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Fuel prices: survey of 8 May 2006

Regular gasoline135.9 yen/Lw/w +1.0

Premium gasoline146.9 yen/Lw/w +0.9

Diesel112.5 yen/Lw/w +0.9

Kerosene (store, 18 L)1,448 yen/18 Lw/w +9

vs. a year earlier (national)

Fuel	9 May 2005	8 May 2006	Change
Regular gasoline	124.3	135.9	+11.6
Premium gasoline	135.6	146.9	+11.3
Diesel	99.9	112.5	+12.6
Kerosene (store, 18 L)	1,138	1,448	+310
Kerosene (delivered, 18 L)	1,238	1,551	+313

Highest regular gasoline, top 10

Nagasaki144.2

Kagoshima141.2

Nagano140.3

Ōita139.9

Shimane139.8

Saga138.2

Kumamoto137.7

Miyazaki137.6

Ishikawa137.3

Kōchi137.2

Lowest regular gasoline, top 10

Okinawa128.6

Shiga131.5

Gunma131.7

Ibaraki132.1

Akita133.0

Saitama133.0

Fukui133.4

Tochigi133.5

Yamagata133.8

Miyagi133.9

All 47 prefectures

Prefecture	Regular gasoline	Premium gasoline	Diesel	Kerosene (store, 18 L)	w/w
Hokkaido	135.5	146.3	114.4	1,443	+1.5
Aomori	135.4	146.5	111.6	1,428	+1.6
Iwate	136.0	147.6	111.4	1,381	+0.6
Miyagi	133.9	144.6	110.5	1,392	+0.5
Akita	133.0	144.4	111.3	1,417	+1.0
Yamagata	133.8	145.4	109.6	1,403	+0.6
Fukushima	134.3	146.1	112.3	1,390	+0.4
Ibaraki	132.1	143.1	108.3	1,364	+1.8
Tochigi	133.5	144.2	109.6	1,403	+0.8
Gunma	131.7	143.0	109.0	1,419	+0.9
Saitama	133.0	143.7	109.2	1,407	+0.7
Chiba	135.4	145.8	111.8	1,431	+1.0
Tokyo	137.1	148.2	112.5	1,522	+0.3
Kanagawa	134.4	145.0	111.6	1,440	+0.1
Niigata	136.8	147.3	114.1	1,465	+1.0
Toyama	137.2	148.2	113.1	1,485	+0.5
Ishikawa	137.3	147.9	114.1	1,456	+0.6
Fukui	133.4	144.6	109.8	1,424	+0.5
Yamanashi	135.3	146.2	112.5	1,462	+1.3
Nagano	140.3	152.1	115.9	1,435	+0.6
Gifu	136.2	147.6	113.2	1,456	+0.4
Shizuoka	137.0	148.3	113.0	1,485	+0.8
Aichi	135.3	146.7	112.2	1,471	+0.9
Mie	134.7	145.8	112.5	1,416	+0.5
Shiga	131.5	143.1	108.7	1,402	+0.6
Kyoto	135.9	147.2	113.2	1,475	+0.7
Osaka	135.7	146.6	112.2	1,453	+1.8
Hyōgo	135.7	147.4	112.7	1,464	+0.5
Nara	136.7	148.2	113.7	1,456	+0.1
Wakayama	134.7	145.4	111.0	1,465	+1.1
Tottori	136.1	146.9	112.5	1,403	+0.2
Shimane	139.8	150.8	113.7	1,464	-0.4
Okayama	136.6	147.7	116.3	1,435	+0.2
Hiroshima	136.6	147.8	114.3	1,459	+0.4
Yamaguchi	135.7	146.6	113.2	1,471	+0.5
Tokushima	137.2	149.9	114.0	1,465	+2.2
Kagawa	134.0	144.6	111.1	1,450	+0.9
Ehime	137.1	149.2	112.3	1,452	+1.3
Kōchi	137.2	147.6	113.5	1,495	+4.4
Fukuoka	136.9	147.9	112.4	1,440	+1.3
Saga	138.2	148.8	114.4	1,480	+0.7
Nagasaki	144.2	155.3	120.3	1,533	+2.5
Kumamoto	137.7	148.9	112.8	1,484	+1.0
Ōita	139.9	150.7	114.3	1,478	+0.2
Miyazaki	137.6	149.2	113.7	1,519	+2.2
Kagoshima	141.2	150.8	116.5	1,529	+1.4
Okinawa	128.6	139.9	110.1	1,496	+1.4

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 135.9 yen/L nationwide. Highest: Nagasaki (144.2); lowest: Okinawa (128.6); gap 15.6 yen.