No-smoking zone. Man standing alone beside a tiled building wall in a side street, Japan

Photo: Alpgiray Kelem · Japan · 2026-06-11 · Editorial use

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Tokyo, Japan - June 11, 2026: A man stands alone beside a tiled building wall in a quiet side street in Japan, at a spot that has been closed to smoking. Dressed in a dark short-sleeved shirt and dark trousers, with a black bag on his shoulder, he looks down at an object in his hands. He stands on a narrow raised curb between a gray metal utility box and a drainpipe, under the shadow of the building's overhang. Small blue signs are fixed to the brown tiled facade beside him. Behind him, the empty asphalt lane runs past a street lamp and a blue one-way traffic sign toward a parking garage entrance. Smoking on the street is prohibited, and designated smoking areas are rare; people in these spots are usually seen standing alone.

• City Life
• City Street
• Social Issues
• Street
• Afternoon
• Alley
• Asphalt
• Brown
• Curb
• East Asia
• Eyeglasses
• Facade
• Japan
• Looking Down
• Narrow
• No Smoking Sign
• One Mid Adult Man Only
• One Way
• Parking
• Pipe
• Real People
• Road Sign
• Shade
• Shirt