Consumption of Tea in Japan - How much is it in Tokyo?

The table below shows consumption of tea in Japan. Total consumption of tea is decreasing these days.

Table1: Consumption of tea (unit: ton)

	Green tea	Black tea	Oolong tea	Total
1980	104,027	7,599	4,232	115,858
1985	95,953	8,086	12,568	116,607
1989	92,719	13,516	14,478	120,713
1990	91,558	14,102	17,154	122,814
1991	90,460	13,345	20,365	124,170
1992	96,362	14,094	22,803	133,259
1993	97,276	12,699	19,123	129,098
1994	90,837	14,187	22,050	127,074
1995	90,806	17,834	20,996	129,636
1996	99,096	16,585	21,011	136,692
1997	102,008	19,783	21,186	142,977
1998	88,347	18,340	20,579	127,266
1999	99,792	13,807	23,415	137,014
2000	102,944	17,950	25,495	146,389
2001	106,940	16,500	27,136	150,576
2002	95,228	15,029	24,668	134,925
2003	101,382	15,500	21,389	138,271
2004	116,823	16,299	22,903	156,025
2005	114,091	15,445	20,730	150,266
2006	101,478	17,128	19,714	138,320
2007	102,066	16,603	21,110	139,779
2008	101,125	17,860	17,922	136,907
2009	89,905	17,399	16,544	123,848
2010	88,674	19,757	17,612	126,043
2011	87,106	19,802	16,776	123,684
2012	91,122	16,638	15,624	123,384

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Table2: Purchased volume of tea in a year

	purchased volume per capita (g)	purchased amount per capita (yen)	purchased amount per capita (Euro)	purchased amount per capita ($)	Average price per 100g (yen)
1965	501	372	2.66	3.72	74
1970	527	745	5.32	7.45	141
1975	493	1,336	9.54	13.36	271
1980	441	1,769	12.64	17.69	401
1985	379	1,765	12.61	17.65	466
1989	358	1,786	12.76	17.86	499
1993	383	2,043	14.59	20.43	534
1998	388	2,122	15.16	21.22	547
1999	378	2,095	14.96	20.95	555
2000	370	2,102	15.01	21.02	567
2001	365	1,998	14.27	19.98	548
2002	357	1,911	13.65	19.11	535
2003	355	1,922	13.73	19.22	542
2004	338	1,748	12.49	17.48	518
2005	361	1,771	12.65	17.71	491
2006	347	1,735	12.39	17.35	501
2007	331	1,685	12.04	16.85	509
2008	314	1,607	11.48	16.07	513
2009	301	1,537	10.98	15.37	510
2010	307	1,432	10.23	14.32	467
2011	316	1,483	10.59	14.83	470
2012	290	1,395	9.96	13.95	480

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Source of table 1,2 is Japanese Association of Tea Production.

www.zennoh.or.jp/bu/nousan/tea/seisan01b.htm

The following table shows consumption of green tea by notable city. It is the average figure from 2010 to 2012. People in Shizuoka and Hamamatsu (both are in Shizuoka prefecture) drink tea much. Shizuoka is a major producer of tea.

Table3: Consumption of green tea by notable city (unit: g)

	Average	937
1	Shizuoka	1,907
2	Hamamatsu	1,726
3	Kyoto	1,468
4	Matsue	1,465
5	Tsu	1,293
6	Kanazawa	1,282
7	Tokyo	1,197
8	Saitama	1,129
9	Kobe	1,127
10	Kagoshima	1,111
11	Fukui	1,104
12	Otsu	1,103
13	Nara	1,095
14	Nagoya	1,070
15	Kumamoto	1,064
16	Yokohama	1,056
17	Toyama	1,008
18	Chiba	1,005
19	Akita	992
20	Tokushima	992
21	Oita	985
22	Mito	959
23	Saga	946
24	Maebashi	933
25	Miyazaki	928
26	Niigata	918
27	Nagasaki	918
28	Sakai City	916
29	Sendai	898
30	Kitakyushu	888
31	Fukuoka	865
32	Gifu	854
33	Osaka	854
34	Wakayama	837
35	Kochi	815
36	Kawasaki	810
37	Nagano	793
38	Sapporo	792
39	Kofu	780
40	Hiroshima	780
41	Morioka	772
42	Utsunomiya	762
43	Yamagata	709
44	Matsuyama	700
45	Yamaguchi	650
46	Fukushima	636
47	Takamatsu	622
48	Okayama	614
49	Aomori	590
50	Tottori	535
51	Naha	386

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Next table shows consumption of black tea (like Assam, Darjeeling). It is the average figure from 2010 to 2012. Top 3 cities (Kobe, Nagasaki, Yokohama) are known as traditional port towns.

Table4 : Consumption of black tea by notable city (unit: g)

	Average	252
1	Kobe	518
2	Nagasaki	387
3	Yokohama	383
4	Sakai City	383
5	Tokyo	379
6	Kyoto	361
7	Utsunomiya	360
8	Hiroshima	348
9	Tsu	340
10	Mito	328
11	Akita	319
12	Saitama	316
13	Otsu	310
14	Nara	307
15	Maebashi	303
16	Fukuoka	299
17	Nagoya	289
18	Kitakyushu	288
19	Takamatsu	274
20	Morioka	272
21	Sapporo	270
22	Chiba	270
23	Oita	266
24	Yamaguchi	262
25	Kawasaki	260
26	Gifu	258
27	Sendai	256
28	Osaka	252
29	Saga	241
30	Matsue	236
31	Yamagata	234
32	Okayama	234
33	Tokushima	233
34	Nagano	232
35	Naha	230
36	Niigata	219
37	Shizuoka	215
38	Wakayama	215
39	Hamamatsu	208
40	Toyama	206
41	Tottori	201
42	Kofu	200
43	Kumamoto	195
44	Aomori	190
45	Kagoshima	186
46	Kochi	183
47	Kanazawa	181
48	Fukushima	156
49	Matsuyama	156
50	Miyazaki	151
51	Fukui	134