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Fuel prices: survey of 25 Nov 2008

Regular gasoline127.9 yen/Lw/w -4.1

Premium gasoline138.7 yen/Lw/w -4.2

Diesel120.7 yen/Lw/w -3.3

Kerosene (store, 18 L)1,498 yen/18 Lw/w -68

vs. a year earlier (national)

Fuel	26 Nov 2007	25 Nov 2008	Change
Regular gasoline	150.1	127.9	-22.2
Premium gasoline	161.1	138.7	-22.4
Diesel	128.1	120.7	-7.4
Kerosene (store, 18 L)	1,628	1,498	-130
Kerosene (delivered, 18 L)	1,733	1,637	-96

Highest regular gasoline, top 10

Kōchi140.5

Nagasaki139.0

Kagoshima134.6

Ōita133.1

Shimane132.3

Aomori131.9

Saga131.6

Toyama131.6

Kumamoto131.5

Tokushima131.1

Lowest regular gasoline, top 10

Gunma122.6

Saitama122.7

Shiga124.0

Chiba124.3

Kanagawa124.3

Tottori124.4

Ibaraki124.9

Kagawa124.9

Okayama125.2

Okinawa125.4

All 47 prefectures

Prefecture	Regular gasoline	Premium gasoline	Diesel	Kerosene (store, 18 L)	w/w
Hokkaido	127.4	137.9	119.4	1,456	-4.7
Aomori	131.9	142.0	122.5	1,447	-4.7
Iwate	126.2	137.7	117.6	1,413	-3.9
Miyagi	125.6	136.0	117.6	1,424	-4.4
Akita	126.0	136.9	118.4	1,363	-3.7
Yamagata	126.3	137.7	118.7	1,398	-2.8
Fukushima	128.6	139.9	121.0	1,457	-4.2
Ibaraki	124.9	135.8	117.4	1,435	-4.1
Tochigi	125.5	136.5	118.6	1,478	-4.8
Gunma	122.6	133.6	118.3	1,503	-3.0
Saitama	122.7	133.3	116.6	1,462	-3.7
Chiba	124.3	134.8	116.9	1,511	-4.5
Tokyo	128.5	139.2	122.5	1,645	-3.7
Kanagawa	124.3	134.9	120.0	1,570	-4.3
Niigata	128.3	138.7	120.7	1,496	-3.8
Toyama	131.6	142.5	122.4	1,480	-3.1
Ishikawa	129.4	140.4	121.7	1,426	-3.5
Fukui	130.2	142.1	123.6	1,403	-3.4
Yamanashi	127.9	139.9	122.7	1,488	-4.5
Nagano	128.6	140.1	123.1	1,475	-4.1
Gifu	130.0	141.5	120.6	1,467	-3.9
Shizuoka	127.2	138.8	120.6	1,633	-4.6
Aichi	126.4	137.6	119.7	1,525	-5.1
Mie	127.7	139.2	120.3	1,489	-3.8
Shiga	124.0	135.0	114.8	1,431	-3.3
Kyoto	128.5	139.4	121.5	1,514	-2.9
Osaka	125.5	136.2	118.8	1,522	-6.1
Hyōgo	128.3	139.4	122.0	1,515	-4.2
Nara	126.9	137.7	119.9	1,501	-4.3
Wakayama	128.5	139.9	121.0	1,500	-4.3
Tottori	124.4	135.6	120.4	1,440	-5.1
Shimane	132.3	142.3	126.5	1,493	-5.2
Okayama	125.2	136.1	119.9	1,456	-3.8
Hiroshima	125.9	137.0	118.9	1,482	-4.9
Yamaguchi	127.1	137.9	121.9	1,471	-4.5
Tokushima	131.1	144.2	122.9	1,563	-5.0
Kagawa	124.9	135.5	117.7	1,459	-5.1
Ehime	129.0	139.9	119.9	1,527	-4.2
Kōchi	140.5	150.6	123.4	1,616	-3.4
Fukuoka	128.9	140.2	121.6	1,454	-3.4
Saga	131.6	142.9	124.2	1,571	-3.1
Nagasaki	139.0	149.1	131.4	1,498	-3.7
Kumamoto	131.5	142.1	123.9	1,505	-2.8
Ōita	133.1	144.5	125.0	1,593	-3.3
Miyazaki	127.4	138.2	121.6	1,556	-4.0
Kagoshima	134.6	143.2	128.3	1,590	-5.3
Okinawa	125.4	136.0	116.2	1,603	-3.7

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 127.9 yen/L nationwide. Highest: Kōchi (140.5); lowest: Gunma (122.6); gap 17.9 yen.