A record 28.65 million foreigners visited Tokyo in 2025, inside Japan's record 42.7 million — led by China, Korea and Taiwan, with the West compounding fastest. The average stay is seven nights: the highest-yield arrival curve in Asia.
Japan's 2025 inbound was led by mainland China (7.5 million in the first nine months alone, up 42.7%), South Korea (6.8M) and Taiwan (5.0M) — an Asia-heavy mix, with the United States, Australia and Europe growing fastest off a smaller base. Tokyo takes the largest slice: a record 28.65 million foreign visitors in 2025, up 10 million on the pre-pandemic pattern nationally.
The one watch item is China: arrivals fell 45% year-on-year in December 2025 after the diplomatic rupture, and airlines trimmed China routes. The rest of the map — Korea, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, the US, Europe — is still compounding, and the diversification is precisely what Tokyo's hotel pipeline is pricing.
Leisure accounts for 83.7% of visits, and the average foreign stay in Tokyo is about seven nights — among the longest of any metropolis in this series. Shibuya is the most-visited district for the fourth straight year (60.3% of visitors), followed by Ginza and the Tokyo Station area — Marunouchi and Nihonbashi, exactly where Waldorf Astoria is building.
A seven-night average stay is the number that matters: Tokyo converts arrivals into room-nights better than almost any city on earth. With the yen at ~¥150 to the dollar, the city reads as a value destination at luxury depth — the combination that filled record occupancy and justified the 2026/27 debut cycle. Every passport trend line here points the same direction: up.
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