Thank you for all the loyal support you’ve given to AREA3-1.

Please agree to the Terms and Conditions below for your use of the facilities.

If you do not follow each one of the rules, we may ask you to leave immediately and report the incident to the police if necessary.

 

• Once accessing and using our Services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and agreed to the Terms and Conditions.

• We have the right, at our sole discretion, to make any modifications, additions and deletions to these Terms and Conditions at any time without notice.

• We respect a timetable for all users. Please strictly adhere to your scheduled time. If you use our Studio without any permissions or if you exceed the scheduled end time without prior notice, we will charge you 200% of extra hours and a penalty (¥5000). The charges will apply if you started much earlier than your scheduled time. If that’s considered as a malicious act, we may stop providing our services and reject your future access to our services.

• Please restore the Studio to its former condition after use. Failure to do so may incur additional charges.

• For daily use, there is no charge for cancellation up to 8 days before the scheduled date of use. If you cancel from 7 days prior to the scheduled date, 100% of the total amount will be charged. However, you will not be able to cancel your booking after 25 days even if it is before the cancellation deadline.
  If paid in advance, you will receive the refund to your credit card.
  If you selected the cash payment and are charged for cancellation, the payment will be required within 7 days from the date of cancellation procedure at AREA3-1 directly or via bank transfer to the following bank account. Once we can’t confirm the payment within 7 days by the due date, 200% of the total amount will be charged as a penalty charge. *Please note that we will have to take a legal action if necessary.

• For Events or Exhibitions use, there is no charge for cancellation up to 31 days before the scheduled date of use. If you cancel from 30 days prior to the scheduled date, 100% of the total amount will be charged to you.
  If you cancel your booking and are charged for cancellation, the payment will be required within 7 days from the date of cancellation procedure at AREA3-1 directly or via bank transfer to the following bank account. Once we can’t confirm the payment by the due date, 200% of the total amount will be charged as a penalty. *Please note that we will have to take a legal action if necessary.
  
  Bank Name : Bank of Hokkaido
  Branch Name : Date Branch
  Account Number : (Current Account) 0741508
  Account Name : STUDIOJAPAN ODANAOKI

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• We do not take any responsibility or liability for theft, loss or damage to any of your personal belongings. All facilities including all the equipment and items on the premises are the property of AREA3-1, STUDIO JAPAN. In case of damage or loss of our property by you, or any member of your groups, we reserve the right to charge, in full, for costs of repairs or replacement if necessary. We take no liability for any other direct or indirect accidents, excluding the accident caused by our willful conduct or gross negligence.

• We are not responsible for any public transport or traffic disruptions caused by any natural disasters, adverse weather conditions, pandemics including COVID-19 or any other direct or indirect accidents. Unless we inevitably close down the business, we will receive your payment or a penalty according to our cancellation policy.

• When using our services, we will strictly prohibit all the users from the following acts. In the unlikely case that a prohibited act is found, we have the right to stop providing our services immediately, reject and terminate your access to our services at our sole discretion.

• If our Studio suffers damage or loss from the following acts committed by you, we have the right to charge, in full, for costs of compensation.

• For the purpose of preventing the following acts, you will assign a qualified person to take a responsibility for supervising.

 

[ Prohibited Acts ]

• Loud noise within the Studio such as extremely loud music or too much bustling, that unreasonably interfere with other users

• Littering (inside and outside premises)

• Any act against the laws, regulations and other rules

• Any act which causes actual or even potential damage to our Studio or any third party

• Any act which we deem to impede our business operation

• Any act which causes a nuisance to the local residents or other users ; and

• Religious or similar solicitations, illegal businesses or any other acts where it is judged to be inappropriate by our Studio.

 

• We do not take any responsibilities for any conflicts occured with any third party including other users.

• If you commit any criminal act or any act against the laws, regulations and other rules, we may ask you to leave immediately and report the incident to the police if necessary. In that case, we may disclose some or all of your personal information without your permission at our sole discretion. And you will comply with following instructions:

 

• Request for cooperation of investigating the criminal case from detectives, prosecutors and investigators by relevant organisations

• Court Order ; and

• Any other disclosures requested by Japanese law.