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Non-smoking areas
Last Updated September 20, 2024
Notice
Yokohama City Smoking Prohibition Area Map (Google Map)
【2024.3.1】 We released smoking area map (Google map)
Public smoking areas and smoking-free areas in the city can now be confirmed from two-dimensional barcodes (outside site).
When searching for the route from your current location to the nearest smoking area, you need permission to obtain location information.
※Location information may differ depending on the model you are using.
FAQs
・Can I smoke in areas other than non-smoking areas?
・I'm having a lot of littering cigarettes and butts nearby. Do you have any notices?
What is a smoking prohibited area?
Road markings in areas where smoking is prohibited
In Motoichi, based on "the regulations about prevention of scattering such as Yokohama-shi empty cans and butts", etc.
For the purpose of preventing burns and scorching caused by littering tobacco, and preventing littering of butts.
Even in the city, especially around busy stations and downtown areas are designated as smoking-free areas.
Currently, the area around Yokohama Station, Minato Mirai 21, Kannai-District, Tsurumi Station, etc.
Areas around Higashi-Kanagawa Station, around Shin-Yokohama Station, around Totsuka Station, and around Futamatagawa Station
8 districts have been designated as non-smoking areas.
Smoking is not allowed in public places outdoors in smoking prohibited areas.
(In this case, "smoking" means "smoking" in addition to "smoking"
It also includes "having a lit cigarette." )
In smoking prohibited areas, "instructors such as smoking prohibited areas" who are Motoichi staff patrol and visit
If you ask smokers to stop smoking and violate the efforts of smoking-free areas, you will be subject to penalties (fined 2,000 yen).
※Instructors such as smoking prohibited areas always wear uniforms and present "Yokohama City Staff Card" or "Beautification Promotion Member Card".
About clothes of instructors such as smoking-free areas that correspond to patrols
| Name of area where smoking is prohibited | Area | Main places in the district | Designated time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area around Yokohama Station | About 9 ha | Yokohama-sta.-nishiguchi (around Kita West Exit and Palnard Street) and around East Exit | January 21, 2008 (Updated on March 10, 2009) (Updated on October 1, 2009) |
| Minato Mirai 21 District | About 10.2ha | JR Sakuragicho Station, around New City Hall | January 21, 2008 (Updated on July 1, 2012) |
| Kannai-District | About 4.1ha | JR Kannai Station, around the old city hall | January 21, 2008 |
| Area around Tsurumi Station | About 3.8ha | Around Tsurumi Station West Exit East Exit, Keikyu Tsurumi Station | March 10, 2009 |
| Higashi-Kanagawa Station Area | About 2.4ha | Higashi-Kanagawa Station Around West Exit / East Exit | March 10, 2009 |
| Area around Shin-Yokohama Station | About 3.8ha | Around Shin-Yokohama Station | March 1, 2010 |
| Area around Totsuka Station | About 7.4ha | Around Totsuka Station West Exit and East Exit | March 1, 2018 |
Area around Futamatagawa Station | About 7.8ha | Around the north and south exits of Futamatagawa Station | October 1, 2018 |
Smoking-free area MAP
A list of smoking-free areas can also be found from the smoking-free area MAP (PDF: 631KB).
About the use of smoking area (17 places) which Motoichi installs
Please observe the following so that as many people as possible can use it.
・Don't stop in the aisle, enter inside
・Avoid conversation and eating and drinking
・Leave immediately after use
We hope that you will continue to follow your manners.
Please note that smoking areas may be closed depending on the future situation. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
Handling of heated tobacco in smoking-free areas
Heated tobacco is included in manufactured tobacco under the Tobacco Business Law (those subject to tobacco tax), and is subject to fines because it is a smoking act stipulated in the ordinance.
If you smoke heated tobacco in a smoking prohibited area, please smoke in a smoking area.
[Reference] Tobacco products subject to regulations
- Heated tobacco → Manufactured tobacco
Major product examples
Philip Morris Aikos (IQOS)
JT Ploom Tech (Ploom TECH)
glo, British American Tobacco Japan
- Pipe tobacco → Manufactured tobacco substitutes (subject to regulations)
[Reference] Products that are not subject to the regulations
- Water tobacco (heating water with smell and sucking water vapor), electronic tobacco, non-smoking pipo → Outside of manufactured tobacco (not subject to regulations)
We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.
Number of cases where smoking was stopped in areas where smoking was prohibited
Since 2020, we have reviewed the methods and systems of patrols and strengthened our efforts in smoking-free areas by paying attention to more smokers.
Most people put out the fire of tobacco by telling the efforts of the smoking ban area and asking them to stop smoking, and beautification of the town and prevention of danger by tobacco fire are planned. .
2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area around Yokohama Station | 2,176 | 4,184 | 1,079 |
Minato Mirai 21 District | 751 | 1,497 | 583 |
| Kannai-District | 679 | 1,024 | 235 |
| Area around Tsurumi Station | 217 | 248 | 111 |
| Higashi-Kanagawa Station Area | 134 | 196 | 91 |
| Area around Shin-Yokohama Station | 150 | 251 | 70 |
| Area around Totsuka Station | 279 | 398 | 100 |
| Area around Futamatagawa Station | 56 | 78 | 27 |
| Total fiscal year | 4,442 | 7,876 | 2,296 |
(Even major stations other than smoking-free areas, instructors such as smoking-free areas conduct enlightenment and smoking spot patrols to improve smoking manners.)
[Related Pages] About City of Yokohama, Health and Social Welfare Bureau's Tobacco Control in Yokohama City
http://translate-en.city.yokohama.lg.jp/kurashi/kenko_iryo/kenkozukuri/tabako-health/taisaku/jyudou-kituen.html
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