The Least Useful Guide to Fukuoka

A smoking room in a newly opened shopping mall.

Very stylish and relatively spacious… I think this type (looking like home makeover magazines) has been increasing recently.  

 Nice looking…but this space is the only place where shoppers are allowed to take some nicotine in this 33 thousand square-metre mall. And there is no vending machine or Dotour (No, Doutor. Thank you Deicchan-san!)from which you can get a coffee to accompany with your puff.

Despite the stylish looks, anytime I visit this kind of place (uh, I mean, family-oriented, peaceful-looking malls with only few smoking spots), I realise I am no longer welcome. Long ago were the days when I could find ashtrays and benches to have a break dotted outside buildings …