Privacy
OnsenView has no accounts, comments or forms, and we don't collect personal data ourselves. This page explains which services receive information when you visit.
Hosting (Cloudflare)
This is a static website hosted on Cloudflare. To deliver the pages, Cloudflare processes the information a connection needs (IP address, browser type, the address requested and the time), which may be kept in its server logs.
YouTube videos
Video thumbnails on the onsen-town pages load from YouTube's image server (i.ytimg.com), so Google receives your IP address and other connection details when you open a page.
The video player loads only after you click a video. It is YouTube's official embedded player in privacy-enhanced mode (www.youtube-nocookie.com). According to YouTube, in this mode viewing an embedded video does not influence your browsing experience on YouTube (such as recommendations); YouTube/Google may still store data in your browser and collect usage information when the video plays, under the Google Privacy Policy.
Maps (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan)
The "Getting there" tab of each onsen-town page has a map. The base map tiles come from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) at cyberjapandata.gsi.go.jp and load only after you click "Show map"; until then no request is made. When the map loads, your browser sends GSI's servers your IP address, browser and device information, and the referring address (Referer; by browser default a cross-site request usually carries only our domain, not the full page path). This is used only to display the map; we add no cookies or tracking parameters to map requests. The map software (Leaflet) is served from our own server. GSI's terms: GSI tiles list and GSI content terms of use.
The "Google Maps" link next to each place is an ordinary link; Google Maps opens only if you click it.
Google Maps
The "Address & access" section of ryokan information can show a Google map. The map loads from Google automatically when that section is displayed (when you open that tab in the ryokan panel, or scroll near the map on the full ryokan page); once loaded, Google may set cookies in your browser and collect usage information, under the Google Privacy Policy.
Photos (Wikimedia Commons)
Photos of the onsen towns load from Wikimedia Commons servers (thumb.wikimedia.org), so Wikimedia receives your connection details.
What we don't use
- No analytics (no Google Analytics or similar).
- The site sets no cookies of its own and uses no browser storage such as localStorage.
Affiliate links
There are no affiliate links on the site at present. When we add them they will be marked "Ad", and this page and the ad disclosure will be updated.
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Last updated: 2026-11-12