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Least crowded time to visit Gunma

In Gunma, the month with the fewest foreign visitors (Aug) is not the quietest month overall (Apr≈Jan): Japanese travellers fill different months.

Augfewest foreign visitors per day
Janmost foreign visitors per day
2.5×busiest vs quietest month (foreign)
Apr≈Janquietest month, all guests
4.1%of 2025 guest nights were foreign visitors

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Foreign visitors per day, 2025

1,531January: 1,531 per dayJanFebruary: 1,306 per dayFebMarch: 1,118 per dayMarApril: 1,068 per dayAprMay: 908 per dayMayJune: 641 per dayJunJuly: 657 per dayJulAugust: 616 per dayAugSeptember: 717 per daySepOctober: 888 per dayOctNovember: 1,152 per dayNovDecember: 1,261 per dayDec

All guests per day, 2025

33,072January: 21,110 per dayJanFebruary: 23,094 per dayFebMarch: 22,953 per dayMarApril: 20,703 per dayAprMay: 23,130 per dayMayJune: 21,810 per dayJunJuly: 26,716 per dayJulAugust: 33,072 per dayAugSeptember: 24,358 per daySepOctober: 24,105 per dayOctNovember: 25,071 per dayNovDecember: 21,859 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
January1,531+17%21,11042.1%
February1,306-20%23,09450.2%
March1,118-6%22,95353.5%
April1,068-5%20,70348.5%
May908+9%23,13051.3%
June641+0%21,81050.5%
July657-24%26,71653.6%
August ●616-27%33,07257.3%
September717-18%24,35851.9%
October888-50%24,10560.5%
November1,152-24%25,07166.5%
December1,261-20%21,85955.4%

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.