Designated spots on our map
These locations are on the interactive smoking map—confirm hours on site.
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Designated Smoking Area Outdoor designated zone
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Designated Smoking Area Outdoor designated zone
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Designated Smoking Area Outdoor designated zone
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Designated Smoking Area Outdoor designated zone
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Designated Smoking Area Outdoor designated zone
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Taito City public smoking area 上野恩賜公園野外ステージ近辺喫煙所 Outdoor designated zone · 24 hours
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Taito City public smoking area 佐竹公衆喫煙所 Outdoor designated zone · 7:00–0:00
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Taito City public smoking area 中小企業振興センター駐車場内 Outdoor designated zone · 7:00–19:30
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Taito City public smoking area アメ横センタービル喫煙所 Outdoor designated zone · 10:30–19:30
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Taito City public smoking area paspa 御徒町 Indoor smoking lounge · 7:00–20:00
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Taito City public smoking area paspa 上野 Outdoor designated zone · 7:00–20:00
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Taito City public smoking area セブン-イレブン 台東松が谷1丁目店 Outdoor designated zone · 24 hours
+ 10 more on the interactive map
Data: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Taito City open data (CC BY 4.0)
Ueno Smoking Areas: Station, Ueno Park & Ameyoko (2026)
Where to smoke in Ueno — Taito City’s official smoking spots at JR Ueno Station, in Ueno Park and at Ameyoko, with opening hours and the ward’s 7–9 a.m. street-smoking ban.
Ueno Smoking Areas: Station, Ueno Park & Ameyoko (2026)
Ueno is where many visitors to Tokyo start and end their trip — the Skyliner from Narita stops here, the museums fill Ueno Park, and the Ameyoko market runs down the tracks to Okachimachi. Taito City runs a network of official smoking spots across the area, and most are within a few minutes of the station.
Taito City’s smoking rules
Ueno and Asakusa are both in Taito City, which has its own rules — a little different from neighbouring wards:
- No smoking while walking or cycling, anywhere outdoors.
- No smoking outdoors from 7 to 9 a.m. on streets, in parks and in plazas — even standing still. The ward’s designated smoking spots below are the exception.
- Heated tobacco counts (IQOS, glo and the like).
- No fines, but patrolling officers will stop you and ask you to move to a smoking spot. Don’t drop butts: littering is banned too.
Official smoking spots around Ueno
The two you will use most are on the pedestrian decks outside JR Ueno Station — one at the Hirokoji exit, one at the Asakusa exit — open around the clock. In Ueno Park, head for the spot behind the police box at the park entrance or the one near the open-air stage. For Ameyoko, the Ameyoko Center Building has its own smoking area.
| Spot | Where | Hours |
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| JR Ueno Station — Hirokoji exit JR上野駅（広小路口）ペデストリアンデッキ上 | On the pedestrian deck outside the Hirokoji exit | 24 hours |
| JR Ueno Station — Asakusa exit JR上野駅（浅草口）ペデストリアンデッキ上 | On the pedestrian deck outside the Asakusa exit | 24 hours |
| Ueno Park police box 上野公園前交番裏 | Behind the police box at the park entrance (Ueno-kōen 1) | 24 hours |
| Ueno Park — outdoor stage 上野恩賜公園野外ステージ近辺喫煙所 | Near the open-air stage, Ueno Park | 24 hours |
| Ueno Park — Masaoka Shiki baseball field 上野公園正岡子規記念球場横 | Beside the baseball field in the park | 7:00–18:00 |
| Ameyoko Center Building アメ横センタービル喫煙所 | Ameyoko market (Ueno 4-7-8) | 10:30–19:30; closed the 3rd Wednesday of each month except December |
| paspa Ueno paspa 上野 | Ueno Bldg 101, near the station (Ueno 7-4-3) | 7:00–20:00 weekdays; closed weekends, holidays and New Year |
| paspa Okachimachi paspa 御徒町 | 1F, Ueno 6-9-1 (Okachimachi) | 7:00–20:00 weekdays; closed weekends, holidays and New Year |
| e-booth Okachimachi e-booth御徒町 | Ueno 3-22-3 — heated tobacco only | 7:00–20:00 weekdays; closed weekends, holidays and New Year |
| Kōtoku Park 広徳公園内 | Higashi-Ueno 4, by Taito City Office | 24 hours |
| 7-Eleven Higashi-Ueno 1-chome セブン-イレブン 東上野１丁目店 | Higashi-Ueno 1-7-1 (ward-designated spot at the store) | 24 hours |
| Uguisudani Park 鶯谷公園内 | Negishi 1, near Uguisudani Station | 7:00–19:30 |
All of these spots are on the map below. The paspa and e-booth rooms are enclosed booths that close at weekends; on Saturdays and Sundays, use the station decks or the park.
FAQ
Where can I smoke at Ueno Station?
On the pedestrian decks outside the JR Hirokoji exit and the JR Asakusa exit. Both are ward-designated smoking spots, open 24 hours.
Can I smoke in Ueno Park?
Only at the designated spots — behind the police box at the entrance, near the outdoor stage, and beside the Masaoka Shiki baseball field (7:00–18:00). Not on the paths or by the museums, and nowhere outdoors between 7 and 9 a.m. except those spots.
Is there a smoking area at Ameyoko?
Yes — the Ameyoko Center Building has one, open 10:30–19:30 and closed on the third Wednesday of each month except December.
Is there a fine for smoking on the street in Ueno?
Taito City has no fine, but walking and cycling smoking are banned, outdoor smoking is banned from 7 to 9 a.m., and patrols will move you on.
More Tokyo smoking guides
Heading to Asakusa next? See our Asakusa & Senso-ji smoking guide. For the rest of the city, see Akihabara, Tokyo Station, the complete Tokyo guide, or find the nearest spot on the smoking area map.
Spots and hours: Taito City’s list of designated public smoking areas (open data, CC BY 4.0, as of August 18, 2026; ward smoking-area map). Rules: Taito City smoking rules. Hours change — check the sign on the day.
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