Visas issued

By prefecture

Prefecture	2003	2004	2005
Total	2,721,056	3,485,325	3,612,473
Hokkaidō	88,892	107,067	107,191
Aomori	15,804	18,893	17,894
Iwate	16,917	20,702	20,726
Miyagi	37,979	46,950	47,189
Akita	14,818	17,748	14,568
Yamagata	16,931	22,114	21,520
Fukushima	29,860	38,876	39,519
Ibaraki	57,434	75,623	77,015
Tochigi	39,132	51,272	52,134
Gunma	37,457	49,504	49,069
Saitama	173,502	220,195	225,637
Chiba	155,544	193,502	200,924
Tōkyō	394,405	478,872	513,513
Kanagawa	251,323	308,231	330,678
Niigata	36,281	44,014	46,632
Toyama	19,310	26,656	25,225
Ishikawa	21,712	29,898	28,676
Fukui	15,027	20,054	20,509
Yamanashi	17,671	23,117	23,278
Nagano	41,086	50,495	52,560
Gifu	44,869	58,560	60,133
Shizuoka	79,233	103,243	108,129
Aichi	171,986	220,833	242,771
Mie	36,744	48,763	53,498
Shiga	29,635	40,381	42,198
Kyōto	60,051	79,306	83,743
Ōsaka	202,687	260,785	276,626
Hyōgo	122,404	164,090	175,819
Nara	33,805	43,484	46,226
Yamagata	17,296	22,961	23,287
Tottori	11,073	14,942	14,414
Shimane	9,478	13,594	12,146
Okayama	32,559	44,340	45,375
Hiroshima	54,179	69,713	71,998
Yamaguchi	22,783	31,191	31,786
Tokushima	12,065	17,103	18,092
Kagawa	16,399	21,463	22,131
Ehime	20,695	27,826	28,408
Kōchi	9,496	12,719	12,394
Fukuoka	109,978	147,235	142,159
Saga	14,652	21,268	19,066
Nagasaki	20,264	28,687	26,270
Kumamoto	28,409	42,241	39,726
Ōita	19,684	29,057	27,006
Miyazaki	16,020	21,567	20,365
Kagoshima	23,191	30,887	27,406
Okinawa	20,284	25,290	26,828
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	52	13	16

Note:

Ibaraki Prefecture ranked 12th in visas issued in 2003, 2004, and 2005.