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Least crowded time to visit Kanagawa

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

Febfewest foreign visitors per day
Octmost foreign visitors per day
1.8×busiest vs quietest month (foreign)
Janquietest month, all guests
18.4%of 2025 guest nights were foreign visitors

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Foreign visitors per day, 2025

18,775January: 10,692 per dayJanFebruary: 10,372 per dayFebMarch: 12,383 per dayMarApril: 17,590 per dayAprMay: 12,778 per dayMayJune: 11,686 per dayJunJuly: 12,457 per dayJulAugust: 12,875 per dayAugSeptember: 11,934 per daySepOctober: 18,775 per dayOctNovember: 16,190 per dayNovDecember: 14,071 per dayDec

All guests per day, 2025

87,591January: 59,633 per dayJanFebruary: 65,337 per dayFebMarch: 71,897 per dayMarApril: 80,111 per dayAprMay: 65,793 per dayMayJune: 61,993 per dayJunJuly: 76,195 per dayJulAugust: 87,591 per dayAugSeptember: 62,297 per daySepOctober: 82,879 per dayOctNovember: 83,529 per dayNovDecember: 82,711 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
January10,692-1%59,63363.5%
February ●10,372-27%65,33769.8%
March12,383+2%71,89777.3%
April17,590+33%80,11174.2%
May12,778+9%65,79376.4%
June11,686-1%61,99369.1%
July12,457+1%76,19567.9%
August12,875+28%87,59175.6%
September11,934+9%62,29771.7%
October18,775+45%82,87976.6%
November16,190+26%83,52978.6%
December14,071+18%82,71175.2%

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.