National lodging house - kokuminshukusha

Public lodging facilities began operating in 1957 (Showa 32) with the aim of providing low-cost lodging to anyone to recover from work fatigue and improve their health. Led by the Ministry of the Environment, they provide loans to local governments using the accumulated funds of the Employees' Pension Insurance and National Pension System, and entrust their construction and management to local governments. As of 2019 (Reiwa 1), there are 79 lodging facilities nationwide. The construction standards for lodging facilities are in scenic locations that combine the sea, mountains, valleys, plateaus, lakes, hot springs, etc., and are set from Hokkaido to Kagoshima, with approximately 988,000 users per year (2018).

In addition, there are 54 privately run national lodgings nationwide (2019). These are inns and mountain huts designated as privately run national lodgings, but the accommodation fee is the same for both public and private lodgings. Privately run national lodgings are located within national parks or quasi-national parks, and were approved by the National Parks Association, a foundation that received business applications. However, since the association was dissolved at the end of March 2012, they have been inspected and approved by the board of directors of the Council of Privately Run National Lodgings.

[Fumio Sawa]

"National Lodging Houses of Japan, revised 20th edition (1982, Japan Travel Bureau)" ▽ "National Lodging Houses and Vacation Villages, compiled by Travel Book Group (1999, Yama-to-Keikoku-sha)" ▽ "Vacation Village Guidebook 2002-2003 Public National Lodging House Guide" (2002, Vacation Village Association Foundation)" ▽ "Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Tourism White Paper, various years' editions (Ministry of Finance Printing Bureau)"

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労働の疲労を回復させ、健康の増進を図るため、だれもが低料金で泊まれることを目的に、1957年（昭和32）から営業を開始した公営の宿泊施設。環境省が中心となり、厚生年金保険や国民年金の積立金を地方公共団体に還元融資、建設と経営をゆだねているもので、2019年（令和1）時点で全国に79軒ある。宿舎の建設基準は、海、山、渓谷、高原、湖、温泉などの組合せによる景勝地で、北海道から鹿児島まで設けられ、年間利用者は約98万8000人（2018）。

　このほか民営の国民宿舎も全国に54軒（2019）ある。旅館や山小屋が民営国民宿舎としての指定を受けたものだが、宿泊料金は公営も民営も一律である。民営国民宿舎は国立公園か国定公園の地域内にあり、営業申請を受けた財団法人国立公園協会が許可していたが、同協会が2012年（平成24）3月末に解散して以降は、民営国民宿舎協議会の理事会が審査・認定している。

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『『全国国民宿舎』改訂20版（1982・日本交通公社）』▽『旅行図書グループ編『国民宿舎と休暇村』（1999・山と渓谷社）』▽『『休暇村ガイドブック2002～2003　公営国民宿舎ガイド』（2002・財団法人休暇村協会）』▽『国土交通省編『観光白書』各年版（財務省印刷局）』

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