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Fuel prices: survey of 22 Jul 2008

Regular gasoline180.9 yen/Lw/w -0.4

Premium gasoline191.8 yen/Lw/w -0.4

Diesel163.0 yen/Lw/w -0.1

Kerosene (store, 18 L)2,302 yen/18 Lw/w +3

vs. a year earlier (national)

Fuel	23 Jul 2007	22 Jul 2008	Change
Regular gasoline	141.3	180.9	+39.6
Premium gasoline	152.2	191.8	+39.6
Diesel	119.9	163.0	+43.1
Kerosene (store, 18 L)	1,459	2,302	+843
Kerosene (delivered, 18 L)	1,572	2,412	+840

Highest regular gasoline, top 10

Nagasaki188.4

Kagoshima185.8

Ōita184.8

Ehime184.1

Nagano183.5

Saga183.2

Shimane183.1

Shizuoka182.7

Fukuoka182.6

Yamanashi182.3

Lowest regular gasoline, top 10

Okinawa172.1

Akita176.5

Gunma177.3

Saitama177.7

Ibaraki178.2

Iwate178.4

Yamagata178.5

Chiba178.5

Tochigi178.7

Aomori179.3

All 47 prefectures

Prefecture	Regular gasoline	Premium gasoline	Diesel	Kerosene (store, 18 L)	w/w
Hokkaido	181.6	192.3	161.8	2,357	-0.4
Aomori	179.3	189.3	161.2	2,281	-1.2
Iwate	178.4	189.2	159.3	2,242	-0.2
Miyagi	179.3	189.9	159.4	2,256	-0.9
Akita	176.5	187.4	161.5	2,258	+0.2
Yamagata	178.5	189.9	159.0	2,232	-1.8
Fukushima	181.3	192.6	161.0	2,242	-0.6
Ibaraki	178.2	189.3	159.2	2,275	-0.4
Tochigi	178.7	189.8	161.7	2,304	-0.7
Gunma	177.3	188.2	161.1	2,255	-0.3
Saitama	177.7	188.5	160.1	2,268	-0.7
Chiba	178.5	189.2	159.4	2,283	-0.4
Tokyo	181.9	192.7	163.7	2,334	-0.5
Kanagawa	180.2	191.4	165.1	2,324	-0.8
Niigata	180.5	191.2	162.4	2,283	-0.2
Toyama	181.5	192.4	163.5	2,349	+0.5
Ishikawa	182.2	193.0	162.8	2,332	-0.5
Fukui	181.1	193.5	167.6	2,302	-0.1
Yamanashi	182.3	193.4	163.2	2,288	±0
Nagano	183.5	195.0	165.0	2,235	-0.1
Gifu	181.7	192.9	162.7	2,306	-0.4
Shizuoka	182.7	194.4	166.4	2,352	±0
Aichi	180.9	192.0	162.3	2,285	±0
Mie	180.0	191.4	162.4	2,266	-0.1
Shiga	180.6	191.0	161.6	2,290	-0.1
Kyoto	181.6	192.9	163.6	2,344	-0.1
Osaka	180.6	191.4	164.6	2,291	-0.2
Hyōgo	181.5	192.7	162.7	2,297	-0.1
Nara	181.8	193.2	163.6	2,322	-0.4
Wakayama	181.8	192.1	164.6	2,350	±0
Tottori	180.9	192.0	165.0	2,297	-0.2
Shimane	183.1	193.6	165.8	2,302	-0.1
Okayama	180.5	191.4	163.1	2,282	-0.9
Hiroshima	181.1	192.0	164.0	2,279	-0.1
Yamaguchi	180.8	191.5	164.1	2,298	-0.1
Tokushima	180.4	193.0	163.0	2,319	-0.1
Kagawa	181.2	192.0	162.7	2,335	-0.3
Ehime	184.1	194.9	165.5	2,299	±0
Kōchi	179.4	189.7	159.1	2,282	±0
Fukuoka	182.6	193.5	163.2	2,293	-0.1
Saga	183.2	194.0	164.0	2,348	±0
Nagasaki	188.4	198.2	168.9	2,370	±0
Kumamoto	182.0	192.7	161.8	2,317	±0
Ōita	184.8	195.8	165.9	2,325	±0
Miyazaki	181.1	192.0	163.7	2,319	-0.4
Kagoshima	185.8	194.9	165.8	2,379	±0
Okinawa	172.1	182.4	168.6	2,478	-6.8

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 180.9 yen/L nationwide. Highest: Nagasaki (188.4); lowest: Okinawa (172.1); gap 16.3 yen.