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Wheat production by prefecture

Hokkaido grows or catches the most wheat in Japan: 714,200 t, 69.4% of the national total. Next come Fukuoka Prefecture and Saga Prefecture.

Wheat output by prefecture (MAFF, 2024)
Rank	Prefecture	Output (t)	Share
#1	Hokkaido	714,200	69.4%
#2	Fukuoka Prefecture	52,800	5.1%
#3	Saga Prefecture	36,200	3.5%
#4	Aichi Prefecture	28,900	2.8%
#5	Gunma Prefecture	23,300	2.3%
#6	Saitama Prefecture	21,900	2.1%
#7	Shiga Prefecture	21,800	2.1%
#8	Mie Prefecture	18,800	1.8%
#9	Ibaraki Prefecture	15,200	1.5%
#10	Kumamoto Prefecture	12,600	1.2%
#11	Gifu Prefecture	10,900	1.1%
#12	Iwate Prefecture	9,660	0.9%
#13	Tochigi Prefecture	9,030	0.9%
#14	Nagano Prefecture	7,600	0.7%
#15	Kagawa Prefecture	6,680	0.6%
#16	Oita Prefecture	5,930	0.6%
#17	Miyagi Prefecture	5,230	0.5%
#18	Yamaguchi Prefecture	4,480	0.4%
#19	Hyogo Prefecture	3,990	0.4%
#20	Okayama Prefecture	3,680	0.4%
#21	Chiba Prefecture	2,660	0.3%
#22	Aomori Prefecture	2,130	0.2%
#23	Nagasaki Prefecture	1,720	0.2%
#24	Fukushima Prefecture	1,580	0.2%
#25	Ehime Prefecture	1,300	0.1%
#26	Shizuoka Prefecture	1,260	0.1%
#27	Akita Prefecture	1,050	0.1%
#28	Fukui Prefecture	681	0.1%
#29	Niigata Prefecture	612	0.1%
#30	Hiroshima Prefecture	439	0.0%
#31	Nara Prefecture	373	0.0%
#32	Kyoto	328	0.0%
#33	Tottori Prefecture	284	0.0%
#34	Yamagata Prefecture	280	0.0%
#35	Yamanashi Prefecture	253	0.0%
#36	Tokushima Prefecture	220	0.0%
#37	Shimane Prefecture	219	0.0%
#38	Ishikawa Prefecture	167	0.0%
#39	Miyazaki Prefecture	144	0.0%
#40	Toyama Prefecture	124	0.0%
#41	Kanagawa Prefecture	88	0.0%
#42	Kagoshima Prefecture	75	0.0%
#43	Wakayama Prefecture	40	0.0%
#44	Tokyo	21	0.0%
#45	Okinawa Prefecture	14	0.0%
#46	Kochi Prefecture	5	0.0%
#47	Osaka	2	0.0%
—	Japan total	1,029,000	100%

Source: MAFF, Crop Statistics Survey / Marine Fishery Production Statistics (e-Stat, 2024 final). Aquaculture counts harvested output.

Q&A

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Which prefecture produces the most wheat in Japan?

Hokkaido, with 714,200 t (69.4% of the national total) in 2024, according to Japan's Ministry of Agriculture.

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