#43	Toyama Prefecture	1,100	0.2%
—	Japan total	474,700	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 Maebashi (Gunma 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 cucumbers in Japan?

Miyazaki Prefecture, with 58,700 t (12.4% of the national total) in 2024, according to Japan's Ministry of Agriculture.

Where in Japan do people buy the most cucumbers?

Maebashi (Gunma Prefecture) households buy 1.4× the national average (Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2023–2025 average).

Cucumbers production by prefecture

Who eats the most?

Common questions

Which prefecture produces the most cucumbers in Japan?

Where in Japan do people buy the most cucumbers?

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