Some rules or geographic details still need verification.
Hokkaido
Hokkaido restricts businesses where the operator does not use the property as their principal home, is absent during stays beyond ordinary daily errands, or lets more than five rooms. Designated school areas have class-day restrictions; designated residential areas have weekday restrictions, excluding public holidays and December 31–January 3. The current designation includes the 2026 amendments.
The official designation lists named schools, planning districts, and land-use areas, but this catalog does not contain parcel-level polygons. Confirm whether the property lies in a designated area and whether it is a Hokkaido-defined restricted business.
The official list is school- and municipality-specific; do not treat the 100 m distance as a complete statewide geofence.
A property is covered if any part of its lot lies within 100 m of the centre of a listed school's gate. Listed facilities are elementary, junior high, compulsory-education, secondary and special-needs schools (elementary/junior-high divisions) and equivalents such as international schools; nurseries, kindergartens and high schools are not included (Hokkaido official commentary).
The zoning list is specific to each municipality. Otaru, Asahikawa and Kutchan also have named districts that require map verification. Other listed municipalities retain a designation check; municipalities absent from the current residential table are outside this residential rule. School-area restrictions are assessed separately.
A property is covered when the majority of its lot lies in a designated zone or district (Hokkaido official commentary).
Kutchan
The Hokkaido designation for Kutchan was revised effective 2026-06-01. It includes the Type 1 low-rise and Type 1/Type 2 mid/high-rise exclusively residential zones and specifically named additional districts/areas; it is not a blanket restriction over all residential zones. See Hokkaido's ordinance for schedules.
The amendment's named districts require parcel-level map verification; confirm both current designation and effective date for the property's location.
