Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 11, 2026

The Regenerative Art Tourism Association (一般社団法人リジェネラティブアートツーリズム協会, "we") complies with the Act on the Protection of Personal Information and other laws of Japan, and handles personal information as described below in providing this website (https://www.rata.jp, the "Site") and the Regenerative Art Passport (the "Art Passport").

1. Name, address and representative

Regenerative Art Tourism Association (一般社団法人リジェネラティブアートツーリズム協会)
Address: 35-1-308 Senju Akebonocho, Adachi-ku, Tokyo 120-0023, Japan
Representative Director: Tomohiro Mukaida

2. Information we collect

We collect the following information.

(1) News sign-up (the form on the top page)

• Email address (required)
• Name (optional)
• Country or region of residence, preferred language
• Your plans to visit Tokunoshima, interests, expected price, number of companions and reason for your interest (including optional items)

(2) Registering for and issuing the Art Passport

• Email address, name, display language
• Your notification settings
• How the pass was issued (registration by you, issuance at a tour reception, etc.) and the tour concerned

Besides registering yourself on the Site, the Art Passport may be issued at a tour reception, at your request, by us or by a tour operator working with us.

(3) Records of tour participation

• The tour (session) you joined and its date and time
• The status of the record (confirmed, cancelled, etc.) and the reason for any cancellation
• A history of which staff member recorded, confirmed or cancelled it, and when

(4) Use of the member page

• A record of issuing links for entering the member page ("member links"). The keys of member links are stored in a form that cannot be reversed.

(5) Information when you use the Site

• IP address, type of browser and device, screen size, browser language setting
• Where you came to the Site from (information attached to URLs such as ads, and the referring URL)
• Irreversibly converted values of your IP address and email address, used to prevent repeated submissions

(6) Inquiries

• The content of your inquiry and your contact details

3. Purposes of use

We use the information for the following purposes.

1. Issuing the Art Passport and providing the member page and member links
2. Recording tour participation (stamps) and showing records of the sculpture and the sea
3. Sending emails about record updates (only to those who request them)
4. Sending emails about travel and experiences offered by us and by businesses working with us, such as tours and sales launches (only to those who have agreed in advance; you can stop them at any time)
5. Sending news to those who signed up for it
6. Settling accounts with tour operators and reporting on our activities to national and local governments (only as counts or statistics that do not identify individuals)
7. Improving our services and analysing demand (only as statistics that do not identify individuals)
8. Preventing misuse and keeping the Site secure
9. Responding to inquiries
10. Measuring the effect of advertising (only for those who have agreed to the use of cookies, etc.; see 7.)

4. Provision to third parties

Except as required by law, we do not provide personal information to third parties without your consent.

However, with the consent you give when registering for the Art Passport, your name and Art Passport ID (pass ID) are shown to the reception staff of the tour operator you join, to confirm your participation.

5. Outsourcing (including to businesses outside Japan)

To operate the Site and the Art Passport, we outsource the handling of personal information to the following businesses. We require them to keep the information secure and supervise them as needed.

If we start selling the Art Passport on the Site, we will add the payment service provider here (we do not sell it on the Site at present).

6. Businesses outside Japan and security measures

Foreign systems: Some of the providers above are headquartered in the United States. We understand the US system for the protection of personal information and require these providers to keep the information secure. For the US system, please see the materials published by the Personal Information Protection Commission of Japan. Questions are accepted at the contact point in 11.

Security measures: To prevent leaks and other incidents, we take the following measures.

• We limit the staff who handle personal information, and protect the admin screens with per-staff authentication.
• Communication with the Site is encrypted.
• The keys of member links are stored in a form that cannot be reversed.
• We check how our providers keep information secure and supervise them as needed.
• We review how we handle information regularly.

7. Cookies and sending information externally

The Site uses the following tools to understand how it is used and to measure the effect of advertising. They are loaded only if you agree in the Site's consent banner. You can choose "Analytics" and "Advertisement" separately, and change your choice at any time (from "Cookie settings" at the bottom of the page).

On the member page, usage is measured only for those who agreed to "Analytics" on the public pages.

Embedded videos: The member page and other pages show videos from YouTube (Google LLC, USA; privacy-enhanced mode) and Vimeo (Vimeo.com, Inc., USA). When a video is shown, information such as your IP address and browser details is sent to its provider.

Information stored on your device: The Site stores the following in your browser's storage. It is not sent to us.

• The language you chose
• How far you have looked through the records
• The key of your member link (deleted when you close the tab)
• The participation code you received on a tour
• Where you came to the Site from

8. Retention periods

9. When you ask us to delete your information

When you ask us to delete your Art Passport, we erase your email address, name, member links, notification settings and news sign-up.

The fact of your participation (session, date and status) is kept, linked only to the pass ID and in a form that does not identify you, for settling accounts with tour operators and reporting on our activities. The history of operations on records is likewise kept in a form that does not identify you.

10. Requests for disclosure and other actions

If you ask us to notify you of the purposes of use of, disclose, correct, add to or delete, stop using or erase, or stop providing to third parties the personal data we hold about you, or to disclose records of provision to third parties, we will respond in accordance with the law after confirming your identity. Please contact the point in 11.

11. Contact point

Regenerative Art Tourism Association, Personal Information Inquiries
Email: info@rata.jp

12. Changes to this policy

We may change this policy in line with changes in the law or in our services. We will announce important changes on the Site. The changed policy takes effect when it is posted on the Site.