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Mar 22 2004 6 Comments

Smoking manner #3

I’ve already mentioned on this site Japan’s rather novel approach to smoking. And a couple of days ago I posted some photos of Japan Tobacco’s latest smoking manner campaign.

Since then I’ve come across a few more. So without further ado here they are.

dogmanner.jpg

bumpmanner.jpg

This last one is my personal favourite.

cowboymanner.jpg

There’s no way I can top that, so I’m not even going to attempt a witty comment.

Categorized: General, Odd

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  1. taro says

    3/29/2004 at 1:16 pm

    “BumpManner-thumb.jpg”

    The “BumpManner” sign breaks me up.

    One: Why is it in English?

    Two: I lived here in Tokyo for more than twenty years and I cannot remember the last time anyone applogized for bumping into me (even though it’s a daily occurance since I walk on crutches).

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  2. Toni says

    8/3/2004 at 3:52 pm

    Good lord, I remember my harsh induction into the Japanese smoking culture. It was my first day on the job as an eikaiwa (English school) teacher, and the staff and students threw a party for me. After dinner we all went to the local karaoke bar. For the next several hours I was trapped in a room with about 20 other people, of whom 18 were puffing away. My eyes watered so much that I couldn’t even read the lyrics on the TV anymore.

    Finally someone asked, “Oh, is the smoke bothering you?” And they opened a window….only to be closed 10 minutes later when someone hinted that they were cold.

    And to think that I smoked in college…

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  3. burnam grace says

    11/15/2006 at 6:57 pm

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