Consumption of Chicken

Amount of consumption of chicken based on the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication's household expenditure survey. The household expenditure survey was conducted by selecting 9,000 households in Japan, from which one-member households were excluded, and the amount of consumption per household with two or more members was examined. With respect to the amount of expenditure by prefecture, the amount of expenditure was extracted for only prefectural capitals, based on which the trend of consumption for each prefecture is calculated. Likewise, in this website, the data for each prefecture is based on the data for each prefectural capital. The data is calculated based on the average for 2006, 2007 and 2008, with units in gram.

The national average amount of consumption of chicken per household is 12,342 grams which, based on calculation, is 1 kilogram per month. The amount of consumption of chicken is greatest in Oita, with 18,233 grams. This is 1.5 times the national average. The Nakatsu-style is probably one reason why the amount of consumption of chicken is great in Oita.

From Wikipedia:
"YouMe Town Nakatsu
Except for Nakatsu, there are no Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants in the northern region of Oita (Usa, Bugotakada, Kunisaki, Kitsuki), with only 8 stores even in the entire Oita prefecture. The amount of consumption of fried chicken is great in this area, but due to the popular "Nakatsu-style" fried chicken that has been marinated in rich garlic seasoning, there is high competition between restaurants, and there is no room for KFC to compete against these restaurants in terms of price. In the past, there was a KFC restaurant in Nakatsu which was forced to close due to poor performance."
Kentucky Fried Chicken

Oita is followed by other prefectures in Kyushu: Fukuoka, Kumamoto and Saga. The distribution map clearly shows that the amount of consumption of chicken is great in Kyushu and small in eastern Japan.