Possible Smoking Ban in Kanagawa Prefecture
Looks like Kanagawa Prefecture could possibly getting a regional smoking ban as of March next year similar to bans in other countries according to this article.
The ban, if enabled would ban smoking 100% in bars, restaurants, amusement venues, schools, hospitals and department stores which I think would be just simply incredible especially for Japan!
Kazuko Hara who drafted the bill had this to say, "Smoking bans are a global trend. This is also part of our campaign to reduce the risks from passive smoking, which may cause lung and other cancers among non-smokers."
Well done! Fingers crossed!
(I wonder if this ban would include pachinko parlours?)
The article also has some interesting stats on the amount of smokers in Japan. Apparently the percent of Japanese people who smoke is now down to 26 percent. Not bad!
A search for comparisons found that 15 percent of Australians smoke.
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The ban, if enabled would ban smoking 100% in bars, restaurants, amusement venues, schools, hospitals and department stores which I think would be just simply incredible especially for Japan!
Kazuko Hara who drafted the bill had this to say, "Smoking bans are a global trend. This is also part of our campaign to reduce the risks from passive smoking, which may cause lung and other cancers among non-smokers."
Well done! Fingers crossed!
(I wonder if this ban would include pachinko parlours?)
The article also has some interesting stats on the amount of smokers in Japan. Apparently the percent of Japanese people who smoke is now down to 26 percent. Not bad!
A search for comparisons found that 15 percent of Australians smoke.
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Labels: Smoke Free News
posted by Brad @ Tuesday, April 22, 2008
3 Comments
Name: Natural Station
Natural station has a wide variety of freshly squeezed juices and organic coffees as well as a large selection of rather tasty and fresh sandwiches though watch out for the Bacon & Tomato sandwich which has mayonnaise and tomato sauce on the bacon (only in Japan, right?).
Name: Cafe AKIRA
What I recommend though is getting one of the many lunch sets, particularly the sandwich ones which will get you a coffee of your choice, a rather decent salad and an amazing sandwich all from 1050 Yen depending on the set.
The cafe itself has a very relaxing and modern atmosphere with a very clean yet warm (very rare in Tokyo) interior design with wooden walls and Ethiopian themed photography decorating the walls. There's also a large flatscreen monitor on one wall with footage of Ethiopia accompanied by some of Idaki Shin's music performances.
Name: Usagi
The bar is fairly spacious, especially for a Tokyo bar and one of the cleanest I have seen in Japan, period. It also has a huge warmth due to it's lighting, interior design and the amount of effort that's obviously been put into making it as homey as possible. 
Name: Cafe Denmark
Service was really fast, especially on a weekend though there was some unnecessary confusion when I ordered my cocoa. The girl behind the register kept thinking I was saying "Coca Cola" for some reason and after a few minutes of even pointing at the Japanese writing for "Cocoa" I was given hot cocoa and a Coca Cola. I managed to explain to her that I just wanted the cocoa but a little common sense on her part would have saved us a lot of trouble.
