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Fuel prices: survey of 5 Mar 2012

Regular gasoline149.2 yen/Lw/w +3.7

Premium gasoline160.0 yen/Lw/w +3.7

Diesel129.8 yen/Lw/w +3.4

Kerosene (store, 18 L)1,705 yen/18 Lw/w +51

vs. a year earlier (national)

Fuel	7 Mar 2011	5 Mar 2012	Change
Regular gasoline	145.5	149.2	+3.7
Premium gasoline	156.3	160.0	+3.7
Diesel	125.8	129.8	+4.0
Kerosene (store, 18 L)	1,620	1,705	+85
Kerosene (delivered, 18 L)	1,733	1,823	+90

Highest regular gasoline, top 10

Kagoshima155.7

Nagasaki155.2

Shimane153.3

Nagano153.2

Shizuoka152.7

Gifu152.1

Tokyo152.1

Ōita151.7

Saga151.3

Nara151.3

Lowest regular gasoline, top 10

Okinawa144.0

Shiga144.4

Chiba145.6

Saitama146.0

Kōchi146.0

Gunma146.4

Kagawa146.5

Ibaraki146.6

Yamaguchi146.9

Miyazaki147.0

All 47 prefectures

Prefecture	Regular gasoline	Premium gasoline	Diesel	Kerosene (store, 18 L)	w/w
Hokkaido	149.3	159.9	133.5	1,691	+3.8
Aomori	149.5	160.3	129.5	1,662	+2.5
Iwate	150.6	161.5	130.0	1,665	+4.8
Miyagi	148.7	158.9	128.3	1,636	+4.5
Akita	148.5	159.1	130.3	1,666	+3.8
Yamagata	150.4	161.5	130.7	1,667	+3.9
Fukushima	148.5	159.4	128.0	1,668	+4.6
Ibaraki	146.6	157.5	125.8	1,647	+2.7
Tochigi	149.7	160.6	129.4	1,725	+5.1
Gunma	146.4	157.5	125.8	1,676	+2.7
Saitama	146.0	156.8	126.0	1,671	+3.3
Chiba	145.6	156.2	124.7	1,687	+3.0
Tokyo	152.1	162.5	133.4	1,796	+3.5
Kanagawa	148.3	159.2	128.8	1,721	+2.3
Niigata	150.8	161.7	131.0	1,745	+4.1
Toyama	150.5	161.5	130.7	1,721	+5.7
Ishikawa	149.6	160.6	129.5	1,697	+3.5
Fukui	149.3	160.9	131.7	1,677	+2.5
Yamanashi	148.7	160.2	128.5	1,691	+3.2
Nagano	153.2	164.3	132.8	1,690	+3.2
Gifu	152.1	163.3	131.2	1,699	+4.7
Shizuoka	152.7	163.9	132.3	1,758	+5.3
Aichi	148.7	159.7	128.6	1,719	+4.5
Mie	150.1	161.3	131.2	1,717	+4.6
Shiga	144.4	155.0	125.8	1,679	+2.5
Kyoto	149.9	160.6	130.3	1,743	+4.2
Osaka	147.4	158.1	128.8	1,676	+4.7
Hyōgo	149.5	160.4	131.0	1,701	+4.5
Nara	151.3	162.4	131.5	1,685	+6.6
Wakayama	150.4	161.0	130.8	1,708	+3.9
Tottori	148.0	159.1	130.5	1,704	+4.0
Shimane	153.3	163.7	136.1	1,774	+5.0
Okayama	148.5	159.4	129.0	1,682	+4.2
Hiroshima	148.5	159.4	130.4	1,696	+3.6
Yamaguchi	146.9	157.8	130.5	1,691	+3.1
Tokushima	148.1	159.1	127.9	1,716	+3.7
Kagawa	146.5	157.4	127.0	1,638	+3.5
Ehime	148.1	158.9	129.4	1,721	+3.4
Kōchi	146.0	156.1	123.3	1,706	±0
Fukuoka	150.4	161.7	128.4	1,700	+3.3
Saga	151.3	162.1	130.3	1,743	+3.3
Nagasaki	155.2	165.4	138.5	1,751	+4.3
Kumamoto	148.9	159.7	128.3	1,697	+3.2
Ōita	151.7	162.6	130.7	1,717	+3.9
Miyazaki	147.0	157.6	128.7	1,722	+3.9
Kagoshima	155.7	165.7	136.5	1,801	+3.5
Okinawa	144.0	154.0	127.2	1,803	+1.9

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 149.2 yen/L nationwide. Highest: Kagoshima (155.7); lowest: Okinawa (144.0); gap 11.7 yen.