What is Minsyuku

Minsyuku (民宿) is derived from the Japanese word "minshuku". It is a small-scale lodging facility that utilizes unused local resources and involves the hosts of the minshuku in order to provide visitors with the opportunity to experience local nature, culture, and production and lifestyle.

Note: Depending on the location, they can be categorized as: Town B&Bs and Country B&Bs.

This definition fully explains the qualities that make B&Bs different from hotels or restaurants. Unlike traditional hotels and inns, B&Bs may not have high-class, luxurious facilities, but they allow people to experience the local flavor, feel the warmth of the hosts and their service, and experience a different kind of life from what they have been used to.

Expanded Information:

The National Tourism Administration has issued the "Basic Requirements and Evaluation of Tourist B&Bs" , which explicitly regulates the B&B industry standard and stipulates the definition of tourist B&Bs, Evaluation principles, basic requirements, management standards and grade classification conditions. The Basic Requirements and Evaluation of Tourist B&Bs came into effect on October 1, 2017 .

Tourist B&Bs are small-scale accommodation facilities that utilize local idle resources, with B&B hosts participating in hospitality, to provide tourists with the opportunity to experience local nature, culture and production lifestyles.

Tourist lodgings are divided into two grades, gold lodging grade and silver lodging grade. Golden lodging is a high grade, and silver lodging is an ordinary grade. The higher the grade, the higher the quality of facilities and services. A trendy B&B (a trendy B&B is a selected B&B that features quality, service, and management) refers to a high-grade B&B of the Golden B&B grade.

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