I can’t tell you how much this post saddens me. It’s as if phred believes that people become ghosts when they leave their country of origin.

The reason I never took issue with JR over this topic before is because I understood that through the Eki-net Service, tourists could ensure that they could travel without exposing themselves and their families to the very serious dangers of passive smoking. Perhaps not all tourists knew they could do this, but the option was there.

With the removal of Eki-net, travelling from Kyoto to Tokyo (where seats are already filled in Shin Osaka before arriving in Kyoto) is going to present a real challenge for a great many people who will be visiting this forum.

If JR put you in a position where the only drink you could offer your thirsty child was alcohol I hope you would complain! Regardless of your nationality!

This is no different. The health risks of passive smoking are far too well known.

As a tourist, you are an extremely important part of the travelling demographic. You and your revenue represent a sizeable percentage of JR passengers and turnover. I am sure that there are Japanese passengers who do complain. They reflect the largest portion of the JR User pie chart. We represent a significant slither of the same chart and it’s up to us to present our own opinion.


I just wish more tourists to London would complain formerly - London Underground gets millions of dollars in revenue from them, in return their real needs are almost completely overlooked. Perhaps Phred squirms at the idea of visitors to his/her own country having a say. I certainly don’t.


And as for non-citizens who live in Japan (or any other country where they are resident... I'm going to just assume Phred meant 'visiting tourists'/'business travellers' and leave it at that.)