661.1 movernight stays, 2025confirmed series, 47 prefectures
47prefecturesall covered
260properties on file128 hold MICHELIN Keys
23 764keys recordedacross 117 properties
68MICHELIN tables21 with three stars
208destinationsall prefectures covered
69festivalsacross all twelve months
179.9 mforeign overnight stays27.2% of the total, 2025
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PrefecturesJapan is divided into 47 prefectures. Each carries its 2025 overnight stays, the foreign share of them, room occupancy and the hotel stock it holds. Figures are the confirmed annual serie…DestinationsCities, heritage sites, temples, gardens and natural landscapes across all 47 prefectures, each with its type and the season it works best in.ResortsWhere the season is the product. Ski stations, hot-spring towns and island retreats, each with the upper-tier stock it holds — the count that decides whether a resort is one conversation …AttractionsTemples, shrines, castles, gardens and natural sites across the country. Read the figures column carefully: Japan has no national attendance registry, so not one number here is confirmed.…Festival calendarAn event moves occupancy and rate across its whole region, so each entry carries its prefecture and month. The quiet months matter as much as the peaks.Hotels and ryokanJapan has no state hotel classification. The 1949 registration act records compliance with requirements for receiving foreign guests, not quality, and covers a few per cent of the stock. …MICHELIN restaurants — a curated selectionThe MICHELIN restaurant guide covers four areas of Japan only: Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and Nara. The absence of stars in Kanazawa, Fukuoka or Hokkaido is a property of the guide's perimeter, …Access and logisticsJapan sells as a chain: entry point, high-speed line, local transfer. A prefecture with strong stock and weak access sells worse than a neighbour with ordinary stock and a direct Shinkans…Hotel groupsJapanese groups and international operators take sales decisions at different levels. For a Japanese ryokan group the conversation is usually at the house; for an international brand it s…
The five largest prefectures by overnight stays
| Prefecture | Stays, 2025 | Occupancy | of which foreign |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo | 107.9 m | 76.3% | 60.1 m |
| Osaka | 58.8 m | 78.6% | 24.5 m |
| Hokkaido | 46.5 m | 61.2% | 13.3 m |
| Okinawa | 33.9 m | 60.3% | 9.2 m |
| Kyoto | 33.2 m | 66.8% | 18.3 m |
Overnight stays in all accommodation, per the Japan Tourism Agency confirmed annual series published 6 July 2026. The preliminary series issued in February gave 653.5 million and a fall of 0.8%; the confirmed series gives 661 105 500 and a rise of 0.3%. The sign differs between the two, so the date of publication matters more than the year of the data.