What Fruit is Popular in Japan
The following table shows yearly consumption of fruits per capita in Japan. Unit is gram. It is the average figure from 2011 to 2013.
| Fruit | Consumption (g) |
| Banana | 19396 |
| Mikan | 12099 |
| Apple | 12069 |
| Other citrus | 5452 |
| Pear | 4242 |
| Watermelon | 4102 |
| Strawberry | 2808 |
| Japanese persimmon | 2781 |
| Grapes | 2404 |
| Melon | 2335 |
| Grapefruit | 2087 |
| Orange | 2033 |
| Peach | 1716 |
| Kiwi fruit | 1515 |
| Other fruits | 5405 |
Source is Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
www.stat.go.jp/data/kakei/zuhyou/rank07.xls
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Some of you are not familiar with Mikan (ミカン) and Japanese persimmon (カキ).
Mikan is a related species of tangerine or mandarin orange. It was developped in Kagoshima prefecture 500 years ago.
The above statistics are based on consumption volume. Next one shows the statistics by yearly purchased amount (money based stats). Unit is yen.
| Fruit | Purchased amount (yen) |
| Apple | 4675 |
| Mikan | 4438 |
| Banana | 4233 |
| Strawberry | 3258 |
| Grapes | 2290 |
| Other citrus | 2169 |
| Fruit processed products | 2111 |
| Pear | 1983 |
| Watermelon | 1398 |
| Melon | 1209 |
| Peach | 1176 |
| Kiwi fruit | 1132 |
| Japanese persimmon | 1063 |
| Orange | 684 |
| Grapefruit | 525 |
| Other fruits | 4096 |
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