Privacy Policy

This policy explains what information is collected when you visit Pontocho Park Guide (“the site”, “we”), how it is used, and the choices you have. The site has no user accounts, comments or sign-up forms.

Information we collect

We do not ask you for personal information. Like most websites, our hosting provider automatically records standard server logs, such as your IP address, browser type, the page requested and the time of the request. These logs are used to keep the site secure and working, and are kept only as long as needed for that purpose.

If you email us, we receive your email address and the contents of your message. We use them only to reply and do not share them.

The travel-note card on the home page is generated entirely in your browser. The text you type is not sent to us or stored.

Advertising and cookies

The site uses Google AdSense to show advertising, which helps cover the cost of running it.

• Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this site or other websites.
• Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
• You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalised advertising at aboutads.info.
• Learn more about how Google uses information from sites that use its services at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Blocking cookies does not stop the guide from working.

Other third-party services

To display the page, your browser connects to these services, which may receive your IP address and browser information under their own privacy policies:

• Google Fonts — typefaces.
• Open-Meteo — the live Kyoto weather forecast. Only the fixed coordinates of the park are sent; your location is not requested.
• unpkg and cdnjs — icon and image-export scripts.

Links to Google Maps, the Japan Meteorological Agency and other external sites are governed by those sites' own policies.

Children

The site is a general-audience travel guide and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct or delete personal information we hold about you, or to object to its use. Because we hold very little, the main case is email correspondence. Contact us using the address below and we will respond within a reasonable time.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted on this page with a new effective date.