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Number of prefectures in Japan, out of a total of 47, in which wine is produced, according to the 2019 Asian Wine Review. The first domestic Japanese winery began in the Yamanashi prefecture in the 1870s. With 81 wineries out of the country’s total of 283, Yamanashi prefecture has the highest concentration of wineries in Japan.

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