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Japanese flying squid production by prefecture
Aomori Prefecture grows or catches the most japanese flying squid in Japan: 5,428 t, 27.3% of the national total. Next come Hokkaido and Iwate Prefecture. This survey covers the main producing prefectures only; prefectures not listed were not surveyed.
| Rank | Prefecture | Output (t) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Aomori Prefecture | 5,428 | 27.3% |
| #2 | Hokkaido | 3,139 | 15.8% |
| #3 | Iwate Prefecture | 2,690 | 13.6% |
| #4 | Miyagi Prefecture | 2,583 | 13.0% |
| #5 | Toyama Prefecture | 975 | 4.9% |
| #6 | Ishikawa Prefecture | 906 | 4.6% |
| #7 | Nagasaki Prefecture | 764 | 3.8% |
| #8 | Tottori Prefecture | 571 | 2.9% |
| #9 | Miyazaki Prefecture | 336 | 1.7% |
| #10 | Niigata Prefecture | 311 | 1.6% |
| #11 | Shimane Prefecture | 304 | 1.5% |
| #12 | Fukui Prefecture | 273 | 1.4% |
| #13 | Fukushima Prefecture | 238 | 1.2% |
| #14 | Akita Prefecture | 206 | 1.0% |
| #15 | Yamagata Prefecture | 199 | 1.0% |
| #16 | Hyogo Prefecture | 180 | 0.9% |
| #17 | Ehime Prefecture | 165 | 0.8% |
| #18 | Ibaraki Prefecture | 86 | 0.4% |
| #19 | Yamaguchi Prefecture | 83 | 0.4% |
| #20 | Chiba Prefecture | 75 | 0.4% |
| #21 | Saga Prefecture | 57 | 0.3% |
| #22 | Mie Prefecture | 49 | 0.2% |
| #23 | Kochi Prefecture | 37 | 0.2% |
| #24 | Shizuoka Prefecture | 33 | 0.2% |
| #25 | Aichi Prefecture | 28 | 0.1% |
| #26 | Wakayama Prefecture | 25 | 0.1% |
| #27 | Oita Prefecture | 24 | 0.1% |
| #28 | Kyoto | 17 | 0.1% |
| #29 | Fukuoka Prefecture | 14 | 0.1% |
| #30 | Tokushima Prefecture | 4 | 0.0% |
| #31 | Kagoshima Prefecture | 1 | 0.0% |
| #32 | Kumamoto Prefecture | 1 | 0.0% |
| — | Japan total | 19,850 | 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 Toyama (Toyama Prefecture), at 2.2× 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 japanese flying squid in Japan?
Aomori Prefecture, with 5,428 t (27.3% of the national total) in 2024, according to Japan's Ministry of Agriculture.
Where in Japan do people buy the most japanese flying squid?
Toyama (Toyama Prefecture) households buy 2.2× the national average (Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2023–2025 average).