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Table 10.4 Visitors to geothermal onsen, by Prefecture
Prefecture 1998 2000 2004 2005

Hokkaido 16,672,271 14,747,469 13,673,989 14,288,625
Aomori 1,813,377 1,867,734 1,906,229 1,771,060

Iwate 3,374,891 3,430,093 2,640,879 2,656,189
Miyagi 3,336,463 3,020,195 3,092,964 3,374,637
Akita 2,588,467 2,772,071 2,823,211 2,771,174
Yamagata 4,769,089 4,513,143 4,237,515 3,947,504
Fukushima 6,208,028 7,514,749 6,272,245 6,253,964
Ibaraki 565,265 615,763 1,394,278 727,358
Tochigi 8,401,787 7,665,321 6,827,274 6,732,735

Gunma 7,464,352 7,418,184 6,703,286 6,820,062
Saitama 136,270 350,538 313,925 390,741
Chiba 1,326,958 1,466,344 1,946,805 2,318,857
Tokyo 251,046 173,998 205,230 221,057
Kanagawa 6,478,756 6,160,111 6,077,129 5,961,606
Niigata 5,876,842 6,114,971 4,674,371 5,093,743
Toyama 1,402,387 1,671,793 1,520,123 1,498,594
Ishikawa 4,741,178 4,731,476 4,155,579 3,833,843
Fukui 1,674,061 1,359,458 1,296,409 1,241,920

Yamanashi 2,932,317 2,953,362 4,081,016 4,092,550
Nagano 10,149,303 10,304,344 9,988,594 9,964,165
Gifu 4,592,319 4,428,346 4,143,268 3,634,321
Shizuoka 11,481,307 11,044,942 12,395,482 12,486,502
Aichi 954,586 1,498,223 1,874,496 1,847,515
Mie 1,954,068 1,801,791 3,036,952 3,963,208
Shiga 954,710 1,031,153 1,084,390 1,136,445

Kyoto 906,564 1,419,572 1,414,199 1,091,031
Osaka 400,111 907,033 905,327 918,268
Hyogo 3,893,516 3,473,937 3,781,871 4,248,442
Nara 461,987 412,421 462,067 440,864
Wakayama 4,169,348 4,073,028 3,743,492 3,641,382
Tottori 1,724,540 1,640,253 1,542,460 1,449,648
Shimane 1,278,844 1,269,646 1,175,422 1,085,337
Okayama 1,150,206 1,256,447 1,261,442 1,150,147

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