Privacy Policy

Go to GOTO! (“this site”) is run by Small Piece (see About this site). This site does not require registration and, apart from the contact form, does not collect personal information such as your name or e-mail address directly from you. However, when you view this site, your browser sends information to the third parties described below. This page discloses that information in accordance with the rules on external transmission under Japan’s Telecommunications Business Act.

1. Google Analytics (usage statistics)

• Recipient: Google LLC (Google Analytics 4)
• Information sent: the URL and title of the page you view, the referring page, date and time, device and browser type and screen size, language setting, IP address (used by Google to estimate an approximate region and not stored), an identifier stored in a cookie to tell visitors apart, and actions on this site (timetable search conditions, ports and routes selected on the map, clicks on external links, language switching, etc.)
• Purpose: to see which pages, sections and ports are viewed most, and to improve the content and usability of this site. Aggregated figures may be shared with transport operators, municipalities, advertisers and similar parties. The data is not used to identify individuals
• How to stop it: disable cookies or JavaScript in your browser, or install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. See How Google uses information from sites that use its services.

2. Google Maps (maps on port, airport and island pages)

• Recipient: Google LLC (Google Maps Embed API)
• Information sent: when you open a port, airport or island page and the map is loaded as it comes near the screen, your IP address, browser type, the place shown (the port’s name, or the coordinates of the island’s centre), and identifiers stored in Google’s cookies (which may include your Google account if you are signed in)
• Purpose: to show the location of the port or airport, or the whole island, on a map
• How to stop it: the map is embedded in the page and loads when the page is shown. To stop this, block embedded content (iframes) or cookies from www.google.com in your browser settings or with an extension. The rest of this site works without the map. The “Open in Google Maps”, “Directions here” and “Find nearby” links open the Google Maps website or app, where Google’s policies apply

3. Hosting (access logs)

• Recipient: Google LLC (Firebase Hosting, which serves this site’s files)
• Information sent: the records of the requests needed to show a page (IP address, requested URL, date and time, browser type)
• Purpose: serving the pages and detecting abuse
• How to stop it: this is inherent to the connection itself and cannot be stopped while using this site

4. Contact form

The contact form is provided by Google Forms (Google LLC). What you enter, including any reply address, is used only to answer your enquiry and correct information, and for no other purpose.

5. Links to other websites

This site links to external websites such as operators’ and municipalities’ official sites and Google Maps. Their own policies apply there.

6. Changes

This policy is updated when the recipients or the information sent change, and the new version is published on this page. Effective: 2026-11-03. Last updated: 2026-11-09 (the opening paragraph now states that the contact form may collect personal information, and advertisers were added to those who may be shown aggregated figures).