25-07-2025
Expo crowds lift Osaka hotel rates 30%-40%, with further rise expected
Visitors to the World Expo 2025 in Osaka are only expected to rise, pushing up accommodation prices. (Photo by Arisa Moriyama)
KATSUYUKI TANIMOTO and KEITA SHIMODA
OSAKA -- Hotel rates in Osaka are climbing as visitors to the World Expo 2025 drive up demand, with room prices likely to stay high through the rest of summer as attendance is expected to keep rising.
The average daily rate for major hotels in Osaka prefecture last month was 21,201 yen ($145 at current rates), a 31% gain on the year, according to STR, a unit of U.S.-based commercial property data analytics firm CoStar Group. The jump was steeper than increases elsewhere, including 4.2% in Tokyo and the 7.2% national average.
