19 wholesale bok choy price series from 19 markets in Japan have a forecast. The median series points to little change over the coming weeks (+5.6% by the end of the forecast), against a typical 12-week error of 11%. Below: when bok choy is usually cheapest and dearest in 2 countries.
🇯🇵 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bok choy (chingensai) 🇯🇵 Fukuoka City Central Wholesale Market, Produce Market (Vegefru Stadium) | 348 JPY/kg | 260–507 | 264–538 | +6.5% | ±12% |
| Bok choy (chingensai) 🇯🇵 Hiroshima City Central Wholesale Market | 331 JPY/kg | 262–415 | 261–461 | +4.9% | ±5% |
| Bok choy (chingensai) 🇯🇵 Kanazawa City Central Wholesale Market | 348 JPY/kg | 257–449 | 256–447 | −3.1% | ±13% |
| Bok choy (chingensai) 🇯🇵 Kitakyushu City Central Wholesale Market | 399 JPY/kg | 242–662 | 258–708 | +5.5% | ±25% |
| Bok choy (chingensai) 🇯🇵 Kobe City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 337 JPY/kg | 301–437 | 304–452 | +9.6% | ±8% |
| Bok choy (chingensai) 🇯🇵 Kyoto City Central Wholesale Market | 317 JPY/kg | 279–466 | 228–435 | −0.6% | ±11% |
| Bok choy (chingensai) 🇯🇵 Nagoya City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 298 JPY/kg | 236–390 | 213–403 | −0.3% | ±13% |
| Bok choy (chingensai) 🇯🇵 Nagoya City Central Wholesale Market (Northern Market) | 317 JPY/kg | 265–413 | 261–430 | +6.0% | ±6% |
| Bok choy (chingensai) 🇯🇵 Okinawa Prefectural Central Wholesale Market | 611 JPY/kg | 443–880 | 271–816 | −25.3% | ±42% |
| Bok choy (chingensai) 🇯🇵 Osaka City Central Wholesale Market (Eastern Market) | 287 JPY/kg | 270–456 | 271–479 | +18.0% | ±7% |
| Bok choy (chingensai) 🇯🇵 Osaka City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 334 JPY/kg | 310–474 | 286–474 | +7.8% | ±6% |
| Bok choy (chingensai) 🇯🇵 Ota Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 286 JPY/kg | 246–409 | 247–471 | +13.2% | ±14% |
| Bok choy (chingensai) 🇯🇵 Sapporo City Central Wholesale Market | 428 JPY/kg | 418–604 | 403–645 | +20.4% | ±8% |
| Bok choy (chingensai) 🇯🇵 Sendai City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 331 JPY/kg | 248–430 | 266–461 | +5.6% | ±12% |
| Bok choy (chingensai) 🇯🇵 Takamatsu City Central Wholesale Market | 492 JPY/kg | 418–590 | 410–619 | +4.6% | ±9% |
| Bok choy (chingensai) 🇯🇵 Toshima Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 383 JPY/kg | 304–525 | 312–621 | +4.9% | ±11% |
| Bok choy (chingensai) 🇯🇵 Toyosu Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 398 JPY/kg | 338–507 | 323–571 | +5.2% | ±11% |
| Bok choy (chingensai) 🇯🇵 Yodobashi Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 369 JPY/kg | 303–471 | 298–574 | +12.5% | ±15% |
| Bok choy (chingensai) 🇯🇵 Yokohama City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 321 JPY/kg | 252–420 | 257–452 | +6.5% | ±14% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇯🇵 Japan19 series · 19 markets · 2024–2026 | +1 | −3 | −15 | −12 | −15 | −14 | −7 | +9 | +43 | +14 | +7 | +3 | March | September |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom1 series · 1 market · 2018–2026 | +5 | +9 | +3 | +2 | −1 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −3 | −2 | −3 | +1 | August | February |
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 bok choy price series with a forecast, 15 point higher and 4 lower or flat by the end of the forecast; the median series points to little change (+5.6%). The forecasts repeat what the season usually does and are recalculated daily (data of 13 Nov 2026).
In Japan, wholesale bok choy prices are usually lowest in March (−15.3% against the yearly average) and highest in September (+43.2%), based on 19 price series from 19 markets, 2024–2026. The calendar on this page shows 1 more country.
In tests on the last 52 weeks of each series, the typical 12-week error of the published bok choy forecasts was 11%. 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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