Beer-style alcohol drink price in Japan
Average retail price
- Cheapest surveyed city
- ¥837 Urayasu
- Priciest surveyed city
- ¥1,040 Tokushima
See all 52 cities, cheapest first
| # | City | Price (JPY) · per pack |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nagoya | ¥843 |
| 2 | Hamamatsu | ¥848 |
| 3 | Kagoshima | ¥849 |
| 4 | Gifu | ¥855 |
| 5 | Matsuyama | ¥855 |
| 6 | Kawasaki | ¥855 |
| 7 | Maebashi | ¥859 |
| 8 | Sagamihara | ¥859 |
| 9 | Sakai | ¥859 |
| 10 | Mito | ¥863 |
| 11 | Hiroshima | ¥864 |
| 12 | Sendai | ¥866 |
| 13 | Fukushima | ¥866 |
| 14 | Sapporo | ¥867 |
| 15 | Takamatsu | ¥867 |
| 16 | Saitama | ¥869 |
| 17 | Otsu | ¥870 |
| 18 | Wakayama | ¥871 |
| 19 | Kyoto | ¥876 |
| 20 | Utsunomiya | ¥881 |
| 21 | Yamagata | ¥884 |
| 22 | Kanazawa | ¥885 |
| 23 | Matsue | ¥885 |
| 24 | Fukui | ¥888 |
| 25 | Nagasaki | ¥889 |
| 26 | Kumamoto | ¥889 |
| 27 | Tokyo (23 wards) | ¥892 |
| 28 | Yokohama | ¥892 |
| 29 | Kitakyushu | ¥892 |
| 30 | Chiba | ¥894 |
| 31 | Nara | ¥896 |
| 32 | Kobe | ¥899 |
| 33 | Kochi | ¥899 |
| 34 | Saga | ¥899 |
| 35 | Oita | ¥900 |
| 36 | Morioka | ¥903 |
| 37 | Tottori | ¥907 |
| 38 | Fukuoka | ¥911 |
| 39 | Akita | ¥913 |
| 40 | Shizuoka | ¥917 |
| 41 | Tsu | ¥917 |
| 42 | Aomori | ¥919 |
| 43 | Osaka | ¥919 |
| 44 | Niigata | ¥921 |
| 45 | Nagano | ¥923 |
| 46 | Naha | ¥925 |
| 47 | Kofu | ¥926 |
| 48 | Toyama | ¥944 |
| 49 | Miyazaki | ¥944 |
| 50 | Yamaguchi | ¥950 |
| 51 | Okayama | ¥973 |
| 52 | Tokushima | ¥1,040 |
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
Beer-style alcohol drink costs ¥890 per pack in Japan as of September 2026 — the unweighted average of 81 surveyed cities, down 4.0% from a year earlier. Measured as an index, the official CPI for beer-style alcohol drink reads 128.8 (2020 = 100) in September 2026, down 4.0% year on year and up 20.5% over five years.
Beer-style alcohol drink sits in the food group of Japan's CPI basket, with 225 monthly observations from January 2008 to September 2026. The series peaked at 136.2 in May 2025 and bottomed at 90.6 in August 2016; the latest reading is -5.4% against that peak. Against ten years ago it is +41.2%.
Annual average index by year
| Year | Index | YoY % | Months |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 92.1 | -0.4% | 12 |
| 2016 | 91.3 | -0.9% | 12 |
| 2017 | 96.3 | +5.5% | 12 |
| 2018 | 97.5 | +1.2% | 12 |
| 2019 | 96.8 | -0.7% | 12 |
| 2020 | 100.0 | +3.3% | 12 |
| 2021 | 107.4 | +7.4% | 12 |
| 2022 | 109.9 | +2.3% | 12 |
| 2023 | 119.3 | +8.6% | 12 |
| 2024 | 126.7 | +6.2% | 12 |
| 2025 | 132.2 | +4.3% | 12 |
| 2026 | 132.2 | 0.0% | 9 |
Average of the monthly index values in each year (2020 = 100). Blank months are excluded.
Average retail price by month
| 2026-09 | ¥890 |
|---|---|
| 2026-08 | ¥906 |
| 2026-07 | ¥912 |
| 2026-06 | ¥909 |
| 2026-05 | ¥921 |
| 2026-04 | ¥918 |
| 2026-03 | ¥923 |
| 2026-02 | ¥924 |
| 2026-01 | ¥924 |
| 2025-12 | ¥916 |
| 2025-11 | ¥927 |
| 2025-10 | ¥922 |
| 2025-09 | ¥927 |
Frequently asked questions
- How much does beer-style alcohol drink cost in Japan?
- ¥890 per pack, as of September 2026 — the unweighted average of 81 surveyed cities in the government's retail price survey.
- Which Japanese city has the cheapest beer-style alcohol drink?
- Among the surveyed cities in September 2026, Urayasu was cheapest at ¥837 and Tokushima the most expensive at ¥1,040.
- How much have beer-style alcohol drink prices changed in Japan over the past year?
- As of September 2026, -4.0% year on year, measured by Japan's official consumer price index (2020 = 100).
- How much have beer-style alcohol drink prices changed in Japan over the past five years?
- +20.5% compared with the same month five years earlier. The index now reads 128.8.
- When were beer-style alcohol drink prices in Japan at their highest?
- The series peaked at 136.2 in May 2025. The latest reading is -5.4% against that peak.
- 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).