Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Japan Real Guide (“we”, “us”, “our”) collects, uses, and protects information from visitors to japanrealguide.com.

Information We Collect

Japan Real Guide is a content website. We do not require registration or login to read our articles. We collect the following limited information: Analytics data (via Google Analytics — pages visited, time spent, device type, approximate location), comments (name and email for reply notifications only), and contact form submissions (used solely to respond to your enquiry).

Advertising – Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on this website. Google AdSense is an advertising service provided by Google LLC. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this website and other websites on the internet.

Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on users’ visits to our site and other sites. You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings or www.aboutads.info.

Google AdSense uses the DoubleClick DART cookie to serve ads based on your visit to our site and other sites. You may opt out via Google’s advertising privacy policy.

Cookies

Our site uses cookies for: analytics (Google Analytics), advertising (Google AdSense / DoubleClick DART cookie), and affiliate tracking (Booking.com, Viator, GetYourGuide, Klook, and other partners set their own cookies when you click affiliate links). You can disable cookies in your browser settings, though this may affect ad relevance and some site functionality.

Affiliate Disclosure

Japan Real Guide participates in affiliate programs including Booking.com, Viator, GetYourGuide, Klook, and Amazon Associates. When you click affiliate links and make a purchase, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. This never influences our editorial recommendations.

Third-Party Services

Our site may link to third-party websites. We are not responsible for their privacy practices and recommend reading each site’s own privacy policy.

Your Rights & Data Retention

We retain comment and contact form data only as long as necessary. To request deletion of any personal data, contact hello@japanrealguide.com. EEA residents have additional rights under GDPR (access, correction, deletion).

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

Last updated: May 2026

Questions? Contact us at hello@japanrealguide.com