Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Hotel Business Act, a person that has notified the prefectural governor (or the head of a city that establishes health centers or of a special ward (hereinafter referred to as a "city with a health center or special ward") which handle administrative affairs for the private lodging business or other prescribed business prescribed in Article 68, paragraph (1) (the same applies hereinafter, except for paragraph (7) of this Article and paragraphs (1) and (2) of that Article)) that they will run a private lodging business may run the private lodging business.
A person that seeks to make the notification referred to in the preceding paragraph must submit a written notification stating the following particulars to the prefectural governor for each residence where the person seeks to run a private lodging business, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare:
the trade name, name, or full name and address;
商号、名称又は氏名及び住所
if the person is a corporation, the full names of its officers;
法人である場合においては、その役員の氏名
if the person is a minor, the full name and address of the legal representative (or if the legal representative is a corporation, its trade name or name and address and the full names of its officers);
未成年者である場合においては、その法定代理人の氏名及び住所（法定代理人が法人である場合にあっては、その商号又は名称及び住所並びにその役員の氏名）
if the person has a business office or office, its name and location;
営業所又は事務所を設ける場合においては、その名称及び所在地
if the person entrusts private lodging management services pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (1) (hereinafter simply referred to as "entrustment of private lodging management services"), the trade name, name or full name of the private lodging manager that is entrusted with those services, and other particulars specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; and
other particulars specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
その他国土交通省令・厚生労働省令で定める事項
The written notification referred to in the preceding paragraph must be accompanied by a drawing of the residence relating to the relevant notification, a document pledging that the person seeking to make the notification referred to in paragraph (1) does not fall under any of the items of the following Article, and other documents specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
If there has been a change in the particulars listed in paragraph (2), items (i) through (iii), (v), or (vii), the private lodging business operator must notify the prefectural governor to that effect within 30 days from the day of that change, and if it seeks to change the particulars listed in item (vi) of that paragraph, it must notify the prefectural governor to that effect before the change.
住宅宿泊事業者は、第二項第一号から第三号まで、第五号又は第七号に掲げる事項に変更があったときはその日から三十日以内に、同項第六号に掲げる事項を変更しようとするときはあらかじめ、その旨を都道府県知事に届け出なければならない。
The provisions of paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the notification under the preceding paragraph.
If a private lodging business operator falls under any of the following items, the person specified in the items must notify the prefectural governor to that effect within 30 days from that date (or in the case of item (i), from the date of learning of that fact) pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare:
if an individual who is the private lodging business operator dies:the heir;
住宅宿泊事業者である個人が死亡したとき その相続人
if a corporation that is the private lodging business operator ceases to exist as a result of a merger:the person who was the officer representing the corporation;
住宅宿泊事業者である法人が合併により消滅したとき その法人を代表する役員であった者
if a corporation that is the private lodging business operator is dissolved as a result of an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings:its bankruptcy trustee;
住宅宿泊事業者である法人が破産手続開始の決定により解散したとき その破産管財人
if a corporation that is the private lodging business operator is dissolved for reasons other than a merger or an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings:its liquidator; or
住宅宿泊事業者である法人が合併及び破産手続開始の決定以外の理由により解散したとき その清算人
if the private lodging business operator has discontinued its private lodging business:an individual who was the private lodging business operator or an officer representing the corporation that was the private lodging business operator.
If a prefectural governor has accepted a notification under paragraph (1) or (4) or the preceding paragraph, and a residence subject to that notification is located within a city with a health center or a special ward (excluding those whose head handles administrative affairs for the private lodging business or other prescribed business prescribed in Article 68, paragraph (1)), the governor must notify the head of that city or special ward to that effect without delay.