Rooms rates at the Kanto Lodge on Yokota Air Base, Japan, seen here Oct. 7, 2025, nearly doubled with the new fiscal year. (Marc Castaneda/Stars and Stripes)
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — The cost of staying at this airlift hub’s Kanto Lodge nearly doubled this week as new Air Force lodging rates took effect worldwide.
Standard rooms now cost $167 to $180 a night, up from $83 to $98, under fiscal 2027 rates set by the Department of the Air Force.
The new prices took effect Thursday, the first day of the fiscal year, and are set by the Air Force rather than individual installations, Kanto Lodge manager John Wesley told Stars and Stripes by phone Thursday.
The annual rates for Air Force Inns worldwide were released Sept. 9 in a memo signed by David Marzo, the service’s deputy assistant secretary for cost and economics.
Room rates vary by size and location and are “market driven within per diem levels for all room types at all locations,” according to the memo.
The increases vary considerably by installation. For example, at Aviano Air Base in Italy, rates rose slightly to $92 to $115 a night, while rooms at Moron Air Base in Spain increased to $181 to $214. At Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., rates increased to $102 to $110.
Air Force Inns serve military families moving to new duty stations as well as military and civilian personnel traveling on official or personal business.
The Defense Travel Management Office raised lodging per diem rates in Japan over the summer. Those rates now range from $172 to $572 depending on location.
Other Air Force installations in Japan also saw higher lodging prices.
At Kadena and Misawa air bases, rates will range from $167 to $178 through June. They will climb to $188 to $221 in July and August before falling again in September.
Marzo’s office did not immediately respond to an after-hours email Thursday seeking comment on the lodging increases.
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