As of 2014 Dec 31, total 15,198 animal hospitals are registered on Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan. 3939 of them are for agricultural/farming animals, 11,259 of them are for pets.
The following shows the number of animal hospitals for pets (cats and dogs + small animals). The ratio of pet hospitals per population is high in Tokyo and its surrounding regions.
Figure : Number of Pet Hospitals per Population by Prefecture, 2014 (unit : per million)
| Prefecture | Number of pet hospitals | Per 10,000 residents |
| Tokyo | 1,576 | 1.18 |
| Kanagawa | 1,016 | 1.12 |
| Yamanashi | 86 | 1.02 |
| Chiba | 620 | 1.00 |
| Hokkaido | 521 | 0.96 |
| Saitama | 681 | 0.94 |
| Shizuoka | 351 | 0.94 |
| Nara | 129 | 0.93 |
| Hyogo | 505 | 0.91 |
| Gunma | 180 | 0.91 |
| Nagano | 191 | 0.90 |
| Mie | 163 | 0.89 |
| Yamaguchi | 126 | 0.89 |
| Ibaraki | 260 | 0.89 |
| Tochigi | 175 | 0.88 |
| Osaka | 760 | 0.86 |
| Aichi | 635 | 0.85 |
| Kyoto | 223 | 0.85 |
| Kagoshima | 143 | 0.85 |
| Hiroshima | 233 | 0.82 |
| Wakayama | 80 | 0.82 |
| Kochi | 60 | 0.81 |
| Oita | 92 | 0.78 |
| Fukuoka | 395 | 0.78 |
| Gifu | 159 | 0.78 |
| Miyagi | 179 | 0.77 |
| Tokushima | 59 | 0.77 |
| Okayama | 147 | 0.76 |
| Shimane | 53 | 0.75 |
| Ishikawa | 86 | 0.74 |
| Kumamoto | 130 | 0.72 |
| Kagawa | 71 | 0.72 |
| Shiga | 100 | 0.71 |
| Okinawa | 99 | 0.70 |
| Miyazaki | 77 | 0.69 |
| Fukushima | 132 | 0.68 |
| Tottori | 39 | 0.67 |
| Ehime | 94 | 0.67 |
| Iwate | 82 | 0.63 |
| Nagasaki | 87 | 0.62 |
| Niigata | 141 | 0.61 |
| Akita | 59 | 0.56 |
| Fukui | 44 | 0.55 |
| Saga | 45 | 0.54 |
| Toyama | 57 | 0.53 |
| Yamagata | 55 | 0.48 |
| Aomori | 63 | 0.47 |
Source is Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan.
www.maff.go.jp/j/tokei/kouhyou/animal/
www.maff.go.jp/j/tokei/kouhyou/animal/other/animal_hospital_26.xls
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