The short answer: Japan’s national “Zenkoku Ryoko Shien” (National Travel Support) program has ended. It launched on October 11, 2022, resumed on January 10, 2023 at a 20% discount rate, ended in most prefectures in late July 2023, and the remaining prefectures closed bookings during December 2023. There is no national program called “National Travel Support 2026” or “National Travel Support Coupon 2026” (confirmed October 27, 2026 on the Japan Tourism Agency website and each prefecture’s official site).

Instead, as of October 2026 there are three layers of lodging support travelers can actually use: (1) the “Kyushu Fukko Ouenwari” (Kyushu Recovery Support Discount), run by the seven Kyushu prefectures with national funding (50% of the lodging charge; 60% in Kumamoto and Kagoshima); (2) prefectural and municipal lodging discounts; and (3) non-program options such as furusato nozei (hometown tax donation) coupons and perks on hotels’ own websites.

Demand for (1) has been heavy, however, and the discount allocations on major booking sites show “bookings suspended because the budget cap has been reached” in all seven prefectures (confirmed October 27). Allocations for direct bookings on hotels’ official websites remain at some properties, so the discount is still usable if you know where to look. This article answers “what is still available, and where” region by region, and shows what you would actually pay after the discount using November listed prices in the seven Kyushu prefectures.

Is There National Travel Support in 2026? — The National Program Ended in 2023

National Travel Support was a travel-demand stimulus program announced by the Japan Tourism Agency on September 26, 2022, and launched in 46 prefectures on October 11 of that year (October 20 in Tokyo). The initial discount rate was 40%, with caps of ¥8,000 for trips including transport and ¥5,000 for lodging only, plus regional coupons for shopping and dining (¥3,000 on weekdays, ¥1,000 on holidays). After a break at year-end, it resumed on January 10, 2023 at a 20% discount rate with caps of ¥5,000/¥3,000. From May 8, 2023, proof of vaccination or test results was no longer required.

The program did not end on a single nationwide date; each prefecture closed bookings as its budget ran out. Many prefectures ended in late July 2023, and some reopened in the autumn with leftover budget (Kagoshima resumed in November, Shimane ran another round in December, and so on), but those also ended during December 2023. The page on the Japan Tourism Agency website listing prefectural contact points had also been removed as of October 27, 2026 (HTTP 404).

In other words, what search results label “National Travel Support 2026” or “National Travel Support Coupon 2026” is one of the following: (a) the Kyushu Fukko Ouenwari, (b) local governments’ own lodging discounts, or (c) coupons that booking sites and travel agencies hand out on their own. (c) is not a taxpayer-funded program but each company’s sale, so it is not covered here. Below we sort out (a) and (b), plus ways to stay for less in regions with no program.

Three Layers of Lodging Support in Place of a 2026 National Coupon — Quick Reference

First, a summary of just “who can use it, until when, and where to book.” Periods are as stated on each official website as of October 27, 2026; every program can end within its period once the budget runs out.

Source: Japan Tourism Agency, “Kyushu Fukko Ouenwari” (updated October 16, 2026), and local government official websites (checked October 27, 2026); compiled by HotelBank Editorial Team

(1) Kyushu Fukko Ouenwari — Nationally Funded, 7 Kyushu Prefectures, 50% (60% in Kumamoto and Kagoshima)

After the 2026 Kumamoto Earthquake triggered a wave of lodging cancellations across Kyushu, the seven Kyushu prefectures (Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita, Miyazaki and Kagoshima) began offering this discount, funded by about ¥15.1 billion from the national reserve fund. “Kyushu Fukkowari” and “Kyushu Fukko-wari,” which appear often in searches, are alternative names for the same program; the official name is “Kyushu Fukko Ouenwari.” According to the Japan Tourism Agency’s guidance (updated October 16, 2026), the terms are as follows.

• Discount rate: 50% of the travel/lodging charge; 60% in Kumamoto and Kagoshima
• Cap (per person per trip): ¥20,000 for lodging only and for one night with transport, ¥30,000 for two or more nights with transport, and ¥35,000 for circuit trips staying in two or more prefectures. Note that the cap applies per trip, not per night
• Eligible stays: from stays on October 1, 2026. Fukuoka through December 15 (check-out December 16); Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita and Miyazaki through December 25. Kagoshima from October 14, through January 31, 2027 via booking sites and travel agencies and through February 28, 2027 for direct bookings with the hotel, excluding December 26 to January 3
• Ends when each prefecture’s budget runs out. Bookings made before the booking start date are not eligible

The booking status changes daily. As of October 27, 2026, the prefecture feature pages on major booking sites showed “bookings suspended because the budget cap has been reached” for all seven prefectures. In Nagasaki, the coupons used for direct bookings with hotels had also hit their cap and could not be obtained as of October 24 (the prefecture’s website notes that they may become available again without notice due to cancellations and similar). Meanwhile, Fukuoka reopened its direct-booking allocation on October 9, and Kumamoto and Nagasaki began online sales through travel agencies on October 15 — allocations keep stopping and reappearing. Even when a booking site shows “ended,” eligible plans on hotels’ official websites remain at some properties — that is the current reality, and we have put together a step-by-step guide to finding eligible plans on official websites in a separate article.

A prefecture-by-prefecture list of booking start dates and budget allocations is in the quick-reference table of our earlier article “Kyushu Fukko Ouenwari 2026 Overview,” so it is not repeated here. If you are traveling as a family, child rates and co-sleeping rules do not show up in an adults-only search, so enter your family’s party size on the official booking page to check — as in this article (in Japanese) that checked family use at a cottage near Kurokawa Onsen.

What You Actually Pay — Applying the Subsidy Rate to November Listed Prices in the 7 Kyushu Prefectures

To show what “50% off” means in actual payment, we applied the subsidy rate to listed prices for November 2026 stays in the seven Kyushu prefectures (one room, two guests, tax included, all plans; the area median of each hotel’s daily average, averaged over the month; listings as of October 25, 2026). These are guide figures for a two-person, one-night stay at a typical hotel in each prefecture. In every prefecture the discount per person stays below the ¥20,000 cap, so the full subsidy rate is simply deducted. Per-person room rates after the discount for ryokan specifically are also checked in prefecture booking channels as of October 16 and November room rates.

Source: HotelBank Editorial Team research (OTA listed prices for November 2026 stays, one room, two guests, tax included, all plans, listings as of October 25, 2026. N = number of hotels with observed prices). Post-discount figures are estimates applying the subsidy rate and exclude accommodation tax and bathing tax. The actual discount applies only to the price of eligible plans.

There are two takeaways. First, Kumamoto and Kagoshima, with their 60% rate, also have relatively low price levels to begin with, so the net cost for two people for one night falls to around ¥10,000. Adding Kumamoto’s onsen towns or lodgings in Kagoshima and Amami to your shortlist makes the discount go furthest. Second, Oita and Saga have higher pre-discount prices, so the discount for two people for one night is larger, at ¥16,000–¥18,000. Because the ¥20,000 cap is per person, however, that is only about ¥8,200–¥8,900 per person, leaving room before the cap. For lodging-only stays at ¥40,000 or more per person per night (¥80,000+ for a two-person room; about ¥33,000+ per person in Kumamoto and Kagoshima at 60%), the discount hits the cap, so for a two-night stay you can use the full subsidy by booking a package with transport (¥30,000 cap) or a two-prefecture circuit (¥35,000) (conditions for reaching the ¥30,000 and ¥35,000 caps). Which dates and which types of lodging get the most out of the discount is sorted by scenario in how much the Kyushu Fukko Ouenwari saves — choosing the right lodging and dates.

(2) Prefectural and Municipal Lodging Discounts (Kenminwari) — Programs Valid for October–December Stays

Outside Kyushu, lodging discounts that local governments fund from their own budgets are the closest thing to a “successor to National Travel Support.” We extracted the key points of programs whose eligible stay periods overlap October–December 2026 from our local government lodging discount coupons, autumn–winter 2026 edition (checked September 22; 8 programs). Caps, budgets and how to obtain the coupons are covered there.

Source: Local government official websites and press releases (checked September 22, 2026); compiled by HotelBank Editorial Team. First-come programs may have finished distribution, so check availability on each program’s official page before booking.

Wakayama is not on this list. Checking the prefecture’s published materials in response to frequent searches for “Wakayama kenminwari 2026,” we found that the prefecture-run “Wakayama Refresh Plan” resident discount ended on June 30, 2023, and there is no prefecture-run lodging discount in autumn 2026. Instead, the “Nanki-Shirahama Lodging Discount Coupon,” subsidized by Shirahama Town (no residency restriction, stays from September to December 2026, up to ¥10,000 off for lodging only), is being distributed first-come via booking sites, making it the realistic option for the Nanki area.

By Region: Available or Not (Checked October 27, 2026)

• Okinawa: No. Okinawa is not one of the seven prefectures covered by the Kyushu Fukko Ouenwari. Neither the prefecture’s nor the Okinawa Convention & Visitors Bureau’s official website announced a lodging discount for travelers in autumn 2026. The former “Okinawa Saihakken” programs ended in 2023 under the National Travel Support framework. Note that a prefectural accommodation tax starts on February 1, 2027
• Fukuoka: Yes. Covered by the Kyushu Fukko Ouenwari at a 50% discount rate, for stays through December 15 (check-out December 16). Major booking-site allocations are suspended, but the direct-booking allocation reopened on October 9, so look for eligible plans on each hotel’s official website
• Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima: Yes. Five prefectures run through December 25; Kagoshima runs through February 28, 2027 for direct bookings (excluding December 26 to January 3). In Nagasaki, coupons for direct bookings are also temporarily unavailable
• Hokkaido: No prefectural program. We could not confirm any lodging discount run by Hokkaido. A private booking site’s coupon giving Hokkaido residents up to ¥30,000 off lodgings in Hokkaido (booked from the 17th to the end of each month) continues
• Tokyo and Osaka: No. There is no national program, and we could not find any traveler lodging discount run by the Tokyo Metropolitan or Osaka Prefectural governments on their official websites. Use the non-program options (next section)

(3) Three Ways to Stay for Less Where There Is No Program — What You Can Do Instead

1. Furusato nozei lodging coupons. Many municipalities issue electronic coupons worth about 30% of the donation amount for use on lodging, and within your deduction limit you can put them toward room charges at an effective cost of ¥2,000. Donations for this year must be made by December 31. How to use them in Gifu, which has no prefectural lodging discount, is covered in “Gifu Hotel Campaigns, October 2026.”

2. Municipal premium lodging vouchers and city/town coupons. Even without a prefecture-level program, vouchers that cities and towns issue for overnight guests remain. Kagoshima City’s “Segodon Lodging Coupon,” Phase 4, goes on sale December 1 for use in January–February 2027, and lodging discounts in Minamata and Amakusa in Kumamoto can be used in November–December (details of Kumamoto’s municipal discounts are in Kyushu Fukko Ouenwari in Kumamoto: municipal discounts continuing into October in Amakusa and Minamata). A quick search for “lodging” and “coupon” on your destination city’s website usually turns them up.

3. Booking on the hotel’s official website. At many hotels, booking via the official website or app is the best deal, with perks such as member discounts, points or free breakfast. What perks participating hotels in “Hare Tabi,” the tourism campaign of Okayama (which has no prefectural lodging discount), are offering is detailed in “Okayama Hotel Campaigns, October 2026.”

National Travel Support is not coming back, but the 50–60% discounts in the seven Kyushu prefectures are still available on hotels’ official websites, and outside Kyushu, combining local government discounts with non-program options can still cut a few thousand yen per night. The quickest route is to first check which of the “By Region” categories above your destination falls into: if a program exists, look for eligible plans on official websites; if not, try the options in (3).

Find Out More

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. Is there National Travel Support in 2026?

A. The national National Travel Support program ended in every prefecture during 2023, and there is no equivalent program in 2026. As of October 2026, the only nationally funded lodging discount is the “Kyushu Fukko Ouenwari” in the seven Kyushu prefectures.

Q. Where can I get a National Travel Support Coupon in 2026?

A. The national regional coupons ended along with National Travel Support. Instead, you can use eligible Kyushu Fukko Ouenwari plans, local governments’ own lodging discounts (Iwate, Fukushima, Akita and others), municipal lodging coupons, and furusato nozei lodging coupons.

Q. Are “Kyushu Fukkowari” and “Kyushu Fukko Ouenwari” different programs?

A. They are the same program. The official name is “Kyushu Fukko Ouenwari”; “Kyushu Fukkowari” and “Kyushu Fukko-wari” are alternative names people search for.

Q. Is there a lodging discount I can use in Okinawa now?

A. No. Okinawa is not covered by the Kyushu Fukko Ouenwari, and as of October 27, 2026 no prefecture-run lodging discount for travelers has been announced. A prefectural accommodation tax is scheduled to apply to stays from February 1, 2027.

Q. Is the Kyushu Fukko Ouenwari cap per night?

A. It is per person per trip. The cap is ¥20,000 for lodging only and for one night with transport, ¥30,000 for two or more nights with transport, and ¥35,000 for circuit trips staying in two or more prefectures.

Methodology and Sources

■ Data source

Prices are OTA listed prices compiled by HotelBank Editorial Team (November 2026 stays, one room, two guests, tax included, all plans, listings as of October 25, 2026). For each prefecture we took the median of hotels’ daily averages, then averaged it across the month. N is the number of hotels with observed prices (Fukuoka 955, Saga 236, Nagasaki 547, Kumamoto 733, Oita 844, Miyazaki 319, Kagoshima 788). Program terms were checked on the official websites of the Japan Tourism Agency and each local government on October 27, 2026.

■ Assumptions

The net cost after discount is an estimate applying the subsidy rate (60% in Kumamoto and Kagoshima, 50% in the other 5 prefectures) directly to each prefecture’s listed price, rounded to the nearest ¥100. It assumes two guests for one night and is calculated within the range where the per-person discount stays below the ¥20,000 cap. Accommodation tax and bathing tax are not included.

■ Limitations

Listed prices are not transacted prices, and the discount applies only to eligible plans, so the actual amount paid varies by hotel and plan. Each program can end within its period once the budget runs out, and booking status changes daily. The list of local government lodging discounts reflects information checked on September 22, 2026, and first-come programs may have finished distribution.

■ Official sources

• Japan Tourism Agency, “Kyushu Fukko Ouenwari” overview (PDF, Japanese)
• Okinawa Prefecture, “Accommodation Tax FAQ (for guests)” (Japanese)