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Least crowded time to visit Ishikawa

In Ishikawa, the month with the fewest foreign visitors (Jul) is not the quietest month overall (Jan): Japanese travellers fill different months.

Julfewest foreign visitors per day
Aprmost foreign visitors per day
2.0×busiest vs quietest month (foreign)
Janquietest month, all guests
22.5%of 2025 guest nights were foreign visitors

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Foreign visitors per day, 2025

8,712January: 4,995 per dayJanFebruary: 4,763 per dayFebMarch: 4,979 per dayMarApril: 8,712 per dayAprMay: 7,281 per dayMayJune: 4,577 per dayJunJuly: 4,264 per dayJulAugust: 4,455 per dayAugSeptember: 4,572 per daySepOctober: 8,146 per dayOctNovember: 8,407 per dayNovDecember: 5,281 per dayDec

All guests per day, 2025

32,875January: 19,193 per dayJanFebruary: 21,702 per dayFebMarch: 25,521 per dayMarApril: 26,751 per dayAprMay: 27,593 per dayMayJune: 22,025 per dayJunJuly: 24,472 per dayJulAugust: 31,012 per dayAugSeptember: 24,488 per daySepOctober: 29,967 per dayOctNovember: 32,875 per dayNovDecember: 26,903 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
January4,995+96%19,19355.4%
February4,763+48%21,70261.4%
March4,979+0%25,52169.8%
April8,712+4%26,75174.5%
May7,281-4%27,59374.4%
June4,577-4%22,02561.5%
July ●4,264-8%24,47260.6%
August4,455-19%31,01272.7%
September4,572-17%24,48873.3%
October8,146-13%29,96780.6%
November8,407-11%32,87584.8%
December5,281-13%26,90370.2%

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.