Smoking or smoking?

Japan has a number of rules that doesn't make a whole lot of sense sometimes. In Japan, you are prohibited by law to smoke while walking in the open. It is believed that doing so would cause a public nuisance. You are only allowed to smoke in certain designated areas (much like Singapore's yellow box) or... check this out: in restaurants.

Now this is the part where common sense and rational thought goes up in smoke. There are smoking and non-smoking sections in restaurants but almost 99% of the time, seats next to each other are separated only by a glass partition that doesn't even go up all the way to the ceiling. Most of the time you'd end up smelling of smoke while suffering from smoke inhalation. The sign should instead read: 1st hand smoking and 2nd hand smoking.

Starbucks and Mr.Donut are the only two places I know that are only non-smoking. If you intend to eat elsewhere, hold your breath.