(revised March, 2010)

Regarding the Copyright

1. The text and images, and other files, as well as the rights to those contents found in the official site of The Corporate Organization for the Promotion of Hokkaido Tourism, “Journey Around Hokkaido” (below, “this site”), belong to The Corporate Organization for the Promotion of Hokkaido Tourism (below, “this organization”). In addition, part of the copyright of the images belong to their original creators.
2. Use or reproduction of this site’s text or images without notification is prohibited.

About the Link

1. The link to the home page of this site (http://www.visit-hokkaido.jp/) is by general rule free. If you paste this link somewhere, please send the following to The Corporate Organization for the Promotion of Hokkaido Tourism by email:
   1. The URL to the site with the link
   2. The contents of the planned link setting
   3. The name of the group, as well as the name of the representative
   4. Please send the mail address of the person in charge
2. When setting up the link, please make it clear that it is a link to this site. In addition, please do not set the link to show this website inside of a frame. (※The screen must either change completely to this site, or the link must open a new browser window leading to this site.)
3. Furthermore, if it does not meet the purpose of this site, or if it might damage the reputation of this organization or the companies in this organization, or if it is offensive to public order and morals, or if it interferes with the running of this site, the use of the link can be refused.
4. If the link is used, please use the banner below.
   

Privacy Policy

1. Collection of Private Information

   When collecting private information, please make the purpose clear to the person him or herself in a reasonable way.

2. Using Private Information

   When using private information or possessions, please use them within the bounds of the purpose of use.

3. Providing Private Information

   Excluding provisions by law or permission from the person him/herself, personal information is not to be given to a third party.

4. Managing Private Information

   One must endeavor to use precautionary measures to ensure that personal information is not lost, altered, or leaked.

Disclaimer

1. This organization takes precautions regarding the various kinds of information that it posts on this website, but it cannot completely assure the completeness, accuracy, up-to-dateness, usefulness, safety or quality of the content. In addition, this organization does not take responsibility for any incidents resulting from the behavior taken by the user of this information, please know this beforehand.
2. All of the information posted to this site is in the end information about the time it was posted, and there might be times when names and contents of that information are changed without previous notification, or when the information becomes outdated.
3. The address of this site, including that of the top site, can be changed without previous notification. Please know beforehand that this organization does not take responsibility for inoperative links or inaccurate screen presentation due to an address change by this site.

Extent of the Customer's Responsibility

1. Please keep your user name and password safe.
2. Please do not use the “Send Mail to a Friend” function in your travel planner to send spam or junk mail.
3. Please do not use the travel planner service for sales or commercial purposes.

Other Websites

There are links to other websites on this site, but The Corporate Organization for the Promotion of Hokkaido Tourism, but this does not mean that it is in any way in cooperation with these sites. Therefore, we take no responsibility for the contents and privacy policy of these sites, or the trustworthiness of the information therein.

Cookies

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Others

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