11 wholesale burdock price series from 11 markets in Japan have a forecast. The median series points to a rise over the coming weeks (+20.2% by the end of the forecast), against a typical 12-week error of 18%. Below: when burdock is usually cheapest and dearest in 1 country.
🇯🇵 Hiroshima City Central Wholesale Market, Japan
🇯🇵 Kitakyushu City Central Wholesale Market, Japan
🇯🇵 Kyoto City Central Wholesale Market, Japan
🇯🇵 Nagoya City Central Wholesale Market (Main 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burdock root (gobo) 🇯🇵 Hiroshima City Central Wholesale Market | 234 JPY/kg | 149–373 | 176–517 | +35.3% | ±25% |
| Burdock root (gobo) 🇯🇵 Kitakyushu City Central Wholesale Market | 427 JPY/kg | 330–593 | 331–665 | +11.5% | ±13% |
| Burdock root (gobo) 🇯🇵 Kyoto City Central Wholesale Market | 328 JPY/kg | 273–448 | 272–505 | +16.1% | ±16% |
| Burdock root (gobo) 🇯🇵 Nagoya City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 283 JPY/kg | 201–372 | 260–502 | +31.5% | ±16% |
| Burdock root (gobo) 🇯🇵 Nagoya City Central Wholesale Market (Northern Market) | 292 JPY/kg | 227–368 | 283–521 | +33.8% | ±14% |
| Burdock root (gobo) 🇯🇵 Osaka City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 301 JPY/kg | 255–355 | 251–393 | +10.0% | ±13% |
| Burdock root (gobo) 🇯🇵 Ota Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 429 JPY/kg | 295–521 | 376–711 | +24.8% | ±19% |
| Burdock root (gobo) 🇯🇵 Sapporo City Central Wholesale Market | 180 JPY/kg | 145–238 | 134–244 | +6.2% | ±20% |
| Burdock root (gobo) 🇯🇵 Takamatsu City Central Wholesale Market | 285 JPY/kg | 255–358 | 279–426 | +25.3% | ±18% |
| Burdock root (gobo) 🇯🇵 Toyosu Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 538 JPY/kg | 306–600 | 363–916 | +5.6% | ±26% |
| Burdock root (gobo) 🇯🇵 Yodobashi Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 275 JPY/kg | 174–374 | 225–490 | +20.2% | ±24% |
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 | +4 | −3 | +7 | +7 | +8 | +7 | −1 | +1 | −6 | −10 | −21 | +3 | November | May |
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 11 burdock price series with a forecast, 11 point higher and 0 lower or flat by the end of the forecast; the median series points to a rise (+20.2%). The forecasts repeat what the season usually does and are recalculated daily (data of 13 Nov 2026).
In Japan, wholesale burdock prices are usually lowest in November (−21.4% against the yearly average) and highest in May (+7.7%), based on 19 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 burdock 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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