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Daikon radish production by prefecture

Chiba Prefecture grows or catches the most daikon radish in Japan: 135,800 t, 12.7% of the national total. Next come Hokkaido and Aomori Prefecture. This survey covers the main producing prefectures only; prefectures not listed were not surveyed.

Daikon radish output by prefecture (MAFF, 2024)
RankPrefectureOutput (t)Share
#1Chiba Prefecture135,80012.7%
#2Hokkaido127,00011.8%
#3Aomori Prefecture110,00010.3%
#4Kagoshima Prefecture82,4007.7%
#5Kanagawa Prefecture66,5006.2%
#6Miyazaki Prefecture58,5005.5%
#7Ibaraki Prefecture48,3004.5%
#8Niigata Prefecture39,1003.6%
#9Nagasaki Prefecture27,9002.6%
#10Gunma Prefecture24,5002.3%
#11Kumamoto Prefecture22,8002.1%
#12Iwate Prefecture22,5002.1%
#13Saitama Prefecture22,1002.1%
#14Tokushima Prefecture20,7001.9%
#15Aichi Prefecture20,1001.9%
#16Gifu Prefecture18,7001.7%
#17Fukushima Prefecture18,5001.7%
#18Shizuoka Prefecture16,3001.5%
#19Nagano Prefecture14,1001.3%
#20Fukuoka Prefecture12,3001.1%
#21Akita Prefecture12,1001.1%
#22Tochigi Prefecture12,0001.1%
#23Yamagata Prefecture10,4001.0%
#24Oita Prefecture10,3001.0%
#25Yamaguchi Prefecture9,2200.9%
#26Hyogo Prefecture9,0000.8%
#27Hiroshima Prefecture8,2900.8%
#28Miyagi Prefecture7,8000.7%
#29Wakayama Prefecture7,4600.7%
#30Okayama Prefecture7,2400.7%
#31Ishikawa Prefecture7,0300.7%
#32Tokyo6,9200.6%
#33Kagawa Prefecture6,4900.6%
#34Fukui Prefecture4,9800.5%
#35Shiga Prefecture2,8400.3%
#36Toyama Prefecture2,7800.3%
#37Nara Prefecture2,6300.2%
—Japan total1,073,000100%

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 Morioka (Iwate Prefecture), at 1.3× 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 daikon radish in Japan?

Chiba Prefecture, with 135,800 t (12.7% of the national total) in 2024, according to Japan's Ministry of Agriculture.

Where in Japan do people buy the most daikon radish?

Morioka (Iwate Prefecture) households buy 1.3× the national average (Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2023–2025 average).

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