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Fuel prices: survey of 29 Sep 2008

Regular gasoline170.2 yen/Lw/w -1.3

Premium gasoline181.1 yen/Lw/w -1.2

Diesel155.8 yen/Lw/w -1.1

Kerosene (store, 18 L)2,235 yen/18 Lw/w -13

vs. a year earlier (national)

Fuel	1 Oct 2007	29 Sep 2008	Change
Regular gasoline	144.0	170.2	+26.2
Premium gasoline	154.9	181.1	+26.2
Diesel	122.2	155.8	+33.6
Kerosene (store, 18 L)	1,496	2,235	+739
Kerosene (delivered, 18 L)	1,605	2,345	+740

Highest regular gasoline, top 10

Nagasaki180.3

Kagoshima178.4

Saga175.0

Ōita174.4

Kumamoto174.0

Gifu173.9

Shimane173.7

Yamanashi173.6

Nagano173.4

Fukuoka173.3

Lowest regular gasoline, top 10

Okinawa158.6

Saitama165.3

Hokkaido166.1

Gunma166.1

Chiba166.7

Kanagawa166.8

Iwate167.3

Tochigi167.3

Miyagi167.4

Akita167.7

All 47 prefectures

Prefecture	Regular gasoline	Premium gasoline	Diesel	Kerosene (store, 18 L)	w/w
Hokkaido	166.1	176.7	150.3	2,248	-3.3
Aomori	169.6	179.6	152.6	2,182	-1.8
Iwate	167.3	178.6	152.0	2,133	-1.7
Miyagi	167.4	177.8	150.6	2,149	-1.2
Akita	167.7	178.9	155.2	2,190	-0.2
Yamagata	168.6	179.7	154.5	2,162	-1.7
Fukushima	170.3	181.4	152.7	2,181	-1.6
Ibaraki	167.8	178.8	151.5	2,161	-0.7
Tochigi	167.3	178.4	155.2	2,203	-1.5
Gunma	166.1	177.0	154.6	2,206	-1.3
Saitama	165.3	176.1	154.5	2,207	-1.7
Chiba	166.7	177.3	151.2	2,239	-1.4
Tokyo	171.2	181.9	157.9	2,280	-1.1
Kanagawa	166.8	177.6	157.0	2,252	-1.7
Niigata	169.3	180.1	155.8	2,230	-0.9
Toyama	171.9	183.0	157.0	2,275	-0.5
Ishikawa	171.2	182.1	155.7	2,219	-1.7
Fukui	169.3	181.5	159.2	2,213	-0.7
Yamanashi	173.6	184.4	157.3	2,192	-0.2
Nagano	173.4	184.9	159.7	2,217	-0.9
Gifu	173.9	185.3	157.1	2,251	-0.8
Shizuoka	172.1	183.9	159.0	2,289	-0.7
Aichi	171.2	182.3	156.5	2,246	-0.8
Mie	171.3	182.5	156.8	2,241	-0.9
Shiga	168.6	179.3	153.6	2,231	-0.8
Kyoto	171.9	183.4	157.1	2,212	-0.7
Osaka	169.2	180.4	157.5	2,269	-0.9
Hyōgo	170.1	181.2	155.7	2,230	-1.3
Nara	169.6	180.6	156.3	2,254	-0.7
Wakayama	173.1	183.9	158.2	2,283	-0.6
Tottori	168.2	179.3	157.2	2,262	-2.5
Shimane	173.7	183.8	160.2	2,268	-0.6
Okayama	168.3	179.3	154.5	2,179	-1.6
Hiroshima	169.8	180.8	156.4	2,230	-1.9
Yamaguchi	171.3	182.0	159.2	2,236	-1.5
Tokushima	172.6	185.4	157.4	2,259	-0.5
Kagawa	168.6	179.5	155.2	2,229	-0.2
Ehime	173.0	183.8	158.6	2,277	-1.1
Kōchi	172.0	182.0	152.5	2,248	-5.9
Fukuoka	173.3	184.5	156.3	2,202	-1.0
Saga	175.0	186.0	158.7	2,256	-0.8
Nagasaki	180.3	190.4	163.2	2,321	-1.0
Kumamoto	174.0	184.7	156.8	2,269	-0.7
Ōita	174.4	185.5	157.6	2,301	-1.2
Miyazaki	170.6	181.7	158.6	2,266	-0.5
Kagoshima	178.4	187.4	163.2	2,345	-0.3
Okinawa	158.6	168.9	144.5	2,220	-3.4

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 170.2 yen/L nationwide. Highest: Nagasaki (180.3); lowest: Okinawa (158.6); gap 21.7 yen.