This is a sample of 1636 facilities in 39 areas, not a national survey. 27 state a policy in writing; the percentages below are of those 27. 1609 have nothing written that we could find.

30%say yes, no conditions · 8

56%yes with conditions · 15

15%no, in writing · 4

1,636checked

27state a policy

1,609nothing written

By area

Area	Checked	Stated	Yes	Conditional	No	Unconfirmed
Hakone	168	0	0	0	0	168
Kusatsu	22	0	0	0	0	22
Atami	27	0	0	0	0	27
Izu & Ito	20	0	0	0	0	20
Kinugawa & Nikko	16	0	0	0	0	16
Beppu	44	0	0	0	0	44
Yufuin	12	0	0	0	0	12
Kinosaki	19	0	0	0	0	19
Kurokawa	12	0	0	0	0	12
Arima	40	0	0	0	0	40
Dogo	21	0	0	0	0	21
Noboribetsu	12	0	0	0	0	12
Jozankei	16	0	0	0	0	16
Niseko	28	0	0	0	0	28
Hakuba	31	0	0	0	0	31
Nozawa Onsen	17	0	0	0	0	17
Ginzan Onsen	8	0	0	0	0	8
Tokyo	361	24	8	13	3	337
Kyoto	192	3	0	2	1	189
Osaka	145	0	0	0	0	145
Hakodate & Yunokawa	46	0	0	0	0	46
Lake Toya	24	0	0	0	0	24
Nikko	14	0	0	0	0	14
Karuizawa	9	0	0	0	0	9
Nasu	6	0	0	0	0	6
Yugawara	8	0	0	0	0	8
Fuji-Kawaguchiko	7	0	0	0	0	7
Gero	5	0	0	0	0	5
Takayama	13	0	0	0	0	13
Shirahama	11	0	0	0	0	11
Ibusuki	6	0	0	0	0	6
Naruko	19	0	0	0	0	19
Akiu	7	0	0	0	0	7
Ikaho	2	0	0	0	0	2
Fukuoka	30	0	0	0	0	30
Hiroshima	25	0	0	0	0	25
Okinawa (Naha)	31	0	0	0	0	31
Sapporo	127	0	0	0	0	127
Nagoya	35	0	0	0	0	35

Where the written policies were found

Many inns keep their policy in a chatbot FAQ rather than on a normal page. We read both.

Official FAQ (talkappi_faq)	16
Official site (static_html)	11

Method

Official websites only: static pages plus the talkappi / tripla FAQ widgets many inns use. No phone calls in this batch.

FAQ pages, facility pages and the chatbot answers most inns hide their policy in. The original Japanese is kept, word for word. Every status carries its source, the date, and an expiry. Policies change; when a check has expired, the listing says so.

Data generated 17 Sep 2026

We asked 1636 stay the same question. Here is what they say.

By area

Where the written policies were found

Method