The smoking area thing isn&#x27;t a shaming technique. Japan is (or at one point was) the only first world nation where smoking is not on the decline. Tokyo is pretty dense, so the smoking areas is a way to keep people from getting burned on the street. If you think about it, an adult holding a cigarette down low is eye-height for a toddler. Smoking in Japan is a very sedentary activity, too. You&#x27;ll see it, but it&#x27;s not very common for people to walk and smoke at the same time.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.tripadvisor.com&#x2F;ShowTopic-g298184-i861-k6165919-About_smoking-Tokyo_Tokyo_Prefecture_Kanto.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.tripadvisor.com&#x2F;ShowTopic-g298184-i861-k6165919-A...</a>