No smoking on the street
Osaka City, Chiyoda and Shibuya: the whole area
Shibuya: no street drinking
6 pm – 5 am, all year
Osaka City
¥1,000
Whole city · heated tobacco too
Chiyoda (Tokyo)
¥2,000
All streets in the ward · also some parks
Shibuya (Tokyo)
¥2,000
Whole ward · heated tobacco too
Kyoto City
¥1,000
Fines in enforcement zones (central, station, Kiyomizu–Gion)
🏢 Indoors
No smoking in principle in many facilities
🚬 Smoking areas
Where you can smoke outdoors
| Where | Rule | Fine |
|---|---|---|
| Osaka City | Smoking on the street is banned across the whole city (from 27 January 2025), including heated tobacco | 1,000 yen |
| Chiyoda, Tokyo | The whole ward is a no-smoking area on the street, also designated parks and squares. Use the smoking areas | 2,000 yen |
| Shibuya, Tokyo | Smoking in outdoor public places is banned across the whole ward, including heated tobacco (IQOS, glo, Ploom) | 2,000 yen |
| Kyoto City | The city asks people not to smoke in outdoor public places anywhere in the city. In the enforcement zones (such as central Kyoto, the Kyoto Station area, and the Kiyomizu and Gion area) smokers are fined by city patrol officers, who give a receipt | 1,000 yen (enforcement zones) |
Other cities have their own rules. When in doubt, smoke only at a marked smoking area.
6 pm – 5 am
no drinking on streets and in parks
All year
since 1 October 2024
In the area on the ward's map (also in English). The ward page lists no fine.
200
cigarettes
10
packages of heated tobacco
50
cigars
250 g
other tobacco
Heated tobacco examples: IQOS 200 pieces, glo 200 pieces, Ploom TECH 50 capsules. If you bring more than one kind, the total allowance is equivalent to 250 grams.
More on what you can bring in duty-free → Duty-free allowances when entering Japan
Sources（10）
- MHLW: special site on passive smoking (Japanese)
- MHLW: measures against passive smoking (Japanese)
- Osaka City: press release (19 February 2026, Japanese)
- Osaka City: street-smoking ban poster (PDF)
- Chiyoda City: no-smoking areas (Japanese)
- Shibuya City: smoking rules and fines (Japanese)
- Shibuya City: street drinking (Japanese, with an English PDF)
- Kyoto City: ordinance on street smoking (Japanese)
- Kyoto City: smoking areas and enforcement zones (Japanese)
- Japan Customs: Procedures of Passenger Clearance
Checked on 8 November 2026. City rules change — check the city's page and the signs on the street.