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Dec 02 2022 8 Comments

Old school Tokyo smokers and a similarly old school Tokyo squat

Tokyo old school smokers

Categorized: Food and Drink, Photography

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  1. Günter says

    12/2/2022 at 10:34 am

    I feel this is from a different decade but they are smoking outside. I heard many restaurants in Japan still allow smoking.

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    • Lee says

      12/2/2022 at 7:45 pm

      Still a very common sight in Japan, and yeah, quite a lot of restaurants still do. That said, nowhere near as many as there used to be. Things have definitely changed.

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  2. cdilla says

    12/2/2022 at 5:59 pm

    When watching my Shibuya and Shinjuku live cam screens it suprises me how many young people, alone or in groups, just squat down like that to chat and check their phones. Another facet of the wonderful differences between cultures.

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    • Lee says

      12/2/2022 at 7:47 pm

      I know. A lot people who aren’t so young as well. And yet they still manage to stand up again without any assistance or bother whatsoever.

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      • Richard says

        12/3/2022 at 9:37 am

        Their flexibility is impressive! Too bad they are smoking, however.

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        • Lee says

          12/4/2022 at 11:59 am

          It is. Not at all sure I could stay in that position for long. And even if I did, moving afterwards would not be pretty!

          Yes, old habits die hard…

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  3. john says

    12/5/2022 at 11:57 am

    and not a cigarette butt in sight!

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    • Lee says

      12/5/2022 at 8:14 pm

      I suspect the fancy yellow bucket is full of them!

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