According to monthly surveys conducted during the fiscal year 2022 in Japan, the average price paid per meal when dining out for dinner at restaurants amounted to approximately 2.7 thousand Japanese yen. This was the highest value during the surveyed period.
Average expenditure per meal when dining out for dinner at restaurants in metropolitan areas in Japan from fiscal year 2016 to 2022
(in 1,000 Japanese yen)
fiscal year 2016 to 2022; the fiscal year starts on April 1 of the stated year and ends on March 31 of the following year
Number of respondents
9,178**
Age group
20-69 years
Special properties
survey respondents were residents of metropolitan areas*
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
*Respondents were residents of one of the following metropolitan areas:
Capital area, including parts of Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture, and Ibaraki Prefecture; within a 90-minute train ride to the central area.
Kansai area: Osaka, and parts of Hyogo Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, Nara Prefecture, and Shiga Prefecture; within an 80-minute train ride to the central area.
Tokai area: parts of Aichi Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture, and Mie Prefecture; within a 60-minute train ride to the central area.
Annual average respondents during the year based on monthly surveys. Weighted figures.
Number of respondents during previous years: 2021: 9,762 2020: 10,000 2019: 9,993 2018: 10,072 2017: 10.087 2016: 10,215
100 Japanese yen equal 0.66 U.S. dollars or 0.63 euros as of November 2023. Values have been rounded.
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Hot Pepper. (September 27, 2023). Average expenditure per meal when dining out for dinner at restaurants in metropolitan areas in Japan from fiscal year 2016 to 2022 (in 1,000 Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1421646/japan-average-expenses-per-dinner-restaurants-in-central-areas/
Hot Pepper. "Average expenditure per meal when dining out for dinner at restaurants in metropolitan areas in Japan from fiscal year 2016 to 2022 (in 1,000 Japanese yen)." Chart. September 27, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1421646/japan-average-expenses-per-dinner-restaurants-in-central-areas/
Hot Pepper. (2023). Average expenditure per meal when dining out for dinner at restaurants in metropolitan areas in Japan from fiscal year 2016 to 2022 (in 1,000 Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1421646/japan-average-expenses-per-dinner-restaurants-in-central-areas/
Hot Pepper. "Average Expenditure per Meal When Dining out for Dinner at Restaurants in Metropolitan Areas in Japan from Fiscal Year 2016 to 2022 (in 1,000 Japanese Yen)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Sep 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1421646/japan-average-expenses-per-dinner-restaurants-in-central-areas/
Hot Pepper, Average expenditure per meal when dining out for dinner at restaurants in metropolitan areas in Japan from fiscal year 2016 to 2022 (in 1,000 Japanese yen) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1421646/japan-average-expenses-per-dinner-restaurants-in-central-areas/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Average expenditure per meal when dining out for dinner at restaurants in metropolitan areas in Japan from fiscal year 2016 to 2022 (in 1,000 Japanese yen) [Graph], Hot Pepper, September 27, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1421646/japan-average-expenses-per-dinner-restaurants-in-central-areas/
