There are 47 prefectures in Japan.
Hokkaido, the northern island is the biggest prefecture and has the largest agricultural area.
The percentage of arable land in Ibaraki and Chiba is over 20%. These prefectures locate in the Kanto Plain.
(Unit: 1,000ha)
| in 2019 | Prefecture | Prefectural capital | Area(a) | Arable land(b) | (b)/(a) |
| Total | 37,797.5 | 4,397.0 | 11.6% | ||
| Hokkaido | Hokkaido | Sapporo | 8,342.4 | 1,144.0 | 13.7% |
| Tohoku | Aomori | Aomori | 964.6 | 150.5 | 15.6% |
| Iwate | Morioka | 1,527.5 | 149.8 | 9.8% | |
| Miyagi | Sendai | 728.2 | 126.3 | 17.3% | |
| Akita | Akita | 1,163.8 | 147.1 | 12.6% | |
| Yamagata | Yamagata | 932.3 | 117.3 | 12.6% | |
| Fukushima | Fukushima | 1,378.4 | 139.6 | 10.1% | |
| Kanto | Ibaraki | Mito | 609.7 | 164.6 | 27.0% |
| Tochigi | Utsunomiya | 640.8 | 122.6 | 19.1% | |
| Gunma | Maebashi | 636.2 | 67.6 | 10.6% | |
| Saitama | Saitama | 379.8 | 74.5 | 19.6% | |
| Chiba | Chiba | 515.8 | 124.6 | 24.2% | |
| Tokyo | Tokyo | 219.4 | 6.7 | 3.1% | |
| Kanagawa | Yokohama | 241.6 | 18.8 | 7.8% | |
| Chubu | Niigata | Niigata | 1,258.4 | 169.6 | 13.5% |
| Toyama | Toyama | 424.8 | 58.3 | 13.7% | |
| Ishikawa | Kanazawa | 418.6 | 41.0 | 9.8% | |
| Fukui | Fukui | 419.1 | 40.1 | 9.6% | |
| Yamanashi | Kofu | 446.5 | 23.5 | 5.3% | |
| Nagano | Nagano | 1,356.2 | 106.1 | 7.8% | |
| Gifu | Gifu | 1,062.1 | 55.7 | 5.2% | |
| Shizuoka | Shizuoka | 777.7 | 64.1 | 8.2% | |
| Aichi | Nagoya | 517.3 | 74.2 | 14.3% | |
| Kansai | Mie | Tsu | 577.4 | 58.4 | 10.1% |
| Shiga | Otsu | 401.7 | 51.5 | 12.8% | |
| Kyoto | Kyoto | 461.2 | 29.9 | 6.5% | |
| Osaka | Osaka | 190.5 | 12.7 | 6.7% | |
| Hyogo | Kobe | 840.1 | 73.4 | 8.7% | |
| Nara | Nara | 369.1 | 20.2 | 5.5% | |
| Wakayama | Wakayama | 472.5 | 32.2 | 6.8% | |
| Chugoku | Tottori | Tottori | 350.7 | 34.3 | 9.8% |
| Shimane | Matsue | 670.8 | 36.6 | 5.5% | |
| Okayama | Okayama | 711.4 | 64.5 | 9.1% | |
| Hiroshima | Hiroshima | 848.0 | 54.1 | 6.4% | |
| Yamaguchi | Yamaguchi | 611.3 | 46.4 | 7.6% | |
| Shikoku | Tokushima | Tokushima | 414.7 | 28.8 | 6.9% |
| Kagawa | Takamatsu | 187.7 | 29.9 | 15.9% | |
| Ehime | Matsuyama | 567.6 | 48.0 | 8.5% | |
| Kochi | Kochi | 710.4 | 27.0 | 3.8% | |
| Kyusyu | Fukuoka | Fukuoka | 498.7 | 80.3 | 16.1% |
| Saga | Saga | 244.1 | 51.1 | 20.9% | |
| Nagasaki | Nagasaki | 413.1 | 46.3 | 11.2% | |
| Kumamoto | Kumamoto | 740.9 | 110.7 | 14.9% | |
| Oita | Oita | 634.1 | 55.1 | 8.7% | |
| Miyazaki | Miyazaki | 773.5 | 66.0 | 8.5% | |
| Kagoshima | Kagoshima | 918.7 | 116.0 | 12.6% | |
| Okinawa | Okinawa | Naha | 228.1 | 37.5 | 16.4% |
Source https://www.gsi.go.jp/KOKUJYOHO/MENCHO-title.htm
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