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Octopus production by prefecture

Hokkaido grows or catches the most octopus in Japan: 17,470 t, 67.1% of the national total. Next come Iwate Prefecture and Miyagi Prefecture. This survey covers the main producing prefectures only; prefectures not listed were not surveyed.

Octopus output by prefecture (MAFF, 2024)
RankPrefectureOutput (t)Share
#1Hokkaido17,47067.1%
#2Iwate Prefecture1,3925.3%
#3Miyagi Prefecture1,2894.9%
#4Hyogo Prefecture8713.3%
#5Aomori Prefecture8043.1%
#6Fukuoka Prefecture6292.4%
#7Fukushima Prefecture5682.2%
#8Oita Prefecture3571.4%
#9Nagasaki Prefecture3521.4%
#10Kagawa Prefecture2891.1%
#11Ehime Prefecture2040.8%
#12Ibaraki Prefecture1930.7%
#13Yamaguchi Prefecture1610.6%
#14Kumamoto Prefecture1440.6%
#15Aichi Prefecture1230.5%
#16Okayama Prefecture1070.4%
#17Fukui Prefecture960.4%
#18Hiroshima Prefecture950.4%
#19Niigata Prefecture840.3%
#20Tokushima Prefecture830.3%
#21Ishikawa Prefecture820.3%
#22Chiba Prefecture740.3%
#23Tottori Prefecture700.3%
#24Osaka630.2%
#25Okinawa Prefecture620.2%
#26Kagoshima Prefecture590.2%
#27Kanagawa Prefecture520.2%
#28Mie Prefecture520.2%
#29Shimane Prefecture430.2%
#30Akita Prefecture400.2%
#31Toyama Prefecture350.1%
#32Kyoto300.1%
#33Wakayama Prefecture220.1%
#34Yamagata Prefecture160.1%
#35Miyazaki Prefecture120.0%
#36Saga Prefecture80.0%
#37Kochi Prefecture50.0%
#38Shizuoka Prefecture40.0%
#39Tokyo10.0%
—Japan total26,042100%

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 1.5× 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 octopus in Japan?

Hokkaido, with 17,470 t (67.1% of the national total) in 2024, according to Japan's Ministry of Agriculture.

Where in Japan do people buy the most octopus?

Sakai (Osaka) households buy 1.5× the national average (Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2023–2025 average).

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