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Fuel prices: survey of 1 May 2006

Regular gasoline134.9 yen/Lw/w +3.8

Premium gasoline146.0 yen/Lw/w +3.7

Diesel111.6 yen/Lw/w +3.6

Kerosene (store, 18 L)1,439 yen/18 Lw/w +33

vs. a year earlier (national)

Fuel	2 May 2005	1 May 2006	Change
Regular gasoline	123.8	134.9	+11.1
Premium gasoline	135.1	146.0	+10.9
Diesel	99.4	111.6	+12.2
Kerosene (store, 18 L)	1,132	1,439	+307
Kerosene (delivered, 18 L)	1,233	1,541	+308

Highest regular gasoline, top 10

Nagasaki141.7

Shimane140.2

Kagoshima139.8

Ōita139.7

Nagano139.7

Saga137.5

Tokyo136.8

Kumamoto136.7

Ishikawa136.7

Toyama136.7

Lowest regular gasoline, top 10

Okinawa127.2

Ibaraki130.3

Gunma130.8

Shiga130.9

Akita132.0

Saitama132.3

Tochigi132.7

Kōchi132.8

Fukui132.9

Kagawa133.1

All 47 prefectures

Prefecture	Regular gasoline	Premium gasoline	Diesel	Kerosene (store, 18 L)	w/w
Hokkaido	134.0	144.7	112.8	1,435	+2.6
Aomori	133.8	145.0	110.2	1,407	+3.5
Iwate	135.4	147.2	111.1	1,382	+4.4
Miyagi	133.4	144.2	109.9	1,392	+4.3
Akita	132.0	143.6	110.3	1,408	+4.3
Yamagata	133.2	144.9	109.0	1,403	+3.9
Fukushima	133.9	145.6	111.9	1,389	+4.1
Ibaraki	130.3	141.4	106.5	1,347	+3.8
Tochigi	132.7	143.4	108.7	1,405	+4.1
Gunma	130.8	142.1	108.2	1,417	+4.6
Saitama	132.3	143.0	108.3	1,412	+6.0
Chiba	134.4	145.1	110.8	1,419	+5.5
Tokyo	136.8	147.8	112.2	1,516	+4.5
Kanagawa	134.3	144.9	111.5	1,440	+4.3
Niigata	135.8	146.2	113.0	1,461	+3.6
Toyama	136.7	147.7	112.4	1,472	+4.0
Ishikawa	136.7	147.4	113.3	1,439	+3.9
Fukui	132.9	144.2	109.2	1,408	+4.5
Yamanashi	134.0	144.9	111.1	1,446	+2.8
Nagano	139.7	151.5	115.3	1,428	+3.4
Gifu	135.8	147.2	112.6	1,457	+3.7
Shizuoka	136.2	147.6	112.5	1,477	+4.3
Aichi	134.4	145.7	111.5	1,463	+3.4
Mie	134.2	145.5	112.0	1,410	+3.5
Shiga	130.9	142.7	107.9	1,387	+3.6
Kyoto	135.2	146.4	112.4	1,470	+4.3
Osaka	133.9	144.9	110.8	1,446	+3.5
Hyōgo	135.2	146.8	112.1	1,460	+4.4
Nara	136.6	148.0	113.4	1,453	+5.2
Wakayama	133.6	144.2	110.2	1,454	+2.2
Tottori	135.9	146.6	112.1	1,399	+2.7
Shimane	140.2	150.5	114.0	1,460	+4.5
Okayama	136.4	147.7	116.2	1,436	+5.0
Hiroshima	136.2	147.4	114.1	1,451	+4.1
Yamaguchi	135.2	146.1	112.8	1,469	+4.0
Tokushima	135.0	147.8	111.9	1,444	+3.1
Kagawa	133.1	143.9	109.6	1,450	+4.7
Ehime	135.8	147.9	111.1	1,438	+3.0
Kōchi	132.8	142.9	107.4	1,456	+1.0
Fukuoka	135.6	146.8	111.0	1,425	+3.8
Saga	137.5	148.2	113.9	1,467	+3.8
Nagasaki	141.7	152.5	117.7	1,476	+1.2
Kumamoto	136.7	147.9	111.9	1,475	+3.0
Ōita	139.7	150.6	114.2	1,475	+4.1
Miyazaki	135.4	147.0	111.8	1,493	+2.8
Kagoshima	139.8	149.5	115.5	1,504	+2.1
Okinawa	127.2	138.5	109.2	1,473	+1.9

Weekly cash retail prices from METI/ANRE's petroleum product price survey (consumption tax included; excluded before April 2004). Survey every Monday. Kerosene in yen per 18 L, others in yen per litre.

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Regular gasoline averaged 134.9 yen/L nationwide. Highest: Nagasaki (141.7); lowest: Okinawa (127.2); gap 14.5 yen.