Kanto, Tokyo and Its Surroundings: What Kind of Trip Would You Like to Take?
Kanto is a region in the eastern part of Honshu, Japan’s main island. It comprises Tokyo and six prefectures: Kanagawa, Chiba, Saitama, Ibaraki, Tochigi, and Gunma.
Busy streets, coastal scenery, and hot spring towns in the mountains. Tokyo’s cityscape may come to mind, but Kanto also has places where you can slow down and enjoy nature.
You might explore a city, enjoy a meal, or head for the sea or mountains. Some of you may have visited for work or an event, as well as for a holiday.
If you have been here before, think of the hotels or other places you stayed. If you are planning a visit, imagine somewhere you would like to stay.
Take a moment to picture your own journey.
How have Kanto’s hotels and ryokan—traditional Japanese inns—changed through the pandemic?
We will compare guest nights in 2019, before the pandemic; 2021, during it; and 2025, after it, through a map and a data card.
As a way to get to know Kanto, shall we explore together how its hotels and ryokan have changed?
Explore Hotels and Ryokan in Kanto on the Map
Select a prefecture on the map to see total guest nights, the share accounted for by foreign nationals, establishments, guest rooms, room occupancy, and other figures. Switch between 2019, 2021, and 2025 to compare changes through the pandemic.
You can also search by prefecture name, use voice search, or move to other regions using the buttons at the bottom of the screen.
Start with a prefecture you have visited or somewhere you would like to go.
How Have Guest Nights Changed in Kanto?
Total guest nights in Kanto’s seven prefectures fell from 162,039,450 in 2019 to 86,957,360 in 2021. They then rose to 195,471,240 in 2025.
The recovery rate for 2025 compared with 2019 was 120.6%. Across Kanto as a whole, guest nights exceeded the pre-pandemic level.
Guest nights for foreign nationals also exceeded the 2019 level, and their share of total guest nights increased. Both the number of hotels and ryokan and the number of guest rooms were higher in fiscal 2024 than in fiscal 2019.
Switch between the data card’s tabs to see the breakdown of guest nights, establishments and guest rooms, and licenses issued and closures across the lodging industry as a whole. Comparing the card with the map reveals differences between the figures for Kanto as a whole and those for each prefecture.
What I Noticed While Making the Map
Guest nights in Kanto as a whole exceeded the pre-pandemic level. Yet the map shows prefectures where room occupancy had not returned to its earlier level, even though guest nights had increased.
Total guest nights, room occupancy, and guest nights for foreign nationals. The changes in each area look different depending on which measure you explore.
From places you remember to places you would like to visit next.
Shall we explore how hotels and ryokan in Kanto have changed, moving between the map and the data card?
Sources: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Report on Public Health Administration and Services; Japan Tourism Agency, Accommodation Survey.
- Accommodation figures cover the calendar years 2019, 2021, and 2025 (January–December).
- Figures for establishments, guest rooms, licenses issued, and closures cover fiscal years 2019, 2021, and 2024.
- Guest nights count each guest for each night of their stay. One person staying for three nights counts as three guest nights.
- The maps and data cards use the Japanese labels “日本人” (“Japanese”) and “外国人” (“foreign nationals”) to reflect the statistical categories. Guest nights for Japanese nationals are calculated by subtracting guest nights for foreign nationals from total guest nights.
- The recovery rate is calculated as total guest nights in 2025 ÷ total guest nights in 2019 × 100.