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Least crowded time to visit Akita

In Akita, the month with the fewest foreign visitors (Sep) is not the quietest month overall (Jan≈Dec): Japanese travellers fill different months.

Sepfewest foreign visitors per day
Octmost foreign visitors per day
2.5×busiest vs quietest month (foreign)
Jan≈Decquietest month, all guests
5.0%of 2025 guest nights were foreign visitors

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Foreign visitors per day, 2025

648January: 389 per dayJanFebruary: 522 per dayFebMarch: 304 per dayMarApril: 498 per dayAprMay: 312 per dayMayJune: 344 per dayJunJuly: 348 per dayJulAugust: 407 per dayAugSeptember: 257 per daySepOctober: 648 per dayOctNovember: 575 per dayNovDecember: 287 per dayDec

All guests per day, 2025

11,604January: 5,849 per dayJanFebruary: 6,472 per dayFebMarch: 6,026 per dayMarApril: 7,202 per dayAprMay: 8,929 per dayMayJune: 8,411 per dayJunJuly: 9,629 per dayJulAugust: 11,604 per dayAugSeptember: 8,939 per daySepOctober: 10,510 per dayOctNovember: 8,718 per dayNovDecember: 6,005 per dayDec

Highlighted bars are the quietest month(s); months within 3% of each other count as tied.

The numbers

MonthForeign / dayvs 2024All guests / dayCity-hotel occupancy
January389+74%5,84934.9%
February522+73%6,47235.5%
March304+101%6,02642.2%
April498+39%7,20244.6%
May312+67%8,92949.4%
June344+27%8,41154.8%
July348+17%9,62959.7%
August407+6%11,60457.4%
September ●257-21%8,93953.6%
October648+13%10,51060.7%
November575+10%8,71853.8%
December287-13%6,00544.4%

Guest nights in hotels and inns of all types, divided by days in the month. "vs 2024" compares foreign guests per day with the same month of 2024 (2024 was a leap year). City-hotel occupancy is shown where the agency publishes it. Whole-prefecture figures: a single famous spot can be busier than this. Method and sources.