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Japan in May: where foreign visitors are fewer than usual

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

Fewer foreign visitors than usual (12)

  • Niigata — 40% of its yearly average † high sampling error
  • Yamagata — 55% of its yearly average
  • Iwate — 61% of its yearly average
  • Hokkaido — 63% of its yearly average
  • Aomori — 70% of its yearly average
  • Fukushima — 73% of its yearly average
  • Akita — 77% of its yearly average
  • Miyagi — 77% of its yearly average
  • Nagano — 82% of its yearly average
  • Ibaraki — 86% of its yearly average
  • Gunma — 92% of its yearly average
  • Kanagawa — 95% of its yearly average

More than usual (25)

  • Toyama — 168% of its yearly average
  • Tottori — 127% of its yearly average
  • Hiroshima — 126% of its yearly average
  • Ishikawa — 124% of its yearly average
  • Nara — 123% of its yearly average
  • Kagawa — 121% of its yearly average
  • Hyogo — 118% of its yearly average
  • Miyazaki — 117% of its yearly average
  • Wakayama — 117% of its yearly average
  • Kyoto — 115% of its yearly average
  • Fukuoka — 114% of its yearly average
  • Fukui — 113% of its yearly average
  • Shimane — 112% of its yearly average
  • Osaka — 111% of its yearly average
  • Nagasaki — 109% of its yearly average
  • Oita — 109% of its yearly average
  • Kochi — 108% of its yearly average
  • Aichi — 108% of its yearly average
  • Shiga — 108% of its yearly average
  • Okayama — 108% of its yearly average
  • Tokyo — 107% of its yearly average
  • Shizuoka — 107% of its yearly average
  • Mie — 107% of its yearly average
  • Gifu — 107% of its yearly average
  • Saga — 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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