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Least crowded time to visit Yamagata

In Yamagata, the month with the fewest foreign visitors (Aug) is not the quietest month overall (Apr): Japanese travellers fill different months.

Augfewest foreign visitors per day
Janmost foreign visitors per day
5.5×busiest vs quietest month (foreign)
Aprquietest month, all guests
6.6%of 2025 guest nights were foreign visitors

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Foreign visitors per day, 2025

2,002January: 2,002 per dayJanFebruary: 1,958 per dayFebMarch: 1,021 per dayMarApril: 568 per dayAprMay: 475 per dayMayJune: 393 per dayJunJuly: 417 per dayJulAugust: 361 per dayAugSeptember: 403 per daySepOctober: 715 per dayOctNovember: 680 per dayNovDecember: 1,344 per dayDec

All guests per day, 2025

17,309January: 11,249 per dayJanFebruary: 12,039 per dayFebMarch: 12,000 per dayMarApril: 10,761 per dayAprMay: 13,109 per dayMayJune: 13,129 per dayJunJuly: 13,454 per dayJulAugust: 17,309 per dayAugSeptember: 13,393 per daySepOctober: 14,915 per dayOctNovember: 13,219 per dayNovDecember: 11,108 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
January2,002+23%11,24952.4%
February1,958+11%12,03957.9%
March1,021+39%12,00060.9%
April568+5%10,76164.3%
May475+51%13,10959.7%
June393+11%13,12962.2%
July417+10%13,45459.5%
August ●361-7%17,30961.2%
September403+8%13,39347.9%
October715+31%14,91559.3%
November680+29%13,21952.7%
December1,344+54%11,10857.2%

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.