Salad chicken price in Japan
Average retail price
- Cheapest surveyed city
- ¥218 Fukushima
- Priciest surveyed city
- ¥341 Miyazaki
See all 47 cities, cheapest first
| # | City | Price (JPY) · per 100 g |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fukushima | ¥218 |
| 2 | Hiroshima | ¥225 |
| 3 | Naha | ¥232 |
| 4 | Saitama | ¥233 |
| 5 | Morioka | ¥238 |
| 6 | Kochi | ¥244 |
| 7 | Sapporo | ¥250 |
| 8 | Matsue | ¥250 |
| 9 | Mito | ¥251 |
| 10 | Shizuoka | ¥253 |
| 11 | Tottori | ¥255 |
| 12 | Gifu | ¥256 |
| 13 | Toyama | ¥258 |
| 14 | Utsunomiya | ¥264 |
| 15 | Nagoya | ¥264 |
| 16 | Tsu | ¥264 |
| 17 | Tokyo (23 wards) | ¥267 |
| 18 | Aomori | ¥267 |
| 19 | Kyoto | ¥267 |
| 20 | Yamagata | ¥268 |
| 21 | Okayama | ¥268 |
| 22 | Kanazawa | ¥270 |
| 23 | Otsu | ¥271 |
| 24 | Fukui | ¥272 |
| 25 | Osaka | ¥274 |
| 26 | Niigata | ¥275 |
| 27 | Kobe | ¥275 |
| 28 | Kagoshima | ¥275 |
| 29 | Matsuyama | ¥276 |
| 30 | Sendai | ¥277 |
| 31 | Fukuoka | ¥277 |
| 32 | Chiba | ¥281 |
| 33 | Maebashi | ¥282 |
| 34 | Nara | ¥282 |
| 35 | Yamaguchi | ¥282 |
| 36 | Wakayama | ¥283 |
| 37 | Tokushima | ¥284 |
| 38 | Takamatsu | ¥286 |
| 39 | Kofu | ¥290 |
| 40 | Nagano | ¥294 |
| 41 | Nagasaki | ¥300 |
| 42 | Kumamoto | ¥301 |
| 43 | Yokohama | ¥304 |
| 44 | Akita | ¥322 |
| 45 | Saga | ¥325 |
| 46 | Oita | ¥336 |
| 47 | Miyazaki | ¥341 |
Retail price survey conducted by the Statistics Bureau of Japan. This is a survey average, not a shop price — actual prices vary by store. 総務省統計局 小売物価統計調査 · Surveyed items and specifications
Key facts
Salad chicken costs ¥273 per 100 g in Japan as of September 2026 — the unweighted average of 47 surveyed cities, up 4.8% from a year earlier. Measured as an index, the official CPI for salad chicken reads 121.3 (2020 = 100) in September 2026, up 5.8% year on year and up 20.7% over five years.
Salad chicken sits in the food group of Japan's CPI basket, with 81 monthly observations from January 2020 to September 2026. The series peaked at 121.3 in September 2026 and bottomed at 99.1 in July 2020; the latest reading is at its highest recorded level.
Annual average index by year
| Year | Index | YoY % | Months |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 100.0 | — | 12 |
| 2021 | 99.9 | -0.1% | 12 |
| 2022 | 103.0 | +3.1% | 12 |
| 2023 | 108.5 | +5.3% | 12 |
| 2024 | 112.6 | +3.8% | 12 |
| 2025 | 115.3 | +2.4% | 12 |
| 2026 | 119.0 | +3.2% | 9 |
Average of the monthly index values in each year (2020 = 100). Blank months are excluded.
Average retail price by month
| 2026-09 | ¥273 |
|---|---|
| 2026-08 | ¥270 |
| 2026-07 | ¥265 |
| 2026-06 | ¥269 |
| 2026-05 | ¥261 |
| 2026-04 | ¥265 |
| 2026-03 | ¥264 |
| 2026-02 | ¥265 |
| 2026-01 | ¥262 |
| 2025-12 | ¥264 |
| 2025-11 | ¥265 |
| 2025-10 | ¥264 |
| 2025-09 | ¥260 |
Frequently asked questions
- How much does salad chicken cost in Japan?
- ¥273 per 100 g, as of September 2026 — the unweighted average of 47 surveyed cities in the government's retail price survey.
- Which Japanese city has the cheapest salad chicken?
- Among the surveyed cities in September 2026, Fukushima was cheapest at ¥218 and Miyazaki the most expensive at ¥341.
- How much have salad chicken prices changed in Japan over the past year?
- As of September 2026, +5.8% year on year, measured by Japan's official consumer price index (2020 = 100).
- How much have salad chicken prices changed in Japan over the past five years?
- +20.7% compared with the same month five years earlier. The index now reads 121.3.
- When were salad chicken prices in Japan at their highest?
- Right now. The latest month, September 2026, is the highest reading in the series at 121.3 — a record high since the series began.
- What is the difference between the index and the yen price?
- This page carries two kinds of number. The index (2020 = 100) measures percentage change over time and is not a yen amount; the yen figure is an actual average retail price from the government's retail price survey. Source: 総務省統計局 消費者物価指数 (e-Stat table 0003427113, nationwide, monthly).