Legal, in plain words
Terms of use
What you can expect from Minpaku X, and what we ask of you: your account, the Minpaku Pass, using the site, and the law that applies.
DraftA draft for the prototype, in plain words. The signed version will follow before Minpaku X opens; where they differ, the signed version applies. Updated 3 Nov 2026.
What Minpaku X is
Minpaku X is a Japanese company that brings homes, minshuku and small inns into one network, and runs the booking and payment for each house. Your stay itself is with the house.
Your account
- You sign in with a link sent to your email. There is no password to keep.
- Please give your real name and a way to reach you: the house needs them to welcome you, and the law asks it to keep a register.
The Minpaku Pass
- The Pass is free. A house's seal comes from a stay booked on Minpaku X or on that house's own Minpaku X site, the morning after check-out.
- Seals can't be bought, sold or passed on, and they never change the order of houses.
- Every perk is planned. We will publish each one's terms before it starts, and give notice before we change them.
Using the site
- Please don't copy houses' pages or photos in bulk, or use automated tools to collect them.
- Write reviews about your own stay, honestly. We remove reviews that aren't about a stay.
If we disagree
These terms follow Japanese law. We will always try to settle things by talking first.