Terms and Conditions

Welcome to the website operated by Gourmet Bunka Publishing. These terms and conditions govern your access to and use of this website. By accessing or using our website, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions. If you do not agree with any part of these terms, you must not use our website.

Use of the Website

This website is provided by Gourmet Bunka Publishing, located at Sakura Building 5F, 2-8 Kanda-Nishikicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-0054 Japan. The content and services available on this site relate to our business activities, including food magazine publication, culinary content creation, digital food media production, recipe development, restaurant review writing, food culture feature articles, food event coverage, photography and styling, editorial services, and graphic design for print and digital. You agree to use the website only for lawful purposes and in a manner that does not infringe the rights of, restrict, or inhibit anyone else's use and enjoyment of the website. Prohibited behavior includes harassing or causing distress or inconvenience to any person, transmitting obscene or offensive content, or disrupting the normal flow of dialogue within the website.

Intellectual Property

All content on this website, including text, graphics, logos, recipes, articles, photographs, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, is the property of Gourmet Bunka Publishing or its content suppliers and is protected by international copyright laws. The compilation of all content on this site is the exclusive property of Gourmet Bunka Publishing. You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of the material on our website, except as generally permitted for personal, non-commercial use, without the prior written consent of Gourmet Bunka Publishing.

User Contributions

The website may contain interactive features that allow users to post, submit, publish, display, or transmit content or materials. Any content you post to the site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. By providing any content on the website, you grant Gourmet Bunka Publishing and its affiliates and service providers a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media. You represent and warrant that you own or control all rights in and to the content you post and have the right to grant the license granted above. You understand and acknowledge that you are responsible for any content you submit or contribute, and you, not Gourmet Bunka Publishing, have full responsibility for such content, including its legality, reliability, accuracy, and appropriateness.

Disclaimer of Warranties

The information presented on or through the website is made available solely for general information purposes. Gourmet Bunka Publishing does not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of this information. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. We disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by you or any other visitor to the website, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents. The website is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis, without any warranties of any kind, either express or implied.

Limitation of Liability

In no event will Gourmet Bunka Publishing, its affiliates, or their licensors, service providers, employees, agents, officers, or directors be liable for damages of any kind, under any legal theory, arising out of or in connection with your use, or inability to use, the website, any websites linked to it, any content on the website or such other websites, including any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages, including but not limited to, personal injury, pain and suffering, emotional distress, loss of revenue, loss of profits, loss of business or anticipated savings, loss of use, loss of goodwill, loss of data, and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract, or otherwise, even if foreseeable.

Links to Third-Party Websites

This website may contain links to other websites that are not owned or controlled by Gourmet Bunka Publishing. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites. You acknowledge and agree that Gourmet Bunka Publishing shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content, goods, or services available on or through any such websites.

Termination

Gourmet Bunka Publishing may terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the website, without prior notice or liability, for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation if you breach these terms and conditions.

Governing Law

These terms and conditions and your use of the website are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Japan, without regard to its conflict of law principles.

Changes to the Terms and Conditions

Gourmet Bunka Publishing reserves the right to revise and update these terms and conditions from time to time in our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them and apply to all access to and use of the website thereafter. Your continued use of the website following the posting of revised terms and conditions means that you accept and agree to the changes.

Contact Information

To ask questions or comment about these terms and conditions, please contact us in writing at Gourmet Bunka Publishing, Sakura Building 5F, 2-8 Kanda-Nishikicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-0054 Japan.