FRUIT
Japanese pears production by prefecture
Chiba Prefecture grows or catches the most japanese pears in Japan: 21,400 t, 12.4% of the national total. Next come Ibaraki Prefecture and Fukushima Prefecture. This survey covers the main producing prefectures only; prefectures not listed were not surveyed.
| Rank | Prefecture | Output (t) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Chiba Prefecture | 21,400 | 12.4% |
| #2 | Ibaraki Prefecture | 17,100 | 9.9% |
| #3 | Fukushima Prefecture | 14,800 | 8.6% |
| #4 | Tochigi Prefecture | 14,600 | 8.5% |
| #5 | Nagano Prefecture | 11,700 | 6.8% |
| #6 | Tottori Prefecture | 10,300 | 6.0% |
| #7 | Oita Prefecture | 5,920 | 3.4% |
| #8 | Niigata Prefecture | 5,820 | 3.4% |
| #9 | Saitama Prefecture | 5,670 | 3.3% |
| #10 | Fukuoka Prefecture | 5,410 | 3.1% |
| #11 | Kumamoto Prefecture | 5,350 | 3.1% |
| #12 | Aichi Prefecture | 4,440 | 2.6% |
| #13 | Gunma Prefecture | 3,570 | 2.1% |
| #14 | Kanagawa Prefecture | 3,300 | 1.9% |
| #15 | Tokushima Prefecture | 3,240 | 1.9% |
| #16 | Toyama Prefecture | 3,170 | 1.8% |
| #17 | Saga Prefecture | 2,870 | 1.7% |
| #18 | Akita Prefecture | 2,290 | 1.3% |
| #19 | Miyagi Prefecture | 2,210 | 1.3% |
| #20 | Hiroshima Prefecture | 2,180 | 1.3% |
| #21 | Ishikawa Prefecture | 2,090 | 1.2% |
| #22 | Yamaguchi Prefecture | 1,790 | 1.0% |
| #23 | Gifu Prefecture | 1,670 | 1.0% |
| #24 | Yamagata Prefecture | 1,370 | 0.8% |
| #25 | Tokyo | 1,210 | 0.7% |
| #26 | Hyogo Prefecture | 939 | 0.5% |
| #27 | Kyoto | 761 | 0.4% |
| #28 | Fukui Prefecture | 702 | 0.4% |
| #29 | Shiga Prefecture | 576 | 0.3% |
| #30 | Kagawa Prefecture | 279 | 0.2% |
| — | Japan total | 172,700 | 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 Tottori (Tottori Prefecture), at 4.0× 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 pears in Japan?
Chiba Prefecture, with 21,400 t (12.4% of the national total) in 2024, according to Japan's Ministry of Agriculture.
Where in Japan do people buy the most japanese pears?
Tottori (Tottori Prefecture) households buy 4.0× the national average (Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2023–2025 average).