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Least crowded time to visit Saga

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

Augfewest foreign visitors per day
Janmost foreign visitors per day
2.3×busiest vs quietest month (foreign)
Jun≈Janquietest month, all guests
10.7%of 2025 guest nights were foreign visitors

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Foreign visitors per day, 2025

872January: 872 per dayJanFebruary: 725 per dayFebMarch: 803 per dayMarApril: 748 per dayAprMay: 725 per dayMayJune: 796 per dayJunJuly: 448 per dayJulAugust: 383 per dayAugSeptember: 514 per daySepOctober: 741 per dayOctNovember: 791 per dayNovDecember: 732 per dayDec

All guests per day, 2025

7,294January: 5,965 per dayJanFebruary: 6,133 per dayFebMarch: 6,398 per dayMarApril: 6,775 per dayAprMay: 7,111 per dayMayJune: 5,869 per dayJunJuly: 6,206 per dayJulAugust: 7,294 per dayAugSeptember: 6,178 per daySepOctober: 6,170 per dayOctNovember: 7,199 per dayNovDecember: 6,162 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
January872+30%5,96564.3%
February725-1%6,13371.4%
March803+23%6,39864.2%
April748+10%6,77567.7%
May725+9%7,11167.4%
June796+31%5,86964.0%
July448+23%6,20669.1%
August ●383-23%7,29474.1%
September514+16%6,17867.0%
October741+48%6,17076.6%
November791-15%7,19979.9%
December732-7%6,16265.2%

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.