Lodging & Stays
Lodging is Nara tourism's biggest homework. This theme gathers supply-side data on stays — lodging statistics, occupancy rates and accommodation-capacity mesh data — a starting point for rethinking the day-trip pattern in numbers.
Related datasets6
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Overnight Stay Statistics Survey (Japan Tourism Agency)
A statistical survey of accommodation facilities by the Japan Tourism Agency. Reports total guest nights, foreign guest nights, and room occupancy rates by prefecture — one of the few official datasets that lets you compare Nara's lodging demand with the rest of Japan. Monthly preliminary figures and annual final figures are published.
Questions this data can answer
How have total and foreign guest nights in Nara changed over time?
XLSXPDFUpdated2026-08-23 - GIS国土交通省
National Land Numerical Information: Lodging Capacity Mesh Data
GIS data aggregating accommodation capacity into roughly 1-km mesh cells nationwide, with counts and total capacity by facility type. Visualizes how Nara’s lodging capacity is distributed across the prefecture.
Questions this data can answer
Where is lodging capacity concentrated within Nara Prefecture?
SHPUpdated2026-08-23 - 奈良市奈良市
Nara City Tourist Visitation Survey
The city’s annual count of tourist arrivals, more granular than the prefectural survey. Published as PDF reports plus Excel open data, covering the overnight/day-trip split and international guest numbers.
Questions this data can answer
How many tourists visit Nara City annually and how is it trending?
PDFXLSXUpdated2026-08-23 - 宿泊奈良県
Nara Prefecture Lodging Statistics Survey
The prefecture’s survey of lodging trends since 2009: guest-nights by area, facility type and month, occupancy rates, average length of stay, plus international guest numbers.
Questions this data can answer
How are guest-nights trending by area and month in Nara?
PDFUpdated2026-08-23 - ダッシュボード奈良県
Nara Tourism Data Portal "Mirunara"
Nara Prefecture's tourism data visualization portal. Combines multiple data sources to show visitor profiles, length of stay, lodging trends, credit card spending, and consumption patterns by country/region, with comparisons to national statistics from JNTO and the Japan Tourism Agency. Some detailed data is access-restricted.
Questions this data can answer
Where do visitors to Nara come from and which routes do they take?
HTMLPDFUpdated2026-08-23 - 宿泊業総務省統計局・経済産業省
Economic Census (Accommodation and Food Services)
Japan’s census of all businesses. Industry-by-municipality tables yield the number of lodging and food-service establishments, employees and sales in Nara — quantifying the supply side of tourism.
Questions this data can answer
How are lodging businesses distributed across Nara’s municipalities?
XLSXCSVAPIUpdated2026-08-23