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Originally Posted by SpongeG
the same in Tokyo, very hard to find garbage cans on the street, and you never see people walking while eating, drinking, or smoking. I don't know if it's a cultural thing about walking and eating but it's not something they do.
You do find clusters of people standing outside at lunchtimes eating outside 7-11 for instance, when I was there I got into the habit of drinking a pop outside the store before walking off.
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Yup. Japan and Korea share this cultural quirk.
Both Tokyo and Seoul have made it illegal to smoke on the streets. There are designated smoking areas (usually in alleys behind office buildings or near convenience stores) for people to cluster and smoke or vape. It's awesome not having plumes of smoke blowing in to your face from people walking in front of you. It also contains cigarette butts to a designated area as well.