1st Place: Sumire Sapporo Rich Miso

“Sumire” is a popular miso ramen shop in Hokkaido that has been pursuing the taste of its specialty since it was founded in 1964. Miso ramen in a cup where you can enjoy the rich flavor of violets. Be sure to check out the raw noodle type and the char siu topping! The fragrant aroma is reproduced with the oil extracted by heating miso and vegetables with lard to create a rich and full-bodied miso soup. Seasoned minced meat, seasoned bamboo shoots, green onions, and fried onions bring out the flavor of the soup. The smooth, chewy, curly noodles are perfectly entwined with the soup, making for an excellent eating experience.
Price: 300 Yen (Tax Included)

2nd Place: Mouko Tanmen Nakamoto Spicy Miso

A reproduction of the spicy miso tanmen from the famous spicy ramen restaurant Mouko Tanmen Nakamoto! They has increased the amount of flavored, chewy noodles to achieve the heaviest eating response. The secret to the spiciness and umami is the spicy oil, which contains the aroma of garlic, bringing it closer to the flavor of the addictive restaurant soup. It is truly a cup of “spiciness and umami”!
Price: 216 Yen (Tax Included)

3rd Place: Ichiran Tonkotsu

Ichiran, a natural tonkotsu ramen specialty restaurant, created “Ichiran Tonkotsu” by collecting the best of ramen-related techniques. You can enjoy ramen that is packed with Ichiran’s uniqueness anytime, anywhere, just by preparing hot water. Ichiran’s noodles, which are characterized by being straight and thin with a wheat flavor, use custom-made non-fried noodles, and the wheat mixture and water content are adjusted. By combining two types of soup, powder and liquid, it achieves a deep flavor and a smooth mouthfeel. In addition, they has newly developed a secret sauce just for this product.
Price: 490 Yen (Tax Included)

4th Place: Ippudo Akamaru Shinmi Hakata Tonkotsu

Tonkotsu ramen in a cup where you can enjoy the rich taste of the famous restaurant “Ippudo”. By using thin straight noodles with a mellow pork bone soup that contains spicy miso, which is the key to richness and sharpness, you can enjoy it lightly. With grilled pork, cloud ear fungus, and green onions.
Price: 300 Yen (Tax Included)

5th Place: Santoka Asahikawa Tonkotsu Shio Ramen

The famous Asahikawa ramen restaurant Santoka boasts a cloudy tonkotsu soup that you can drink to the very last drop. Reproduce the shio (salt) ramen. The rich and creamy tonkotsu (pork bone) soup with a strong seafood aroma and umami, and the crisp noodles that blend well with the soup make for a satisfying meal. Please enjoy the taste of a famous restaurant easily. Ingredients include char siu, bamboo shoots, dried sardines, wood ear mushrooms, pickled plums, and green onions.
Price: 300 Yen (Tax Included)

In the survey by ROI Co., Ltd., in addition to the results reported here, we received responses to a total of 25 questions such as the repeat rate of cup ramen collaborated with famous stores and the reason for purchasing. They are aggregated by age, gender, occupation, and married/unmarried.

Survey method: Internet survey
Survey target: General consumers
Respondents: 1.2 million users nationwide registered with “Fankuru”
Number of responses: 1,000 (Male:360/Female:640)
Survey period: August 15-18, 2022
Survey item: Awareness survey on cup noodles
Number of questions: 25

If you would like to receive the full results of this survey, please contact ROI Co., Ltd.
Location: 1-10-5 Iwamotocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo TMM Building 4F
TEL: 03-4400-6630

About Fankuru

Fankuru is one of the largest customer satisfaction improvement platforms in Japan, used by a total of 3,000 companies. By becoming monitors of 1.2 million members nationwide in stores and at home, collecting their experiences and voices, analyzing them in detail, and providing feedback to companies, we can build services that better reflect the voices of our customers.

Many companies and stores have seen a V-shaped recovery in sales even during the COVID-19 pandemic by using “Fankuru”. This is because they have succeeded in acquiring repeaters and creating fans by reflecting their unique experiences and voices in their services. “Fankuru” is currently used not only by restaurants, but also by a wide range of businesses such as beauty salons and food and beverage manufacturers.

Website: https://www.fancrew.jp

GDP is an estimate of the economic scale, industrial structure, and income level of a prefecture by comprehensively and systematically grasping the value added generated by economic activities in the prefecture from the three perspectives of production, distribution, and expenditure.

On this page, you will find two sets of data: GDP rankings by 47 prefectures and by seven regions. Please check which prefectures are rising and which are falling in the regional blocs but rising only in this prefecture.

Check which areas are growing in the GDP ranking by prefecture

In Local Guide Biz, we have introduced “47 Prefectures Ranking of Japanese and Foreign Visitors to Japan” and “Population, Growth Rate, and Gender Ratio Ranking by Prefecture” as part of its efforts to distribute various information on each prefecture. Now, by creating information on the GDP of each prefecture, we will further deepen the information on the economic scale and industrial structure of each prefecture and introduce it in Local Guide Biz for each region.

According to the statistical table (Prefectural Accounts) data released on August 10, 2021 for the period from 2006 to 2018, Aichi Prefecture ranked second after Tokyo with 38.51717 trillion yen in 2007, while Osaka Prefecture was 38.51646432 trillion yen. After that, Osaka Prefecture held the second place until 2017. Then in 2018, Aichi Prefecture reversed the trend for the first time in 10 years to take second place with 39,399.921 billion yen. Osaka was 38,983.106 billion yen. At that time, Aichi Prefecture’s growth rate was 1.9% while Osaka’s was 0.1%. Tokyo had an increase of 0.5%. 1.9% ranks 12th among the 47 prefectures.

The value of manufactured goods shipped in Aichi Prefecture stands out from other prefectures, with transportation machinery (passenger cars, etc.) accounting for 55.3% of the value of manufactured goods shipped, etc. (Outline of Aichi/Industrial Structure)

Saga Prefecture with the highest GDP growth rate in 2018 and Ehime Prefecture with the lowest GDP growth rate

Saga Prefecture is ranked 44th in the Prefectural Accounts (GDP statistics) ranking, but is number one with an increase of 6.3% over the previous year, with an increase of 2.2% in fiscal year 2017. After Saga, Toyama (4.2%) and Yamanashi (3.6%) were the next highest.

On the other hand, the most negative growth in FY2018 was Ehime Prefecture -1.9%. However, in 2017, the growth rate was 2.6%, and in 2016 (1.4%) and 2015 (1.1%), there was also positive growth.

Saga Prefecture’s total production (nominal) is 3,118.4 billion yen, with the manufacturing industry accounting for a large share (25.0%). Its total production value is 778.3 billion yen, with food and other industries accounting for 40% of the total. From the “Summary of Prefectural Accounts for Fiscal Year 2008.” Photo: Kyushu Saga International Airport

Ehime’s total production (nominal) was 4,988.2 billion yen, the first decline in six years. The manufacturing sector saw a 6.0% decrease from the previous year due to declines in pulp, paper, and processed paper products, petroleum and coal products, and transportation machinery, while the finance and insurance sector saw a 4.0% decrease. From the “Fiscal year 2008 Ehime Prefecture Residential Economic Accounts.”

This data is based on the prefectural data above, divided into seven regional blocks (Hokkaido/Tohoku, Kanto, Chubu, Kinki, Chugoku, Shikoku, and Kyushu/Okinawa), and ranked accordingly. The unit of value is 1 million yen. In the case of Kanto’s 214,603,983, please think of it as 214,603,983 million yen.

In the table below, click on each title or number of years in the black color scheme to change the order in which the regions are displayed. Please sort the table in order of highest to lowest numbers to compare the rankings and growth rates.

Japan’s Economy in 2018 – Economic Recovery Continues in Line with Longest Postwar Period

The above data shows that of the 47 prefectures’ national accounts (GDP statistics) for FY 2018, only 8 prefectures and 1 prefecture showed negative growth compared to the previous year, with an overall growth rate of +0.9%.

So how did the Japanese economy and global trends fare in 2018? 2018 saw the Japanese economy recover until it was tied for the longest postwar period, supported by three major drivers: a gradual recovery in the global economy, a growing appetite for capital investment on the basis of high profitability and technological innovation in the corporate sector, and an improving employment and income environment.

In the April-June period, the growth was higher, up 0.7% from the previous quarter, mainly due to an increase in consumer spending and capital investment.

2021 Population Ranking by Prefecture – Ranked Based on Population Estimates and Census Data

Comparing Domestic Travel Destinations of Foreign Visitors to Japan and Japanese Travelers in 2019

Beijing Volunteer: Sora

Hi, my name is Sora and I am a student attending high school abroad. I hope I can do something useful with the skills I’ve gained through living abroad. Thank you! Check out Sora’s profile page here.

“Population Ranking by Prefecture in 2021” is a ranking of the population, showing the rate of increase and decrease of population, and the gender ratio of each of the 47 prefectures based on the “Population Census Results” and “Population Estimates” from “Statistics of Japan 2021” which is the latest data as of August 2021 provided by the Statistics Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

Population size can affect economic growth (Cabinet Office: Current Situation and Issues Concerning Population, Economy, and Local Communities), and prefectures and municipalities are becoming more and more active in their efforts to promote immigration and settlement. Local Guide Biz would like to pick up and introduce such prefectures and municipalities that are doing their best. In order to do so, we have created this page in order to first find out the population ranking of each prefecture and the rate of increase/decrease in population.

Population Estimates for 2019

Population Data from 2010 and 2015 census

There were No Change in Top 10 Prefecture Population Ranking of 2010, 2015 and 2019

Needless to say, Tokyo (13,921,000) ranked first in terms of population in 2019 before the Corona Virus pandemic, followed by Kanagawa (9,198,000), Osaka (9,198,000), Aichi (7,552,000), Saitama (7,350,000), Chiba (6,259,000), Hyogo (5,466,000), Hokkaido (5,250,000), Fukuoka (5,104,000), and Shizuoka (3,644,000), with these rankings unchanged from 2010, 2015, and 2019. In the regional blocs, the Kanto region accounted for four prefectures, the Kansai region for two prefectures, the Chubu region for two prefectures, and one Tohoku and one Kyushu.

The 2019 percent change (year over year) shows that Tokyo had the largest population in Japan with 13,921,000 people, an increase of 7.1%. Okinawa ranks second with a 3.9% increase and 25th with a 2019 population of 1,453,000. Are there more immigrants to Okinawa or more births? 2019 Okinawa Prefecture Vital Statistics shows that Okinawa Prefecture ranks 1st in the nation in birth rate for 46 consecutive years since 1974. That’s amazing. Okinawa Prefecture is also the prefecture where Japanese spend the most on domestic travel.

Shiga Prefecture Continues to Grow in Population: +1.1% in 2019, 6th in Terms of Rate of Change

Shiga Prefectural Government Main Building
Shiga Prefecture has launched an emigration portal site as one of its measures to promote emigration and settlement.

Hikone Castle, Shiga Prefecture
Perhaps the power of Hikonyan is working, Shiga Prefecture is an environment that makes people want to live and continue to live there.

Population by Local Bloc and Rate of Change

This data is based on the prefectural data above, divided into seven regional blocks (Hokkaido/Tohoku, Kanto, Chubu, Kinki, Chugoku, Shikoku, and Kyushu/Okinawa) and displayed in a ranking format. The unit of population in the displayed data is in thousands, and in the case of 43464, please consider 43,464,000 people. Percentage change is the percentage of increase or decrease from the previous year. The regional blocs are Tohoku for Hokkaido and Kyushu for Okinawa.

In the table below, the order in which regions are displayed changes when you click on the respective title or number of years, which are colored in black. You can sort the table in order of highest to lowest numbers to compare the rankings and increase rates.

Akita, Tohoku, and Shikoku Continue to Show Large Population Declines

Miyagi Prefecture has the Highest Population Ranking in the Tohoku Region, Where the Population Decline has been Significant

Miyagi Prefectural Office Building
Miyagi Prefecture has launched an emigration portal site as one of its measures to promote emigration and settlement. The population growth rate naturally differs among municipalities, but Sendai City, among others, is experiencing population growth.

Jozenji Street Jazz Festival
Sendai, the largest city in Miyagi Prefecture, had a population of 1,045,986 at the 2010 census and an estimated population of 1,092,217 on August 1, 2018. The population continues to increase with a rate of change of +4.42.

GDP is an estimate of the economic scale, industrial structure, and income level of a prefecture by comprehensively and systematically grasping the value added generated by economic activities in the prefecture from the three perspectives of production, distribution, and expenditure. The report also shows the economic scale, industrial structure, and income level of each prefecture. Click here for more information.

The 47 Prefectures Ranking of Japanese and Foreign Visitors to Japan is a ranking of destinations traveled by domestic residents and destinations visited by foreign tourists in Japan, with the number of visitors for each prefecture. It has been launched in both national and regional areas. Click here for more information.

Beijing Volunteer: Sora

Hi, my name is Sora and I am a student attending high school abroad. I hope I can do something useful with the skills I’ve gained through living abroad. Thank you! Check out Sora’s profile page here.

GDP is an estimate of the economic scale, industrial structure, and income level of a prefecture by comprehensively and systematically grasping the value added generated by economic activities in the prefecture from the three perspectives of production, distribution, and expenditure. The report also shows the economic scale, industrial structure, and income level of each prefecture. Click here for more information.

“Population Ranking by Prefecture in 2021” is a ranking of the population, showing the rate of increase and decrease of population, and the gender ratio of each of the 47 prefectures based on the “Population Census Results” and “Population Estimates” from “Statistics of Japan 2021” which is the latest data as of August 2021 provided by the Statistics Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Click here for more information.