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Japan in January: where foreign visitors are fewer than usual

Each prefecture's foreign guest nights per day in January 2025, compared with that prefecture's own 2025 average. Nationally, January was at 100% of the yearly average.

Fewer foreign visitors than usual (26)

  • Hiroshima — 52% of its yearly average
  • Wakayama — 53% of its yearly average
  • Mie — 56% of its yearly average
  • Shimane — 58% of its yearly average
  • Ibaraki — 60% of its yearly average
  • Kochi — 68% of its yearly average
  • Nara — 68% of its yearly average
  • Tokushima — 72% of its yearly average
  • Kyoto — 73% of its yearly average
  • Shizuoka — 74% of its yearly average
  • Toyama — 75% of its yearly average
  • Tottori — 75% of its yearly average
  • Okayama — 76% of its yearly average
  • Tochigi — 76% of its yearly average
  • Kagawa — 79% of its yearly average
  • Kanagawa — 79% of its yearly average
  • Hyogo — 80% of its yearly average
  • Okinawa — 80% of its yearly average
  • Kumamoto — 81% of its yearly average
  • Saitama — 82% of its yearly average
  • Shiga — 85% of its yearly average
  • Ishikawa — 85% of its yearly average
  • Miyazaki — 86% of its yearly average
  • Ehime — 87% of its yearly average
  • Tokyo — 92% of its yearly average
  • Nagasaki — 94% of its yearly average

More than usual (16)

  • Niigata — 269% of its yearly average
  • Yamagata — 232% of its yearly average
  • Nagano — 208% of its yearly average
  • Hokkaido — 175% of its yearly average
  • Gunma — 155% of its yearly average
  • Iwate — 147% of its yearly average
  • Fukushima — 135% of its yearly average
  • Saga — 126% of its yearly average
  • Gifu — 121% of its yearly average
  • Kagoshima — 115% of its yearly average
  • Yamaguchi — 115% of its yearly average
  • Fukui — 112% of its yearly average
  • Miyagi — 111% of its yearly average
  • Oita — 110% of its yearly average
  • Aomori — 106% of its yearly average
  • Aichi — 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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