Terms of Service
English 日本語 (courtesy translation)
1. Acceptance
By using Tabiflow (“Tabiflow”, “the Service”), you agree to these Terms of Service (“Terms”). If you do not agree, do not use the Service.
2. Who We Are
Tabiflow is operated by Tabiflow LLC, a limited liability company formed in New Jersey, USA (“Tabiflow LLC”, “we”, “us”, “our”). Contact: support@tabiflow.net.
3. Who May Use the Service
Tabiflow is offered to non-residents of Japan. While we do not currently block access from Japan, we do not market to or design for residents of Japan in this version of the Service, and our Terms and Privacy Policy are not translated into Japanese as legally binding documents — the Japanese versions are courtesy translations only.
You may use Tabiflow if (a) you are at least 13 years of age; (b) you have the legal capacity to enter into these Terms; and (c) your use complies with all applicable laws. If you are between 13 and 18, you may use Tabiflow only with the consent and supervision of a parent or legal guardian. Tabiflow is not directed to children under 13 and we do not knowingly permit children under 13 to use the Service.
4. What Tabiflow Is
Tabiflow is a planning utility. It is not a travel agency, tour operator, transportation provider, navigation app, guide service, safety advisor, medical advisor, or guarantor of travel information. We provide tools that let you organize a trip; we do not sell, broker, or guarantee any travel product or service.
5. Estimates and Approximations
Travel time estimates shown in Tabiflow are mathematical approximations based on straight-line distance, your pin placement, and walking-pace estimates from publicly available Japan tourism research. They are not measurements of real-world travel time. They do not account for traffic, transit schedules, weather, crowds, train delays, getting lost, security checks, queueing, restroom breaks, or any other real-world condition.
You are solely responsible for verifying actual travel time using Google Maps, official transit apps, or local sources before relying on any estimate for any time-sensitive decision — including but not limited to bookings, reservations, flights, tours, transit connections, deposits, or commitments. We make no warranty about the accuracy of any estimate, and we accept no liability for any loss, expense, missed booking, forfeited deposit, or other damage arising from your reliance on an estimate.
6. Maps and Locations
Map tiles, place search, geocoding, and pin placement in Tabiflow are provided through Stadia Maps, a third-party service. Map results may be inaccurate, incomplete, outdated, or wrong. The location a pin appears to mark may not be the actual real-world location of the place you intend to visit.
You are solely responsible for verifying the location of any place before traveling to it. We make no warranty about the accuracy of any pin, location, or map result, and we accept no liability for any loss, expense, wasted time, or missed event arising from your reliance on a pin or location result.
7. Verification Is Your Responsibility
Before relying on anything in Tabiflow for a real-world commitment, you agree to independently verify it using primary sources — Google Maps for navigation, official transit apps for schedules, official venue websites for hours and entry rules, official government sources for safety and visa information, and local sources for current conditions.
The protective scope of these Terms applies regardless of whether you actually verified. You assume the risk of failing to verify.
8. Travel Safety, Health, and Conditions
Tabiflow is a planning tool. It does not provide, monitor, or warrant any information about:
- safety of any destination, neighborhood, route, or business
- weather, natural disaster risk, or environmental conditions
- political conditions, civil unrest, or travel advisories
- health conditions, disease outbreaks, medical risks, or healthcare availability
- crime, theft, or personal safety
- transit safety, road conditions, or accident risk
- visa, entry, customs, or immigration rules
- accessibility or accommodation needs
You are solely responsible for your own safety while traveling. Before any trip, you agree to obtain current safety, health, weather, political, transit, and entry-rule information from official government sources (such as travel.state.gov, your home country’s foreign ministry, and the relevant Japanese authorities) and from current local sources.
9. Shared and Collaborative Itineraries
You may export or share itineraries you create in Tabiflow with other people. Any itinerary you share is your content, not Tabiflow’s content. We do not monitor, review, correct, or update shared itineraries. We do not notify you or any recipient when underlying conditions change (e.g., business hours, transit schedules, closures).
If you share an itinerary with travel companions, each recipient is independently responsible for verifying every detail — routes, times, addresses, hours, reservations, transit, and safety conditions — before relying on the itinerary. Tabiflow LLC accepts no liability to you or to any recipient of a shared itinerary for any loss, expense, or damage arising from reliance on a shared itinerary, including but not limited to losses arising from inaccuracies you introduced, inaccuracies from third-party data, or changes in real-world conditions.
10. Third-Party Services
Tabiflow integrates with or links to third-party services, including but not limited to:
- Stadia Maps (map tiles, autocomplete, geocoding)
- Google Maps (external navigation links)
- Cloudflare (content delivery and bot protection)
These services are not operated by Tabiflow LLC. They have their own terms and privacy policies. We do not control their content, accuracy, availability, performance, or security. We accept no liability for any act, omission, content, error, outage, data handling, or other consequence of any third-party service.
External links you click in Tabiflow leave the Service. We do not endorse, monitor, or warrant any third-party site or app.
11. Affiliate and Paid Links
Some travel links in Tabiflow may be paid or affiliate links. We may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. The presence of an affiliate link does not affect your planner data and does not constitute a recommendation. You should review any third-party offering on the third-party site before purchasing.
12. Your Device, Your Data
In v1.0, all itinerary data you create in Tabiflow is stored on your device, in your browser’s local storage. Tabiflow LLC does not have a copy. Tabiflow LLC does not have access to your itinerary content. Tabiflow LLC does not transmit your itinerary content to its servers.
You are responsible for the security of your own device — including but not limited to: keeping your device updated, not using Tabiflow on public or shared computers without clearing data afterward, not allowing untrusted people physical access to your device, and not installing malware. We accept no liability for any exposure of your data caused by the security of your own device, the actions of any other person with access to your device, or any third party (browser, operating system, device manufacturer, network operator).
You agree not to enter sensitive personal information into Tabiflow. This includes but is not limited to: passport numbers, government identification numbers, medical conditions, financial account information, payment card numbers, emergency contacts, private reservation confirmation codes, or any other information whose exposure could cause you harm. Tabiflow is not designed to hold sensitive information.
13. Service Availability
The Service is provided “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE”. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, timely, secure, free of viruses, or available at any particular time or location.
We are not liable for service interruptions or unavailability arising from causes beyond our reasonable control, including but not limited to: acts of God, natural disasters, pandemic, war, terrorism, civil unrest, government action, labor disputes, internet or telecommunications failures, outages of third-party services on which we rely (including Cloudflare and Stadia Maps), cyberattacks, or any other event of force majeure.
14. Beta Notice
Tabiflow is currently offered as a beta service. Features may change, improve, or be removed without notice. Planner, map, route, pin, affiliate, and travel information may be incomplete, outdated, unavailable, or inaccurate. You acknowledge that you are using beta software and accept the additional risks that entails.
15. No Warranty
To the maximum extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, statutory or otherwise, including but not limited to: warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, completeness, reliability, security, non-infringement, and any warranty arising from course of dealing or usage of trade.
Without limiting the foregoing, we make no warranty that:
- the Service will meet your requirements
- any travel time estimate, pin location, route, or other output is accurate
- any third-party content displayed in the Service is accurate
- the Service will be available at any particular time
- the Service is fit for any time-sensitive, safety-sensitive, or commitment-sensitive use
16. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Tabiflow LLC’s total cumulative liability for any claim arising out of or relating to Tabiflow or these Terms — whether in contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability, or any other theory — will not exceed the greater of: (a) one hundred U.S. dollars (US$100), or (b) the total amount you have paid to Tabiflow LLC in the twelve months preceding the event giving rise to the claim. For users of the free tier of the Service, this cap is US$100.
In no event will Tabiflow LLC be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, including but not limited to: lost profits, lost data, lost itineraries, lost reservations, missed connections, missed flights, forfeited deposits, costs of substitute travel arrangements, emotional distress, or personal injury — even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages, and even if a remedy fails of its essential purpose.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or the limitation of liability for certain damages. In those jurisdictions, our liability is limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.
17. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Tabiflow LLC, its members, employees, contractors, and agents, from and against any and all claims, demands, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or related to:
- (a) your use of or reliance on the Service
- (b) your violation of these Terms
- (c) your violation of any law or third-party right
- (d) any itinerary, content, location, note, or data you create, share, export, or rely upon while using Tabiflow
- (e) any reliance by a recipient of a shared itinerary on the contents of that itinerary
18. Sole Remedy
If you are dissatisfied with any part of the Service or with these Terms, your sole and exclusive remedy is to stop using the Service.
19. Governing Law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of New Jersey, U.S.A., without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.
Nothing in this section limits any mandatory consumer-protection rights you may have under the laws of the country where you reside.
20. Dispute Resolution — U.S. Users (Arbitration and Class Action Waiver)
If you are a U.S. resident: You and Tabiflow LLC agree that any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service will be resolved by binding individual arbitration administered by JAMS under its applicable rules, seated in the State of New Jersey, U.S.A. You and Tabiflow LLC each waive any right to a jury trial and waive any right to participate in any class, collective, consolidated, or representative action.
You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by emailing legal@tabiflow.net within 30 days of first accepting these Terms with the subject line “ARBITRATION OPT-OUT” and your relevant identifying information.
Notwithstanding the above, either party may bring an individual action in small claims court for any dispute within the jurisdictional limits of that court.
21. Dispute Resolution — Non-U.S. Users
If you are not a U.S. resident, the arbitration and class waiver in §20 does not apply to you. Disputes will be resolved in the courts of the State of New Jersey, U.S.A., subject to any mandatory consumer-protection venue rules of your home jurisdiction.
22. Children
Tabiflow is not directed to children under 13, and Tabiflow LLC does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has used the Service in a way that involves their personal information, contact legal@tabiflow.net and we will take appropriate steps in accordance with applicable law (including the U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act).
23. Modifications to the Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of the Terms and post the updated version at tabiflow.net/terms. If the change is material, we will display an in-app notice. Your continued use of the Service after the Last updated date constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms. If you do not accept the updated Terms, stop using the Service.
24. Termination
We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service at any time, with or without notice, including but not limited to if we believe you are violating these Terms, attempting to abuse the Service, attempting to bypass the audience scope in §3, or causing harm to other users.
25. Intellectual Property
The Service, including its name, brand, design, code, content, and any other materials provided by Tabiflow LLC, is owned by Tabiflow LLC and is protected by intellectual property laws. We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the Service for your personal, non-commercial trip planning purposes.
You retain ownership of the itinerary content you create. By using the Service, you grant Tabiflow LLC a limited license to process your itinerary content solely as needed to operate the Service for you (display, save, render).
26. DMCA / Copyright Complaints
If you believe content in the Service infringes your copyright, send a DMCA notice to legal@tabiflow.net with the information required under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3).
27. Language
These Terms are written in English. We provide a Japanese-language version (利用規約) as a courtesy translation at tabiflow.net/terms/ja. In case of any conflict or difference in meaning between the English and Japanese versions, the English version controls.
28. General
If any part of these Terms is held unenforceable, the rest will remain in effect. These Terms are the entire agreement between you and Tabiflow LLC regarding the Service. You may not assign these Terms; we may assign them to a successor in connection with a sale, merger, or reorganization of Tabiflow LLC. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver. Section headings are for convenience only.
29. Contact
support@tabiflow.net — general support
legal@tabiflow.net — legal notices, complaints, and arbitration opt-out
— End of Terms of Service.