How We Use Cookies

Last Updated: August 4, 2025

At Tattoo Friendly Onsen, we respect your privacy. We use only a small number of cookies to keep the site working, measure traffic anonymously, and track affiliate links when you choose to click them. You can change or withdraw your consent anytime.

1 – Who we are

Tattoo Friendly Onsen (“we”, “us”, “our”) operates tattoofriendlyonsen.com to help travellers find tattoo-friendly hot-spring experiences in Japan.

2 – What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a site. They let a website remember your actions and preferences so you don’t have to re-enter them each time you return or move between pages.

3 – Why we use cookies

  • Strictly necessary – keep the site secure and working.
  • Functional – remember settings such as language or cookie choices.
  • Analytics – These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with the website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. We use Plausible Analytics (which is cookie-free) and Microsoft Clarity (which uses cookies only after consent) to improve site performance, design, and usability.
  • Advertising / Affiliate – track referrals when you click partner links (e.g. Booking.com). These cookies are set only after you click, so we can earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

We do not run display advertising or remarketing cookies. If that changes, we’ll update this notice before those cookies are set.

4 – Cookies in use

Note on Microsoft Clarity cookies
Microsoft Clarity may set additional Microsoft identifiers (MUID, SRM_B, ANONCHK, MR, SM). We use these solely to analyse anonymous, aggregated behaviour and improve site usability—never for retargeting or personalised adverts on Tattoo Friendly Onsen. Microsoft may, however, employ these identifiers across its own services for fraud-prevention and ad-measurement. You can manage or withdraw consent for them at any time via our cookie settings.

5 – Your choices

You can change or withdraw consent at any time by clicking the button here:

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You can also change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. Listed below are the links to the support documents on how to manage and delete cookies from the major web browsers:

6 – Changes to this notice

We update this policy when our cookie use or legal obligations change. Check the “Last reviewed” date for the latest version.

7 – Contact

Email: privacy@tattoofriendlyonsen.com

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Together, let’s make onsen culture more inclusive—so that everyone, regardless of ink, can enjoy the beauty of Japan’s hot springs.