17 wholesale taro price series from 17 markets in Japan have a forecast. The median series points to little change over the coming weeks (+2.0% by the end of the forecast), against a typical 12-week error of 15%. Below: when taro 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taro (satoimo) 🇯🇵 Fukuoka City Central Wholesale Market, Produce Market (Vegefru Stadium) | 402 JPY/kg | 317–494 | 293–598 | +7.9% | ±27% |
| Taro (satoimo) 🇯🇵 Hiroshima City Central Wholesale Market | 391 JPY/kg | 274–469 | 301–662 | +4.6% | ±26% |
| Taro (satoimo) 🇯🇵 Kanazawa City Central Wholesale Market | 394 JPY/kg | 273–510 | 257–512 | −10.0% | ±17% |
| Taro (satoimo) 🇯🇵 Kitakyushu City Central Wholesale Market | 479 JPY/kg | 383–791 | 278–826 | +0.9% | ±33% |
| Taro (satoimo) 🇯🇵 Kobe City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 373 JPY/kg | 306–418 | 297–483 | +0.1% | ±16% |
| Taro (satoimo) 🇯🇵 Kyoto City Central Wholesale Market | 468 JPY/kg | 358–579 | 327–707 | −0.8% | ±20% |
| Taro (satoimo) 🇯🇵 Nagoya City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 427 JPY/kg | 381–509 | 348–589 | +4.6% | ±13% |
| Taro (satoimo) 🇯🇵 Nagoya City Central Wholesale Market (Northern Market) | 385 JPY/kg | 328–443 | 329–533 | +5.7% | ±13% |
| Taro (satoimo) 🇯🇵 Osaka City Central Wholesale Market (Eastern Market) | 410 JPY/kg | 315–456 | 345–533 | +2.0% | ±9% |
| Taro (satoimo) 🇯🇵 Osaka City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 411 JPY/kg | 340–481 | 295–579 | +1.5% | ±15% |
| Taro (satoimo) 🇯🇵 Ota Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 341 JPY/kg | 276–370 | 281–464 | +7.8% | ±11% |
| Taro (satoimo) 🇯🇵 Sapporo City Central Wholesale Market | 372 JPY/kg | 253–540 | 256–602 | +2.3% | ±21% |
| Taro (satoimo) 🇯🇵 Sendai City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 424 JPY/kg | 314–465 | 300–524 | −13.3% | ±14% |
| Taro (satoimo) 🇯🇵 Takamatsu City Central Wholesale Market | 409 JPY/kg | 302–503 | 296–543 | −4.2% | ±15% |
| Taro (satoimo) 🇯🇵 Toyosu Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 402 JPY/kg | 328–464 | 317–525 | −0.3% | ±10% |
| Taro (satoimo) 🇯🇵 Yodobashi Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 402 JPY/kg | 348–440 | 358–564 | +11.7% | ±13% |
| Taro (satoimo) 🇯🇵 Yokohama City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 320 JPY/kg | 259–369 | 273–442 | +8.8% | ±13% |
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 | −9 | −12 | −11 | −12 | +11 | +33 | +10 | +11 | −1 | −8 | −14 | −2 | November | June |
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 17 taro price series with a forecast, 12 point higher and 5 lower or flat by the end of the forecast; the median series points to little change (+2.0%). The forecasts repeat what the season usually does and are recalculated daily (data of 13 Nov 2026).
In Japan, wholesale taro prices are usually lowest in November (−14.2% against the yearly average) and highest in June (+33.2%), 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 taro forecasts was 15%. 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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