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Green onions production by prefecture

Ibaraki Prefecture grows or catches the most green onions in Japan: 50,200 t, 13.1% of the national total. Next come Saitama Prefecture and Chiba Prefecture. This survey covers the main producing prefectures only; prefectures not listed were not surveyed.

Green onions output by prefecture (MAFF, 2024)
Rank	Prefecture	Output (t)	Share
#1	Ibaraki Prefecture	50,200	13.1%
#2	Saitama Prefecture	46,400	12.1%
#3	Chiba Prefecture	43,400	11.3%
#4	Oita Prefecture	21,000	5.5%
#5	Hokkaido	19,800	5.2%
#6	Gunma Prefecture	18,300	4.8%
#7	Nagano Prefecture	16,500	4.3%
#8	Akita Prefecture	14,400	3.8%
#9	Tochigi Prefecture	11,500	3.0%
#10	Aomori Prefecture	10,700	2.8%
#11	Fukushima Prefecture	10,100	2.6%
#12	Miyagi Prefecture	9,410	2.5%
#13	Shizuoka Prefecture	7,970	2.1%
#14	Tottori Prefecture	7,950	2.1%
#15	Niigata Prefecture	7,900	2.1%
#16	Hiroshima Prefecture	7,720	2.0%
#17	Kyoto	7,310	1.9%
#18	Yamagata Prefecture	7,170	1.9%
#19	Kanagawa Prefecture	6,670	1.7%
#20	Iwate Prefecture	5,960	1.6%
#21	Fukuoka Prefecture	5,810	1.5%
#22	Kagoshima Prefecture	5,760	1.5%
#23	Aichi Prefecture	5,010	1.3%
#24	Kagawa Prefecture	3,880	1.0%
#25	Hyogo Prefecture	3,560	0.9%
#26	Mie Prefecture	3,100	0.8%
#27	Tokushima Prefecture	2,900	0.8%
#28	Nagasaki Prefecture	2,820	0.7%
#29	Kumamoto Prefecture	2,350	0.6%
#30	Nara Prefecture	2,350	0.6%
#31	Kochi Prefecture	2,140	0.6%
#32	Toyama Prefecture	1,970	0.5%
#33	Saga Prefecture	1,900	0.5%
#34	Ehime Prefecture	1,820	0.5%
#35	Okayama Prefecture	1,820	0.5%
#36	Miyazaki Prefecture	1,670	0.4%
#37	Fukui Prefecture	1,400	0.4%
#38	Shimane Prefecture	1,280	0.3%
#39	Ishikawa Prefecture	691	0.2%
—	Japan total	382,500	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 Yamagata (Yamagata 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 green onions in Japan?

Ibaraki Prefecture, with 50,200 t (13.1% of the national total) in 2024, according to Japan's Ministry of Agriculture.

Where in Japan do people buy the most green onions?

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

Green onions production by prefecture

Who eats the most?

Common questions

Which prefecture produces the most green onions in Japan?

Where in Japan do people buy the most green onions?

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