HOW MUCH SAKE?
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HOW MUCH SAKE?
JAPANESE
Japan is clearly the world’s largest producer of sake PREFECTURES SIZED
- but the output varies dramatically from prefecture SAKE PRODUCTION
ACCORDING TO
to prefecture. And where does all the 10,524 million 2012 - KILO LITRES
IN
Yen’s worth of sake exported finally call home? The
DATA: COMPILED FROM JAPANESE NATIONAL TAX AGENCY
infographics on the next few pages distort areas
proportionately, showing who the key players are.
SOHO+CO 2014
FOR THE MUSEUM
TOP 10 PRODUCERS
1
HYOGO
130,000 kL
2
KYOTO
73,000 kL
3
NIIGATA
39,000 kL
= 4
AKITA
16,000 kL
= 4
SAITAMA
16,000 kL
5
AICHI
14,000 kL
6
FUKUSHIMA
12,000 kL
7
HIROSHIMA
9,600 kL
8
YAMANASHI
9200 kL
9
YAMAGATA
8,600 kL
10
NAGANO
8,200 kL
KYOTO
73,000
HIROSHIMA
広島 9600kL
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HYOGO 兵庫
130,000kL