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Japan in October: where foreign visitors are fewer than usual

Each prefecture's foreign guest nights per day in October 2025, compared with that prefecture's own 2025 average. Nationally, October was at 110% of the yearly average.

Fewer foreign visitors than usual (4)

  • Niigata — 64% of its yearly average † high sampling error
  • Yamagata — 83% of its yearly average
  • Hokkaido — 83% of its yearly average
  • Gunma — 90% of its yearly average

More than usual (38)

  • Aomori — 171% of its yearly average
  • Tochigi — 171% of its yearly average
  • Wakayama — 166% of its yearly average
  • Ibaraki — 165% of its yearly average
  • Akita — 159% of its yearly average
  • Kagawa — 147% of its yearly average
  • Hyogo — 143% of its yearly average
  • Okayama — 141% of its yearly average
  • Kanagawa — 139% of its yearly average
  • Hiroshima — 139% of its yearly average
  • Ishikawa — 139% of its yearly average
  • Shimane — 137% of its yearly average
  • Toyama — 134% of its yearly average
  • Kochi — 134% of its yearly average
  • Tokushima — 133% of its yearly average
  • Ehime — 129% of its yearly average
  • Okinawa — 127% of its yearly average
  • Iwate — 126% of its yearly average
  • Kumamoto — 126% of its yearly average
  • Saitama — 125% of its yearly average
  • Oita — 124% of its yearly average
  • Kagoshima — 123% of its yearly average
  • Nagasaki — 120% of its yearly average
  • Tottori — 120% of its yearly average
  • Kyoto — 118% of its yearly average
  • Miyazaki — 117% of its yearly average
  • Miyagi — 117% of its yearly average
  • Gifu — 115% of its yearly average
  • Nara — 113% of its yearly average
  • Shizuoka — 112% of its yearly average
  • Yamaguchi — 112% of its yearly average
  • Aichi — 111% of its yearly average
  • Yamanashi — 110% of its yearly average
  • Fukushima — 110% of its yearly average
  • Mie — 109% of its yearly average
  • Saga — 107% of its yearly average
  • Chiba — 106% of its yearly average
  • Fukuoka — 106% 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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