Editorial Integrity & Disclosure

What this site is

Ritual Tokyo is an independent publication covering Tokyo beauty and wellness. We exist to help readers rest and recover well in Tokyo — and to keep faith with the bathhouses, saunas, and spas we write about. Ritual Tokyo is published by Ritual Tokyo.

Paid partnerships

Most of what we publish is ordinary editorial: places and rituals we think are worth your time, with no money changing hands. From time to time a piece may include a paid partnership with a venue we feature. When that is the case:

• We disclose it on the article itself and on the site-wide banner.
• A paid partner can be included in our coverage; a paid partner cannot dictate what we

say, suppress a competitor, or edit our copy.

• Any comparison that features a paying venue also includes places we have no relationship

with. We never run a comparison of paying partners only.

Our standards

• We write from first-hand experience and name specifics — the water, the room, the price.
• We don't publish superlatives we can't stand behind.
• Corrections are made promptly and noted.

How our content is produced

Articles are produced and edited by our editorial team, and reviewed before publication.

Contact

Editorial concerns, factual corrections, takedown requests: editorial@ritualtokyo.com.