Hello, thank you for your response.

I'm very pleased that you are aiming for an honest use of OSM under its rules.
With that in mind, I have a request, and I sincerely apologize:

* Would it be possible to suspend such edits for a short while?
* I would like to inquire with Kobe City about the possibility of use.

Sorry, the following might be too long...

First, let me explain the points regarding Kobe City's terms of use:
Indeed, Kobe City's terms of use are not very clear.

* The site's content is protected by intellectual property rights (primarily copyright) owned by Kobe City
* The background map's copyright belongs to Geo Technologies
* The aerial photos' copyright belongs to Pasco Corporation

In other words, Kobe City owns the intellectual property rights to the road name data used by rj_buchanan.
Moreover, the terms of use describe "content" being protected in a way that broadly defines the scope of protection, essentially stating that "factual information not protected by copyright is also content."
As mentioned in the "Content Usage" section, these data cannot be used beyond the limits permitted by copyright.
(While there are various nuanced details about the scope of copyright usage, essentially, it means it cannot exceed private use)

To summarize, while this data is "published", it may not be appropriate for use in OSM. As you know, just because something is published doesn't mean it's available for use in OSM.

Therefore, we need to inquire whether this road name data is usable in OSM.
Additionally, the road names shown on this site are primarily used for management purposes within the city office and are not the names actually displayed on roads.
(They are the types of names written on construction permit applications, for example)
Japan's address system differs from other countries, and road names have very low priority.
It's not much of a problem if roads don't have names.

The road edits in Toyonaka City appear to be from over 10 years ago, and these may need to be deleted as necessary.
Also, just because something is used in Google Maps does not mean it can be used in OSM - these are completely separate issues.

For instance, Oguchi Town in Aichi Prefecture has made a similar request to the city and obtained permission to use the materials.
I recognize that we need to follow similar steps to use the data without problems.
https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/35.330541/136.908027&layers=N
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Japan_OpenData/OguchiCho

I apologize for the lengthy message. I truly appreciate your understanding.
