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Fuel prices: survey of 24 Aug 2009

Regular gasoline125.9 yen/Lw/w +0.5

Premium gasoline136.6 yen/Lw/w +0.4

Diesel104.4 yen/Lw/w +0.4

Kerosene (store, 18 L)1,208 yen/18 Lw/w +5

vs. a year earlier (national)

Fuel	25 Aug 2008	24 Aug 2009	Change
Regular gasoline	181.7	125.9	-55.8
Premium gasoline	192.6	136.6	-56.0
Diesel	165.5	104.4	-61.1
Kerosene (store, 18 L)	2,366	1,208	-1,158
Kerosene (delivered, 18 L)	2,474	1,334	-1,140

Highest regular gasoline, top 10

Nagasaki131.9

Kagoshima131.5

Ōita128.6

Nagano128.5

Kōchi128.3

Shimane128.1

Nara127.7

Aomori127.7

Fukui127.5

Toyama127.4

Lowest regular gasoline, top 10

Okinawa120.7

Kagawa122.1

Ibaraki122.5

Akita123.1

Tochigi123.6

Chiba123.8

Tokushima124.0

Gunma124.2

Miyagi124.3

Saitama124.4

All 47 prefectures

Prefecture	Regular gasoline	Premium gasoline	Diesel	Kerosene (store, 18 L)	w/w
Hokkaido	125.7	136.3	106.5	1,204	+0.5
Aomori	127.7	138.2	107.3	1,158	+1.0
Iwate	125.5	136.5	102.0	1,111	+1.1
Miyagi	124.3	134.6	101.2	1,097	+0.1
Akita	123.1	133.7	101.3	1,133	+0.8
Yamagata	125.3	136.2	100.8	1,094	+0.5
Fukushima	126.5	137.4	107.4	1,141	+0.9
Ibaraki	122.5	133.4	98.5	1,118	+0.7
Tochigi	123.6	134.4	99.7	1,185	+0.7
Gunma	124.2	135.1	102.2	1,139	±0
Saitama	124.4	135.1	102.9	1,160	+0.2
Chiba	123.8	134.4	101.7	1,203	+0.1
Tokyo	127.0	137.8	105.7	1,313	+0.4
Kanagawa	125.4	136.2	105.4	1,221	-0.7
Niigata	126.8	137.6	106.7	1,208	-0.1
Toyama	127.4	138.3	104.1	1,187	+0.8
Ishikawa	127.0	137.7	103.4	1,145	+0.2
Fukui	127.5	139.4	102.0	1,165	±0
Yamanashi	126.0	136.9	101.7	1,159	+0.6
Nagano	128.5	139.8	106.0	1,163	+0.3
Gifu	127.1	138.5	107.0	1,204	+0.4
Shizuoka	126.6	137.8	104.9	1,256	+0.3
Aichi	126.0	137.0	104.5	1,245	+0.7
Mie	125.6	136.9	105.5	1,189	+0.7
Shiga	124.6	135.2	100.3	1,211	+0.2
Kyoto	124.5	135.4	106.2	1,248	+1.3
Osaka	124.7	135.4	106.6	1,229	+1.7
Hyōgo	125.7	136.7	105.5	1,244	+1.0
Nara	127.7	138.7	110.6	1,234	+2.1
Wakayama	125.5	135.9	105.3	1,271	+0.3
Tottori	126.3	137.5	104.7	1,175	+0.2
Shimane	128.1	138.5	109.0	1,205	+0.3
Okayama	126.1	137.0	103.5	1,222	-0.2
Hiroshima	125.5	136.2	106.0	1,206	+0.2
Yamaguchi	124.4	135.2	104.3	1,198	+0.1
Tokushima	124.0	136.4	102.6	1,261	-0.1
Kagawa	122.1	132.7	100.7	1,158	-0.2
Ehime	126.6	137.3	105.3	1,222	+0.1
Kōchi	128.3	138.3	100.5	1,310	±0
Fukuoka	126.2	137.2	103.8	1,191	+0.2
Saga	126.5	137.5	105.0	1,271	±0
Nagasaki	131.9	141.7	112.6	1,285	+0.1
Kumamoto	126.3	137.0	103.2	1,239	+0.6
Ōita	128.6	139.5	107.3	1,266	+0.9
Miyazaki	126.0	136.6	103.6	1,263	+0.3
Kagoshima	131.5	140.6	108.4	1,329	+0.8
Okinawa	120.7	130.8	100.9	1,333	+1.6

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 125.9 yen/L nationwide. Highest: Nagasaki (131.9); lowest: Okinawa (120.7); gap 11.2 yen.