DisclaimerTERMS OF USE

This page sets out the terms on which you may use the website of Wazuka no Sato Station (operated by the Wazuka no Sato Council), at https://wazukanosato.jp/ (“this site”), and the limits of our liability. It also explains how this site is put together and kept up to date. By using this site you are taken to have accepted what is written here.

1. Who runs this site

This site is run by Wazuka no Sato Station (which includes the wazukanoSATO Cafe) in Wazuka, Soraku-gun, Kyoto. The operating body is the Wazuka no Sato Council. Enquiries and corrections are handled through the contact details in section 16 below.

2. What the information on this site is

This site exists to help people who are visiting Wazuka. What is written here is guidance based on what we were able to confirm at the time of writing; it is not a guarantee. This is particularly true of information about temples, shrines, shops, transport and events run by others, which those operators may change at any time. Please confirm with each operator before you set out.

3. Accuracy and liability

We take care to keep the information on this site accurate, but we do not warrant that it is complete, accurate, current or fit for any purpose. We accept no liability for any loss arising from information having changed, from an error, or from information not being included.

4. We show our sources

Nothing here is written from hearsay. For history, public schemes, statistics and annual events we work from public bodies and official sites wherever we can, and we list those sources on the page itself. As at 2 October 2026:

• the site carries 808 source references in total (300 distinct URLs)
• 44 pages carry a list of sources
• 130 of those sources are from public bodies — the national government, Kyoto Prefecture, Wazuka Town and universities (lg.jp / go.jp / pref / ac.jp)
• the main sources are Wazuka Town, Kyoto Prefecture, the National Diet Library Digital Collections, the Kyoto Prefecture Tourism Federation, Ocha no Kyoto and the Wazuka Tourism Association
• 46 pages state the date on which we last opened and checked every source link on that page

5. Traditions and local stories

Some local stories cannot be confirmed from public records. Rather than leave them out, we write them with the claim softened — “it is said that…” or “tradition holds that…” — and add a note saying that we could not confirm it in public records, together with where to ask. Where sources disagree about a date or a figure, we set out what each source says.

6. Prices, opening hours and event dates

Prices, opening hours, closing days and event dates for places other than our own are as published by each operator at the time of writing. They change without notice.

• items that give a price or a date for other places carry their source, and our guide pages for sights also state the date we checked it. For fares and timetables, the source pages are watched automatically every week
• prices at our own shop and café are shown including tax and may change with the season and what is available; the price shown in the shop prevails
• the “This week in Wazuka” box on the home page, the “Wazuka through the year” page and the “Around Wazuka” page each carry a note asking you to confirm with the organiser before you set out
• events with fixed dates are removed automatically once a set period has passed since they ended
• even so, what you find may differ. Please confirm with the organiser

7. Photographs

Every photograph on this site was taken or provided by the Council.

• 99 images are used in the body of the site (shared by the Japanese and English pages), all served from our own server
• there is not one instance of an image being loaded directly from another site (hotlinking)
• we do not use photographs owned by third parties. One event flyer published by its organiser is shown, and we will act promptly on any request from that organiser
• if you believe any image affects your rights, please tell us using the contact details below and we will look into it and act promptly

8. Quotation

Where we quote someone else’s writing, we follow the requirements for quotation under Article 32 of the Japanese Copyright Act: the quotation must be necessary, clearly distinguished from our own text, subordinate to it, and attributed.

• quotations are set off with quotation marks and always carry the name of the source
• we quote only as much as the point requires, and never let quotation make up the bulk of a page
• we do not quote reviews written by members of the public
• we do not summarise or alter an original and then present it as a quotation

9. Using material from this site

Copyright in the text, photographs and tables on this site belongs to the Council or to the rightful owner. Please do not reproduce, republish or alter them beyond what the Copyright Act permits for private use and quotation. If you would like to use something, please ask us using the contact details below.

10. Links from this site to other sites

This site links to other sites, chiefly to show where our information comes from. We do not control those sites.

• we do not warrant, and accept no liability for, the content, services or safety of a linked site
• the content of a linked page may be changed, moved or deleted without notice
• we link to the specific page that supports what we have written, so that the basis for it can be seen
• once a week we check automatically that every link on this site is still live

11. Linking to this site

You are free to link to this site, and you do not need to tell us. We would ask you not to link in a way that misrepresents what we have written, and not to link from a site that breaks the law or offends public order and morals.

12. How we decide what to include

Whether a temple, shrine, shop or event appears on this site is decided by the Council, on the basis of whether it helps someone visiting Wazuka.

• We do not take payment for inclusion. Nothing on this site is advertising
• Inclusion is at the Council’s discretion, and we may be unable to act on a request to be included
• Not being included does not mean we think less of a place. It may simply be a matter of space, of what we have been able to visit, or of what sources exist
• If you would prefer not to be listed, please tell us using the contact details below and we will act promptly

13. How we write about other places and businesses

We describe temples, shrines, shops, transport and events around Wazuka to help people planning a visit. These are descriptions of fact. They do not indicate any partnership with, or endorsement by, the Council.

• we work from official sites and published material from public bodies
• we give the source and the date we checked it
• If you run a place described on this site and would like a correction, or would prefer not to be listed, please tell us using the contact details below. We will look into it and act promptly.

14. Fact, and our own view

This site contains both statements of fact that we have checked and our own view — what we found enjoyable, what we would suggest. We write the second kind so that it reads as a view rather than a fact (“we think…”, “we would suggest…”). We have no intention of criticising any place, business or person, or of suggesting that one is worse than another. If anything here reads that way, please tell us using the contact details below.

15. When we find an error

When we learn that something here is wrong, we correct it promptly.

• where the correction matters, we make clear what was changed
• edits are recorded every two minutes, so it is possible to trace when a passage was changed and how
• if the source itself has changed, we move the reference to the new source and update the date we checked it

16. How to raise something with us

Please tell us about anything at all — an error, a concern about rights, or a request to remove a link or an entry. We will look into what you tell us and act promptly.

• Contact form: the “Contact” page of this site
• Telephone: +81 774-39-7790 (Wazuka no Sato Station, in Japanese)
• It helps if you can give us the URL of the page and tell us which passage you mean

17. While you are here

Almost all of the tea fields in Wazuka are private land and a working place. So that everyone can enjoy the view, we ask the following.

• Please do not walk into the tea fields. Look from the road
• Please do not go close to people at work to take photographs
• One district (Harayama) is closed to visitors. It cannot be visited
• Roads in the hills are narrow, with steep and unpaved stretches. Please wear shoes you can walk in
• What you do on site is your own responsibility. We accept no liability for accidents, injury or loss

18. Limitation of liability

We accept no liability for any loss arising from your use of this site, or from action taken on the basis of information on it. The same applies to any interruption, suspension or ending of this site, to loss of data, and to damage caused by computer viruses or the like. This does not apply where the loss is caused by our intent or gross negligence.

19. How this site is kept up

After it is written, this site is kept up by the following.

• once a week, every link on the site is checked automatically to see that it is live
• once a week, the source pages for information that changes often, such as transport, are watched automatically for changes
• every day, the “This week in Wazuka” box and the “Wazuka through the year” page are rebuilt. Events that have ended drop out
• edits are recorded every two minutes (more than 760 records so far)
• a copy of every file is kept before it is changed (more than 342 so far)
• 145 pages are published — 81 in Japanese and 64 in English. 143 pages declare the Japanese–English pairing (hreflang) and 140 carry structured data for search engines
• 45 pages have a read-aloud function, with 634 readings registered for proper nouns

20. Personal information

For personal information, please see our separate Privacy Policy.

21. Governing law and jurisdiction

The use of this site, and the interpretation and application of this page, are governed by Japanese law. Any dispute with the Council arising in connection with this site shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Kyoto District Court as the court of first instance.

22. Changes to this page

We may change what is written on this page as the need arises. Any change takes effect when it is published on this site.