Toy car price in Japan
Average retail price
- Cheapest surveyed city
- ¥441 Fukushima
- Priciest surveyed city
- ¥594 Oita
See all 47 cities, cheapest first
| # | City | Price (JPY) · per unit |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fukushima | ¥441 |
| 2 | Otsu | ¥443 |
| 3 | Kobe | ¥443 |
| 4 | Kofu | ¥445 |
| 5 | Wakayama | ¥457 |
| 6 | Okayama | ¥458 |
| 7 | Hiroshima | ¥458 |
| 8 | Aomori | ¥465 |
| 9 | Morioka | ¥469 |
| 10 | Sendai | ¥469 |
| 11 | Akita | ¥469 |
| 12 | Kumamoto | ¥470 |
| 13 | Niigata | ¥472 |
| 14 | Tsu | ¥474 |
| 15 | Tokyo (23 wards) | ¥475 |
| 16 | Nagano | ¥475 |
| 17 | Saga | ¥476 |
| 18 | Kyoto | ¥481 |
| 19 | Matsue | ¥481 |
| 20 | Kagoshima | ¥483 |
| 21 | Osaka | ¥485 |
| 22 | Gifu | ¥486 |
| 23 | Kanazawa | ¥488 |
| 24 | Sapporo | ¥492 |
| 25 | Yamagata | ¥492 |
| 26 | Nagoya | ¥492 |
| 27 | Chiba | ¥494 |
| 28 | Naha | ¥494 |
| 29 | Mito | ¥496 |
| 30 | Yokohama | ¥496 |
| 31 | Tottori | ¥496 |
| 32 | Miyazaki | ¥496 |
| 33 | Nara | ¥499 |
| 34 | Utsunomiya | ¥516 |
| 35 | Fukui | ¥532 |
| 36 | Maebashi | ¥537 |
| 37 | Yamaguchi | ¥538 |
| 38 | Saitama | ¥543 |
| 39 | Shizuoka | ¥543 |
| 40 | Tokushima | ¥543 |
| 41 | Matsuyama | ¥543 |
| 42 | Takamatsu | ¥544 |
| 43 | Toyama | ¥546 |
| 44 | Kochi | ¥547 |
| 45 | Fukuoka | ¥547 |
| 46 | Nagasaki | ¥594 |
| 47 | Oita | ¥594 |
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
Toy car costs ¥497 per unit in Japan as of September 2026 — the unweighted average of 47 surveyed cities, down 0.2% from a year earlier. Measured as an index, the official CPI for toy car reads 120.8 (2020 = 100) in September 2026, flat year on year and up 22.3% over five years.
Toy car sits in the culture & recreation group of Japan's CPI basket, with 669 monthly observations from January 1971 to September 2026. The series peaked at 121.1 in November 2025 and bottomed at 38.3 in March 1971; the latest reading is -0.2% against that peak. Against ten years ago it is +21.0%.
Annual average index by year
| Year | Index | YoY % | Months |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 103.7 | +3.1% | 12 |
| 2016 | 101.9 | -1.7% | 12 |
| 2017 | 100.5 | -1.4% | 12 |
| 2018 | 99.4 | -1.1% | 12 |
| 2019 | 99.4 | 0.0% | 12 |
| 2020 | 100.0 | +0.6% | 12 |
| 2021 | 98.5 | -1.5% | 12 |
| 2022 | 99.9 | +1.4% | 12 |
| 2023 | 108.3 | +8.4% | 12 |
| 2024 | 108.5 | +0.2% | 12 |
| 2025 | 117.4 | +8.2% | 12 |
| 2026 | 120.5 | +2.6% | 9 |
Average of the monthly index values in each year (2020 = 100). Blank months are excluded.
Average retail price by month
| 2026-09 | ¥497 |
|---|---|
| 2026-08 | ¥486 |
| 2026-07 | ¥497 |
| 2026-06 | ¥497 |
| 2026-05 | ¥497 |
| 2026-04 | ¥497 |
| 2026-03 | ¥497 |
| 2026-02 | ¥498 |
| 2026-01 | ¥498 |
| 2025-12 | ¥498 |
| 2025-11 | ¥499 |
| 2025-10 | ¥499 |
| 2025-09 | ¥499 |
Frequently asked questions
- How much does toy car cost in Japan?
- ¥497 per unit, as of September 2026 — the unweighted average of 47 surveyed cities in the government's retail price survey.
- Which Japanese city has the cheapest toy car?
- Among the surveyed cities in September 2026, Fukushima was cheapest at ¥441 and Oita the most expensive at ¥594.
- How much have toy car prices changed in Japan over the past year?
- As of September 2026, 0.0% year on year, measured by Japan's official consumer price index (2020 = 100).
- How much have toy car prices changed in Japan over the past five years?
- +22.3% compared with the same month five years earlier. The index now reads 120.8.
- When were toy car prices in Japan at their highest?
- The series peaked at 121.1 in November 2025. The latest reading is -0.2% 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).