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Fuel prices: survey of 27 Aug 2012

Regular gasoline146.5 yen/Lw/w +2.7

Premium gasoline157.4 yen/Lw/w +2.7

Diesel126.7 yen/Lw/w +2.2

Kerosene (store, 18 L)1,633 yen/18 Lw/w +20

vs. a year earlier (national)

Fuel	29 Aug 2011	27 Aug 2012	Change
Regular gasoline	148.3	146.5	-1.8
Premium gasoline	159.1	157.4	-1.7
Diesel	127.8	126.7	-1.1
Kerosene (store, 18 L)	1,651	1,633	-18
Kerosene (delivered, 18 L)	1,763	1,752	-11

Highest regular gasoline, top 10

Nagasaki152.2

Kagoshima150.5

Ōita150.1

Tokyo150.0

Shizuoka149.6

Nagano149.5

Shimane149.1

Gifu149.0

Saga148.5

Wakayama148.3

Lowest regular gasoline, top 10

Okinawa139.9

Kōchi141.8

Akita143.2

Kagawa143.7

Chiba143.9

Osaka144.0

Saitama144.1

Miyazaki144.6

Ehime144.7

Ibaraki144.9

All 47 prefectures

Prefecture	Regular gasoline	Premium gasoline	Diesel	Kerosene (store, 18 L)	w/w
Hokkaido	146.8	157.4	130.8	1,562	+4.4
Aomori	146.1	156.9	126.3	1,552	+2.7
Iwate	146.2	157.2	125.7	1,562	+2.4
Miyagi	145.6	155.7	124.7	1,549	+3.3
Akita	143.2	154.1	125.6	1,563	+3.4
Yamagata	146.9	158.0	128.6	1,558	+3.5
Fukushima	145.5	156.6	125.3	1,616	+1.5
Ibaraki	144.9	155.9	122.9	1,560	+3.3
Tochigi	146.6	157.5	126.4	1,639	+2.0
Gunma	146.3	157.5	125.4	1,623	+2.0
Saitama	144.1	155.0	123.5	1,607	+2.5
Chiba	143.9	154.5	121.6	1,628	+3.2
Tokyo	150.0	161.2	129.8	1,762	+2.6
Kanagawa	147.5	158.4	127.4	1,655	+3.2
Niigata	147.1	158.1	127.1	1,655	+1.8
Toyama	146.9	158.0	128.0	1,638	+1.8
Ishikawa	145.6	156.7	125.6	1,571	+2.4
Fukui	147.9	159.6	131.9	1,673	+4.5
Yamanashi	146.6	157.5	125.2	1,606	+2.7
Nagano	149.5	160.8	129.7	1,578	+1.3
Gifu	149.0	160.2	128.5	1,631	+3.5
Shizuoka	149.6	160.7	128.8	1,698	+2.5
Aichi	146.3	157.2	126.4	1,663	+2.8
Mie	147.2	158.4	128.2	1,658	+2.5
Shiga	145.5	155.9	122.0	1,636	+2.7
Kyoto	146.9	157.6	126.9	1,697	+2.6
Osaka	144.0	154.7	125.1	1,647	+3.1
Hyōgo	145.0	155.8	126.7	1,625	+2.9
Nara	148.2	159.4	127.7	1,647	+2.0
Wakayama	148.3	159.1	126.2	1,652	+2.8
Tottori	145.6	156.6	127.4	1,642	+2.5
Shimane	149.1	159.4	131.9	1,708	+2.8
Okayama	145.5	156.3	125.7	1,598	+3.1
Hiroshima	146.4	157.2	127.4	1,667	+3.7
Yamaguchi	146.3	157.2	127.6	1,670	+2.7
Tokushima	145.3	156.4	123.9	1,652	+3.0
Kagawa	143.7	154.6	123.8	1,572	+3.0
Ehime	144.7	155.7	125.3	1,623	+3.6
Kōchi	141.8	152.0	118.7	1,662	-0.2
Fukuoka	146.9	157.8	124.4	1,594	+2.7
Saga	148.5	159.5	127.8	1,686	+3.2
Nagasaki	152.2	162.8	135.6	1,703	+2.1
Kumamoto	147.1	157.7	123.8	1,617	+3.0
Ōita	150.1	160.5	129.2	1,664	+2.1
Miyazaki	144.6	155.2	126.1	1,649	+3.1
Kagoshima	150.5	160.9	132.6	1,724	+1.8
Okinawa	139.9	149.6	121.1	1,654	+0.5

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 146.5 yen/L nationwide. Highest: Nagasaki (152.2); lowest: Okinawa (139.9); gap 12.3 yen.