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Japan in December: where foreign visitors are fewer than usual

Each prefecture's foreign guest nights per day in December 2025, compared with that prefecture's own 2025 average. Nationally, December was at 104% of the yearly average.

Fewer foreign visitors than usual (19)

  • Wakayama — 61% of its yearly average
  • Okinawa — 66% of its yearly average
  • Akita — 71% of its yearly average
  • Toyama — 71% of its yearly average
  • Ibaraki — 74% of its yearly average
  • Nara — 76% of its yearly average
  • Tochigi — 78% of its yearly average
  • Chiba — 80% of its yearly average
  • Hiroshima — 81% of its yearly average
  • Kochi — 84% of its yearly average
  • Shizuoka — 88% of its yearly average
  • Kyoto — 88% of its yearly average
  • Ishikawa — 90% of its yearly average
  • Gifu — 90% of its yearly average
  • Kagawa — 91% of its yearly average
  • Yamanashi — 92% of its yearly average
  • Osaka — 92% of its yearly average
  • Aichi — 93% of its yearly average
  • Aomori — 94% of its yearly average

More than usual (21)

  • Hokkaido — 158% of its yearly average
  • Yamagata — 156% of its yearly average
  • Nagano — 142% of its yearly average
  • Niigata — 132% of its yearly average
  • Kagoshima — 130% of its yearly average
  • Gunma — 128% of its yearly average
  • Miyagi — 121% of its yearly average
  • Fukushima — 119% of its yearly average
  • Oita — 119% of its yearly average
  • Ehime — 116% of its yearly average
  • Fukui — 116% of its yearly average
  • Shimane — 115% of its yearly average
  • Miyazaki — 113% of its yearly average
  • Iwate — 111% of its yearly average
  • Fukuoka — 110% of its yearly average
  • Nagasaki — 109% of its yearly average
  • Tokyo — 109% of its yearly average
  • Shiga — 107% of its yearly average
  • Mie — 107% of its yearly average
  • Saga — 106% of its yearly average
  • Tokushima — 105% of its yearly average

Prefectures within 5% of their average are not listed. This compares months within each prefecture; it does not mean a prefecture is empty. Method.

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