19 wholesale asparagus price series from 19 markets in Japan have a forecast. The median series points to a rise over the coming weeks (+21.5% by the end of the forecast), against a typical 12-week error of 18%. Below: when asparagus is usually cheapest and dearest in 1 country.
🇯🇵 Fukuoka City Central Wholesale Market, Produce Market (Vegefru Stadium), Japan
🇯🇵 Hiroshima City Central Wholesale Market, Japan
🇯🇵 Kanazawa City Central Wholesale Market, Japan
🇯🇵 Kitakyushu City Central Wholesale Market, Japan
Prices in each market’s currency and unit. Range: 80%. Typical error: median error at 12 weeks in the test on the series’ own history.
| Quote and market | Latest week | In 4 weeks | In 12 weeks | Change | Typical error |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asparagus 🇯🇵 Fukuoka City Central Wholesale Market, Produce Market (Vegefru Stadium) | 1,345 JPY/kg | 1,437–2,318 | 1,552–3,079 | +56.5% | ±14% |
| Asparagus 🇯🇵 Hiroshima City Central Wholesale Market | 1,486 JPY/kg | 1,391–2,270 | 1,407–2,529 | +22.7% | ±15% |
| Asparagus 🇯🇵 Kanazawa City Central Wholesale Market | 1,785 JPY/kg | 1,427–2,200 | 1,564–2,840 | +15.3% | ±18% |
| Asparagus 🇯🇵 Kitakyushu City Central Wholesale Market | 1,431 JPY/kg | 1,436–2,215 | 1,529–2,661 | +41.7% | ±14% |
| Asparagus 🇯🇵 Kobe City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 1,649 JPY/kg | 1,732–2,369 | 1,723–2,647 | +28.3% | ±11% |
| Asparagus 🇯🇵 Kyoto City Central Wholesale Market | 1,544 JPY/kg | 1,500–2,170 | 1,451–2,676 | +28.6% | ±21% |
| Asparagus 🇯🇵 Nagoya City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 1,641 JPY/kg | 1,529–2,214 | 1,446–2,436 | +12.2% | ±18% |
| Asparagus 🇯🇵 Nagoya City Central Wholesale Market (Northern Market) | 1,672 JPY/kg | 1,568–2,190 | 1,596–2,589 | +18.8% | ±18% |
| Asparagus 🇯🇵 Okinawa Prefectural Central Wholesale Market | 1,548 JPY/kg | 1,417–3,796 | 1,542–4,256 | +59.4% | ±13% |
| Asparagus 🇯🇵 Osaka City Central Wholesale Market (Eastern Market) | 2,002 JPY/kg | 1,668–3,072 | 1,700–3,620 | +20.2% | ±31% |
| Asparagus 🇯🇵 Osaka City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 1,541 JPY/kg | 1,504–2,133 | 1,601–2,509 | +25.5% | ±16% |
| Asparagus 🇯🇵 Ota Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 1,495 JPY/kg | 1,359–1,821 | 1,335–2,180 | +16.2% | ±20% |
| Asparagus 🇯🇵 Sapporo City Central Wholesale Market | 1,884 JPY/kg | 1,722–2,473 | 1,873–3,182 | +18.5% | ±17% |
| Asparagus 🇯🇵 Sendai City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 1,841 JPY/kg | 1,682–2,655 | 1,547–3,179 | +16.4% | ±27% |
| Asparagus 🇯🇵 Takamatsu City Central Wholesale Market | 1,373 JPY/kg | 1,592–2,329 | 1,528–2,578 | +33.7% | ±11% |
| Asparagus 🇯🇵 Toshima Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 1,694 JPY/kg | 1,477–2,129 | 1,512–2,682 | +18.1% | ±25% |
| Asparagus 🇯🇵 Toyosu Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 1,636 JPY/kg | 1,500–2,011 | 1,524–2,512 | +23.6% | ±19% |
| Asparagus 🇯🇵 Yodobashi Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 1,698 JPY/kg | 1,499–2,193 | 1,536–2,761 | +21.5% | ±24% |
| Asparagus 🇯🇵 Yokohama City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 1,525 JPY/kg | 1,274–1,844 | 1,359–2,532 | +15.2% | ±18% |
Usual wholesale price in each month against the yearly average, by country.
| Country | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Cheapest | Dearest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇯🇵 Japan31 series · 19 markets · 2024–2026 | +44 | −9 | −14 | +7 | +16 | −4 | −21 | −29 | −13 | −10 | −0 | +23 | August | January |
cheaper than the yearly average · dearer · figures in % · no quotes in that month (season or data gap). Monthly averages of each series against its yearly average, after removing the long-term trend such as inflation; median across series and markets of the country, years with at least 10 months of quotes.
The forecasts extend each series’ own seasonal pattern; they do not know about this year’s weather, harvests, policy or currency moves. Use the range, not only the central figure, and do not base trading, purchasing or credit decisions on them alone.
Of 19 asparagus price series with a forecast, 19 point higher and 0 lower or flat by the end of the forecast; the median series points to a rise (+21.5%). The forecasts repeat what the season usually does and are recalculated daily (data of 13 Nov 2026).
In Japan, wholesale asparagus prices are usually lowest in August (−28.5% against the yearly average) and highest in January (+44.1%), based on 31 price series from 19 markets, 2024–2026.
In tests on the last 52 weeks of each series, the typical 12-week error of the published asparagus forecasts was 18%. Each series passed the test only because its errors were smaller than those of a “no change” forecast. Results of the archived forecasts are on the accuracy page.
From the wholesale markets and price services listed on each series, as published, in their own currencies and units. Husfarm does not adjust them except to compute weekly and monthly averages.
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