The following data show the penetration rate per capita of smart TV in 2013, in Japan. In this article, smart TV means a TV which can be connected to the internet. 15.7% of the residents in Japan have smart TVs.
Smart TV is spread in Kanagawa, Tokyo and Kyoto. Those are big cities.
Personally I am not sure what is the advantage of smart TV.
Figure: Smart TV Penetration Rate per Capita by Prefecture in 2013
Table: Smart TV Penetration Rate per Capita by Prefecture in 2013
| Prefecture | % |
| Kanagawa | 20.6 |
| Kyoto | 19.6 |
| Tokyo | 19.0 |
| Shiga | 17.8 |
| Osaka | 17.7 |
| Gunma | 17.4 |
| Saitama | 17.4 |
| Nara | 16.9 |
| Hiroshima | 16.7 |
| Aichi | 16.6 |
| Toyama | 16.3 |
| Mie | 16.3 |
| Yamanashi | 16.0 |
| Okayama | 16.0 |
| Wakayama | 15.9 |
| Shimane | 15.8 |
| Average | 15.7 |
| Fukuoka | 15.2 |
| Chiba | 15.1 |
| Ishikawa | 15.1 |
| Iwate | 15.0 |
| Fukui | 14.9 |
| Ibaraki | 14.8 |
| Nagano | 14.8 |
| Yamaguchi | 14.7 |
| Tottori | 14.6 |
| Akita | 14.4 |
| Hyogo | 14.2 |
| Oita | 14.1 |
| Tokushima | 14.0 |
| Gifu | 13.7 |
| Kumamoto | 13.7 |
| Hokkaido | 13.6 |
| Kagawa | 13.5 |
| Miyagi | 13.3 |
| Ehime | 13.1 |
| Yamagata | 12.8 |
| Fukushima | 12.8 |
| Shizuoka | 12.7 |
| Saga | 12.7 |
| Niigata | 12.0 |
| Aomori | 11.5 |
| Kagoshima | 11.3 |
| Kochi | 10.5 |
| Miyazaki | 10.5 |
| Nagasaki | 10.3 |
| Tochigi | 10.2 |
| Okinawa | 8.1 |
Source is Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
www.soumu.go.jp/johotsusintokei/statistics/statistics05b1.html
www.e-stat.go.jp/SG1/estat/Csvdl.do?sinfid=000025853942
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