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Least crowded time to visit Shiga

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

Aug≈Sepfewest foreign visitors per day
Aprmost foreign visitors per day
2.6×busiest vs quietest month (foreign)
Janquietest month, all guests
6.4%of 2025 guest nights were foreign visitors

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Foreign visitors per day, 2025

1,453January: 715 per dayJanFebruary: 776 per dayFebMarch: 919 per dayMarApril: 1,453 per dayAprMay: 909 per dayMayJune: 701 per dayJunJuly: 671 per dayJulAugust: 564 per dayAugSeptember: 568 per daySepOctober: 829 per dayOctNovember: 1,122 per dayNovDecember: 907 per dayDec

All guests per day, 2025

17,506January: 9,576 per dayJanFebruary: 10,236 per dayFebMarch: 13,527 per dayMarApril: 13,842 per dayAprMay: 14,334 per dayMayJune: 10,925 per dayJunJuly: 12,750 per dayJulAugust: 17,506 per dayAugSeptember: 13,968 per daySepOctober: 14,899 per dayOctNovember: 14,818 per dayNovDecember: 12,265 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
January715-6%9,57653.5%
February776-10%10,23660.7%
March919-50%13,52765.2%
April1,453+15%13,84277.9%
May909+30%14,33460.9%
June701-23%10,92565.7%
July671-3%12,75065.5%
August ●564-3%17,50676.0%
September ●568-11%13,96881.9%
October829-3%14,89986.7%
November1,122+1%14,81885.9%
December907+6%12,26585.7%

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.