Japanese Restaurants Still Ask You This Smoky Question
To say Non-smoking seat, please in Japanese, say 禁煙席お願いします (kin'en-seki onegai shimasu).
Sit down at a Japanese cafe and staff might ask something tourists don't expect.
禁煙席お願いします
kin'en-seki onegai shimasu
Non-smoking seat, please
In this video
- 禁煙席お願いします kin'en-seki onegai shimasu Non-smoking seat, please.
- 禁煙席でお願いします kin'en-seki de onegai shimasu Non-smoking, please.
Why this phrase
Some Japanese cafes and izakaya still have smoking sections. Teach how to ask for a non-smoking seat when staff ask which you want.
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