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Napa cabbage production by prefecture

Ibaraki Prefecture grows or catches the most napa cabbage in Japan: 248,000 t, 34.1% of the national total. Next come Nagano Prefecture and Gunma Prefecture. This survey covers the main producing prefectures only; prefectures not listed were not surveyed.

Napa cabbage output by prefecture (MAFF, 2024)
RankPrefectureOutput (t)Share
#1Ibaraki Prefecture248,00034.1%
#2Nagano Prefecture225,90031.1%
#3Gunma Prefecture25,9003.6%
#4Saitama Prefecture23,9003.3%
#5Hokkaido19,8002.7%
#6Oita Prefecture19,6002.7%
#7Kagoshima Prefecture18,8002.6%
#8Nagasaki Prefecture18,4002.5%
#9Hyogo Prefecture17,9002.5%
#10Tochigi Prefecture16,7002.3%
#11Aichi Prefecture16,4002.3%
#12Fukushima Prefecture13,8001.9%
#13Kumamoto Prefecture13,5001.9%
#14Miyazaki Prefecture12,6001.7%
#15Okayama Prefecture10,4001.4%
#16Mie Prefecture8,2301.1%
#17Miyagi Prefecture7,6401.1%
#18Wakayama Prefecture7,4701.0%
#19Iwate Prefecture7,4401.0%
#20Gifu Prefecture6,4000.9%
#21Chiba Prefecture5,9700.8%
#22Hiroshima Prefecture5,2800.7%
#23Niigata Prefecture5,0600.7%
#24Akita Prefecture4,9900.7%
#25Yamagata Prefecture4,7000.6%
#26Aomori Prefecture4,4700.6%
#27Yamaguchi Prefecture4,2800.6%
#28Shiga Prefecture3,8300.5%
#29Tokushima Prefecture2,8300.4%
#30Ehime Prefecture2,7100.4%
#31Toyama Prefecture1,3100.2%
—Japan total726,500100%

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 Sakai (Osaka), 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 napa cabbage in Japan?

Ibaraki Prefecture, with 248,000 t (34.1% of the national total) in 2024, according to Japan's Ministry of Agriculture.

Where in Japan do people buy the most napa cabbage?

Sakai (Osaka) households buy 1.4× the national average (Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2023–2025 average).

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