In 2022, the leisure market in Japan amounted to an estimated 62.8 trillion Japanese yen. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 affected the leisure industry negatively and resulted in market contractions in several segments, including travel and tourism, gastronomy, pachinko, and sports. Even before the arrival of the pandemic, the market was declining, as it was about 20 trillion yen below its peak from 1996 when the market size amounted to around 90.9 trillion yen.
Leisure industry market segments
The leisure sector branches out into multiple industry segments. They include, from large to small, the amusement industry, the pachinko industry, the hobbies and creative work industries, the tourism industry, and the sports industry. The amusement and the pachinko industries are the largest in terms of market size, both comfortably surpassing 10 trillion yen. The size of the pachinko industry declined considerably during the past decades and was one of the main reasons for the contraction of the entire leisure industry.
Participation rate in leisure activities
Almost all people in Japan pursue a hobby. Popular recreational activities include listening to music, watching movies, and playing video games. Doing sports, most notably walking for the purpose of exercise, is also broadly practiced. At educational institutions, participating in school clubs for sports or cultural activities is very common, resulting in high participation rates in hobbies among young people.
Market size of the leisure industry in Japan from 2015 to 2022
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The leisure market includes the following segments: Sports, hobbies, arts, amusement (pachinko, games, gambling, food and drinks) and sightseeing/excursions (domestic and outbound travels).
100 Japanese yen equal 0.66 U.S. dollars or 0.63 euros as of November 2023. Values have been rounded. Figures prior to 2021 come from previous reporting.
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Japan Productivity Center (JPC). (October 26, 2023). Market size of the leisure industry in Japan from 2015 to 2022 (in trillion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/914639/japan-leisure-market-size/
Japan Productivity Center (JPC). "Market size of the leisure industry in Japan from 2015 to 2022 (in trillion Japanese yen)." Chart. October 26, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/914639/japan-leisure-market-size/
Japan Productivity Center (JPC). (2023). Market size of the leisure industry in Japan from 2015 to 2022 (in trillion Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/914639/japan-leisure-market-size/
Japan Productivity Center (JPC). "Market Size of The Leisure Industry in Japan from 2015 to 2022 (in Trillion Japanese Yen)." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Oct 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/914639/japan-leisure-market-size/
Japan Productivity Center (JPC), Market size of the leisure industry in Japan from 2015 to 2022 (in trillion Japanese yen) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/914639/japan-leisure-market-size/ (last visited July 27, 2024)
Market size of the leisure industry in Japan from 2015 to 2022 (in trillion Japanese yen) [Graph], Japan Productivity Center (JPC), October 26, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/914639/japan-leisure-market-size/