VEGETABLES
Green peppers production by prefecture
Ibaraki Prefecture grows or catches the most green peppers in Japan: 33,500 t, 25.9% of the national total. Next come Miyazaki Prefecture and Kagoshima Prefecture. This survey covers the main producing prefectures only; prefectures not listed were not surveyed.
| Rank | Prefecture | Output (t) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ibaraki Prefecture | 33,500 | 25.9% |
| #2 | Miyazaki Prefecture | 24,300 | 18.8% |
| #3 | Kagoshima Prefecture | 13,000 | 10.0% |
| #4 | Kochi Prefecture | 13,000 | 10.0% |
| #5 | Iwate Prefecture | 8,480 | 6.5% |
| #6 | Oita Prefecture | 6,190 | 4.8% |
| #7 | Hokkaido | 5,590 | 4.3% |
| #8 | Aomori Prefecture | 4,170 | 3.2% |
| #9 | Kumamoto Prefecture | 3,100 | 2.4% |
| #10 | Okinawa Prefecture | 2,950 | 2.3% |
| #11 | Fukushima Prefecture | 2,710 | 2.1% |
| #12 | Miyagi Prefecture | 2,490 | 1.9% |
| #13 | Nagano Prefecture | 2,350 | 1.8% |
| #14 | Hyogo Prefecture | 2,080 | 1.6% |
| #15 | Kyoto | 1,870 | 1.4% |
| #16 | Chiba Prefecture | 1,780 | 1.4% |
| #17 | Ehime Prefecture | 1,390 | 1.1% |
| #18 | Hiroshima Prefecture | 1,240 | 1.0% |
| #19 | Yamagata Prefecture | 972 | 0.8% |
| #20 | Wakayama Prefecture | 870 | 0.7% |
| #21 | Aichi Prefecture | 822 | 0.6% |
| #22 | Shimane Prefecture | 751 | 0.6% |
| #23 | Tottori Prefecture | 648 | 0.5% |
| #24 | Mie Prefecture | 465 | 0.4% |
| #25 | Gifu Prefecture | 458 | 0.4% |
| #26 | Niigata Prefecture | 447 | 0.3% |
| #27 | Tokushima Prefecture | 384 | 0.3% |
| — | Japan total | 129,500 | 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 Yokohama (Kanagawa 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 green peppers in Japan?
Ibaraki Prefecture, with 33,500 t (25.9% of the national total) in 2024, according to Japan's Ministry of Agriculture.
Where in Japan do people buy the most green peppers?
Yokohama (Kanagawa Prefecture) households buy 1.4× the national average (Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2023–2025 average).