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Least crowded time to visit Ibaraki

In Ibaraki, the month with the fewest foreign visitors and the quietest month overall coincide (Jan).

Janfewest foreign visitors per day
Octmost foreign visitors per day
2.7×busiest vs quietest month (foreign)
Janquietest month, all guests
4.3%of 2025 guest nights were foreign visitors

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Foreign visitors per day, 2025

1,412January: 514 per dayJanFebruary: 679 per dayFebMarch: 831 per dayMarApril: 850 per dayAprMay: 738 per dayMayJune: 660 per dayJunJuly: 714 per dayJulAugust: 806 per dayAugSeptember: 1,102 per daySepOctober: 1,412 per dayOctNovember: 1,317 per dayNovDecember: 634 per dayDec

All guests per day, 2025

25,265January: 16,433 per dayJanFebruary: 18,347 per dayFebMarch: 20,932 per dayMarApril: 18,772 per dayAprMay: 19,200 per dayMayJune: 17,695 per dayJunJuly: 19,399 per dayJulAugust: 25,265 per dayAugSeptember: 20,269 per daySepOctober: 20,991 per dayOctNovember: 21,684 per dayNovDecember: 19,806 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
January ●514-23%16,43357.5%
February679-4%18,34764.8%
March831+17%20,93271.0%
April850-11%18,77270.4%
May738+3%19,20066.2%
June660+5%17,69553.3%
July714-11%19,39960.1%
August806+37%25,26563.7%
September1,102+33%20,26968.9%
October1,412+40%20,99177.8%
November1,317+52%21,68481.0%
December634+1%19,80674.2%

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.