When is Ise Jingu busy?

We compiled two years of Ise City's crowd measurements. Crowds at Naiku change with the season, the day of the week, holidays, the hour and the weather. The rokuyo calendar makes no difference.

Naiku is busiest in January and March and quietest in June. January and March each see 1.6 times as many people as June.

Longer bars mean more people. Daytime (9:00–17:00) average for each month. The New Year holidays (Dec 28–Jan 5) are left out of the "Season" and "Day of the week" figures.

Weekends at Naiku see 1.5 times as many people as weekdays.

Public holidays see 1.7 times as many people as weekdays, more than weekends.

Holidays that fall on a Saturday or Sunday are counted with weekends.

On weekends that are part of a holiday of three days or more, Naiku sees 1.23 times as many people as on an ordinary weekend in the same month.

Weekdays during Obon see 1.57 times an ordinary weekday in the same month.

Multiples against ordinary days in the same month and of the same kind. Days of heavy rain or strong wind are left out.

* The Naiku sensor missed too many days to measure these, so they are estimated from the other spots.

Naiku is busiest from 12:00 on weekends and holidays, and from 13:00 on weekdays.

Even on weekends, until 8:59 it stays below half of the busiest hour.

In the evening, from 17:00, it drops below half again.

Hour by hour on weekends and holidays, with the busiest hour as 1.0.

Okage Yokocho is busiest from 13:00, and Meoto Iwa from 14:00.

On rainy days (10 mm or more), Naiku sees 0.8 times as many people as on a day of light rain and wind.

On days of heavy rain (50 mm or more), it falls to 0.4 times.

Each figure compares days in the same month and of the same kind. There were only 8 days of 50 mm or more in two years, so treat it as a rough guide.

Lucky or unlucky days on the rokuyo calendar change crowds at Naiku by 4% or less.

That is tiny next to the gap between weekdays and weekends, so the rokuyo does not decide how busy it is.

Difference from the average of weekdays, or of weekends and holidays.

From January 2021 to January 2025, Ise City published the number of people counted by sensors every minute.

This site compiled the two years from 2023 to 2024, leaving out days when a sensor undercounted.

We show multiples rather than head counts, because visitor numbers rise every year and the level differs from year to year.

• Naiku (Ujibashi Bridge)In front of Uji Bridge569 days (112 undercounted days left out)
• Okage YokochoOn Oharai-machi street, near Okage Yokocho701 days
• Geku-mae Bus StopThe square beside the bus stop. It counts people waiting for buses701 days
• Meoto IwaOn the approach to Meoto Iwa668 days (33 undercounted days left out)