Section 1 Notification
第一節 届出等
第三条（届出）
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.
都道府県知事（保健所を設置する市又は特別区（以下「保健所設置市等」という。）であって、その長が第六十八条第一項の規定により同項に規定する住宅宿泊事業等関係行政事務を処理するものの区域にあっては、当該保健所設置市等の長。第七項並びに同条第一項及び第二項を除き、以下同じ。）に住宅宿泊事業を営む旨の届出をした者は、旅館業法第三条第一項の規定にかかわらず、住宅宿泊事業を営むことができる。
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.
Article 4Grounds for Ineligibility
第四条（欠格事由）
Any person who falls under any of the following categories must not run a private lodging business:
次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、住宅宿泊事業を営んではならない。
a person specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as being incapable of carrying out a private lodging business properly due to a mental or physical disability;
心身の故障により住宅宿泊事業を的確に遂行することができない者として国土交通省令・厚生労働省令で定めるもの
a person subject to an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings that has not been released from bankruptcy restrictions;
破産手続開始の決定を受けて復権を得ない者
a person who has been ordered to discontinue the private lodging business pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (2) if three years have not passed from the date of the order (or if the person to whom the order has been given is a corporation, the person in question includes a person who was an officer of the corporation within 30 days before the date of the order if three years have not passed from the date of the order);
a person who has been sentenced to imprisonment or a heavier punishment or has been sentenced to a fine pursuant to this Act or the Hotel Business Act, if three years have not passed from the day on which the execution of that sentence has been completed or the person ceased to be subject to execution of that sentence;
拘禁刑以上の刑に処せられ、又はこの法律若しくは旅館業法の規定により罰金の刑に処せられ、その執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなった日から起算して三年を経過しない者
an organized crime group member prescribed in Article 2, item (vi) of the Act on the Prevention of Unjust Acts by Organized Crime Group Members (Act No. 77 of 1991) or a person who ceased to be an organized crime group member prescribed in that item on a day that is not yet five years in the past (hereinafter referred to as a "current or former organized crime group member");
暴力団員による不当な行為の防止等に関する法律（平成三年法律第七十七号）第二条第六号に規定する暴力団員又は同号に規定する暴力団員でなくなった日から五年を経過しない者（以下「暴力団員等」という。）
a minor who does not have the same capacity to act as an adult in relation to business and whose legal representative (if the legal representative is a corporation, including its officers; the same applies in Article 25, paragraph (1), item (vii) and Article 49, paragraph (1), item (vii)) falls under any of the preceding items;
営業に関し成年者と同一の行為能力を有しない未成年者でその法定代理人（法定代理人が法人である場合にあっては、その役員を含む。第二十五条第一項第七号及び第四十九条第一項第七号において同じ。）が前各号のいずれかに該当するもの
a corporation, any one of whose officers falls under any of items (i) through (v) above; or
法人であって、その役員のうちに第一号から第五号までのいずれかに該当する者があるもの
a person whose business activities are controlled by a current or former organized criminal group member.
暴力団員等がその事業活動を支配する者
Section 2 Operation
第二節 業務
Article 5Ensuring the Hygiene of Lodgers
第五条（宿泊者の衛生の確保）
A private lodging business operator must take measures that are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and are necessary to ensure the hygiene of lodgers for its notified residence, such as limiting the number of lodgers according to the floor area of each room (limited to those used for a private lodging business; the same applies in Article 11, paragraph (1), item (i)), or periodical cleaning.
住宅宿泊事業者は、届出住宅について、各居室（住宅宿泊事業の用に供するものに限る。第十一条第一項第一号において同じ。）の床面積に応じた宿泊者数の制限、定期的な清掃その他の宿泊者の衛生の確保を図るために必要な措置であって厚生労働省令で定めるものを講じなければならない。
Article 6Ensuring the Safety of Lodgers
第六条（宿泊者の安全の確保）
A private lodging business operator must take measures that are specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and are necessary to ensure the safety of lodgers in the event of a fire or other disasters for its notified residence, such as installing emergency lighting fixtures or marking evacuation routes.
Article 7Ensuring the Comfort and Convenience of Lodgers who are Foreign Tourists
第七条（外国人観光旅客である宿泊者の快適性及び利便性の確保）
A private lodging business operator must take measures that are specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and are necessary to ensure the comfort and convenience of lodgers who are foreign tourists, such as providing foreign language guidance to lodgers who are foreign tourists on how to use the facilities of a notified residence, providing information on how to use public transportation for travel in a foreign language.