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Fuel prices: survey of 31 Aug 2009

Regular gasoline126.5 yen/Lw/w +0.6

Premium gasoline137.3 yen/Lw/w +0.7

Diesel104.8 yen/Lw/w +0.4

Kerosene (store, 18 L)1,214 yen/18 Lw/w +6

vs. a year earlier (national)

Fuel	1 Sep 2008	31 Aug 2009	Change
Regular gasoline	176.2	126.5	-49.7
Premium gasoline	187.1	137.3	-49.8
Diesel	160.5	104.8	-55.7
Kerosene (store, 18 L)	2,293	1,214	-1,079
Kerosene (delivered, 18 L)	2,400	1,340	-1,060

Highest regular gasoline, top 10

Kagoshima132.4

Nagasaki132.3

Nagano129.6

Ishikawa129.5

Nara129.0

Ōita128.8

Kōchi128.4

Shimane128.3

Gifu128.0

Aomori128.0

Lowest regular gasoline, top 10

Kagawa122.2

Okinawa122.3

Akita123.1

Tokushima124.2

Miyagi124.4

Ibaraki124.4

Chiba124.4

Saitama124.5

Yamaguchi124.7

Tochigi124.9

All 47 prefectures

Prefecture	Regular gasoline	Premium gasoline	Diesel	Kerosene (store, 18 L)	w/w
Hokkaido	126.7	137.3	107.5	1,210	+1.0
Aomori	128.0	138.3	107.3	1,164	+0.3
Iwate	126.3	137.3	102.4	1,128	+0.8
Miyagi	124.4	134.7	101.2	1,099	+0.1
Akita	123.1	133.7	101.3	1,137	±0
Yamagata	125.5	136.4	101.0	1,092	+0.2
Fukushima	127.0	137.9	107.5	1,149	+0.5
Ibaraki	124.4	135.4	99.7	1,131	+1.9
Tochigi	124.9	135.7	100.7	1,198	+1.3
Gunma	125.6	136.5	103.1	1,149	+1.4
Saitama	124.5	135.3	103.0	1,164	+0.1
Chiba	124.4	135.0	102.2	1,209	+0.6
Tokyo	127.2	138.1	106.1	1,317	+0.2
Kanagawa	125.4	136.2	105.4	1,222	±0
Niigata	127.0	137.7	106.7	1,211	+0.2
Toyama	127.2	138.1	104.1	1,190	-0.2
Ishikawa	129.5	140.3	106.0	1,188	+2.5
Fukui	127.5	139.4	102.0	1,167	±0
Yamanashi	127.0	137.9	102.3	1,175	+1.0
Nagano	129.6	140.8	106.6	1,177	+1.1
Gifu	128.0	139.2	107.5	1,210	+0.9
Shizuoka	127.5	138.7	105.6	1,265	+0.9
Aichi	126.7	137.7	104.9	1,251	+0.7
Mie	126.8	138.0	106.6	1,199	+1.2
Shiga	126.9	137.5	102.5	1,246	+2.3
Kyoto	126.2	137.1	106.6	1,248	+1.7
Osaka	125.3	135.9	107.0	1,236	+0.6
Hyōgo	126.5	137.5	106.0	1,244	+0.8
Nara	129.0	139.7	111.6	1,240	+1.3
Wakayama	126.8	137.2	105.6	1,281	+1.3
Tottori	126.4	137.5	104.8	1,177	+0.1
Shimane	128.3	138.6	109.1	1,207	+0.2
Okayama	126.0	136.9	103.3	1,222	-0.1
Hiroshima	125.6	136.3	106.1	1,208	+0.1
Yamaguchi	124.7	135.5	104.5	1,205	+0.3
Tokushima	124.2	136.6	102.6	1,261	+0.2
Kagawa	122.2	132.7	100.8	1,157	+0.1
Ehime	127.3	138.1	105.8	1,223	+0.7
Kōchi	128.4	138.4	100.6	1,310	+0.1
Fukuoka	126.5	137.5	103.9	1,192	+0.3
Saga	126.9	137.8	105.2	1,276	+0.4
Nagasaki	132.3	142.0	112.7	1,295	+0.4
Kumamoto	126.6	137.2	103.2	1,240	+0.3
Ōita	128.8	139.7	107.1	1,267	+0.2
Miyazaki	126.9	137.5	104.5	1,272	+0.9
Kagoshima	132.4	141.6	109.1	1,342	+0.9
Okinawa	122.3	132.4	102.4	1,338	+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 126.5 yen/L nationwide. Highest: Kagoshima (132.4); lowest: Kagawa (122.2); gap 10.2 yen.