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 |
Source is Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
www.stat.go.jp/data/kakei/zuhyou/rank12.xls
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