Consumption of Distilled Liquor 'Shochu' by City in Japan

In some parts of Japan (generally regions far from Tokyo), it is common to drink white distilled spirit called shochu. It is distilled from barley, sweet potatoes, or buckwheat.

The following shows consumption per capita of distilled spirit in a year by city in Japan (unit: mL). It is the average figure from 2010 to 2012.

City	Consumption (mL)
Average	10,065
Miyazaki	21,475
Aomori	16,548
Kagoshima	14,885
Akita	13,935
Yamaguchi	13,858
Matsue	13,417
Yamagata	13,145
Oita	13,090
Hiroshima	12,563
Morioka	12,509
Sapporo	12,143
Kitakyushu	11,614
Niigata	11,382
Kofu	10,801
Kumamoto	10,536
Kochi	10,405
Chiba	10,061
Utsunomiya	10,059
Fukuoka	10,000
Naha	9,863
Maebashi	9,624
Tottori	9,310
Hamamatsu	9,069
Saga	8,967
Nagano	8,679
Wakayama	8,498
Saitama	8,418
Nagasaki	8,363
Sakai City	8,355
Tsu	8,281
Shizuoka	8,238
Otsu	8,238
Sendai	8,130
Tokyo	8,047
Fukushima	8,012
Matsuyama	7,742
Tokushima	7,678
Okayama	7,589
Toyama	7,580
Kawasaki	7,568
Yokohama	7,171
Mito	6,966
Takamatsu	6,777
Nara	6,580
Kanazawa	6,535
Nagoya	6,532
Osaka	6,274
Kyoto	6,142
Kobe	6,138
Fukui	5,862
Gifu	4,622