TKP Renews Smoking Areas at 9 Tokyo Facilities (12 Locations) as 'THE TOBACCO'

Cosodo Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Goro Yamashita), operator of THE TOBACCO (The Tabako)—a smoking area brand aiming to realize more courteous and comfortable smoking separation—has renewed 12 smoking areas across 9 TKP facilities in Tokyo, rebranding them as 'THE TOBACCO' and gradually commencing operations.

What is THE TOBACCO?

THE TOBACCO (The Tabako) is a new-style smoking area brand designed to create urban environments where smokers and non-smokers can coexist naturally and comfortably.

With the revised Health Promotion Act restricting indoor smoking, we design and operate clean, comfortable smoking spaces that naturally attract smokers. By leveraging foot traffic data and AI cameras inside smoking areas, we equip each location with optimal functionality based on its site and usage patterns. We carefully consider colors, materials, and graphic expressions to bring visual lightness and sophistication to smoking areas, which often feel closed-off.

Creating small spaces within the city that uplift people’s moods, even slightly.

We believe that such small efforts can lead to improved manners and urban order.

"Creating a city where diverse values resonate, and everyone feels comfortable."

Under this vision, THE TOBACCO aims not only to provide smoking convenience but also to address urban challenges such as littering and passive smoking through high-quality spatial design.

Transforming smoking areas from mere facilities into small buffer zones within the city.

THE TOBACCO is implementing a 'softer urban form' where people with different values and lifestyles can coexist respectfully and effortlessly.

As of June 2026, THE TOBACCO operates 290 locations primarily in Tokyo, with plans to continue expanding.

Background of this Initiative

TKP, a pioneer in the conference room rental industry, has since its founding in 2005 pursued 'space regeneration'—transforming underutilized real estate into valuable spaces. With over 2,000 meeting rooms, banquet halls, and rental spaces nationwide, TKP provides all business-related 'spaces' in a one-stop manner, including flexible office services, hotel and training accommodation, event production, catering, and BPO services.

Cosodo deeply resonates with TKP’s philosophy of maximizing space value, leading to this renewal initiative. Smoking areas serve as important touchpoints for facility users, offering refreshment and networking opportunities between meetings. This project marks THE TOBACCO’s first smoking area renewal within the conference room rental sector. By combining TKP’s long-honed hospitality in facility management with THE TOBACCO’s spatial design and smoking separation expertise, we aim to elevate the experiential value 'beyond the meeting' for users.

Given that many business professionals use TKP facilities daily, providing a comfortable smoking environment directly contributes to overall user satisfaction. Following joint operations with commercial facilities and convenience stores, Cosodo will further diversify its installation partners through this expansion into TKP’s conference room brand. We will continue advancing flexible store models across industries to deliver 'comfortable smoking separation' to every urban space.

List of Target Facilities (9 TKP Facilities, 12 Locations in Tokyo)

1 TKP Ichigaya Conference Center

2 TKP Akihabara Conference Center

3 TKP Tokyo Station Otemachi Conference Center

4 TKP Garden City PREMIUM Shinagawa Takanawaguchi

5 Ajinomoto UHA Hall TKP Hamamatsucho Conference Center

6 TKP Shimbashi Conference Center

7 TKP Garden City PREMIUM Tamachi

8 TKP Garden City PREMIUM Shinagawa

9 TKP Garden City PREMIUM Kyobashi

TKP Corporation

Company Name: TKP Corporation

Headquarters: 2F, TKP Ichigaya Building, 8 Hachimancho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo

Founded: August 2005

Representative: Takaki Kono

Business: Flexible office, hotel & training accommodation, event production, catering & banqueting, BPO

Website: https://www.tkp.jp/

Cosodo Co., Ltd.

Company Name: Cosodo Co., Ltd.

Address: 5F, Heiwa Building No. 3, 3-3-13 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

Founded: September 29, 2017

Representative: Goro Yamashita

Business: Smoking area operations, marketing, facility design and management

Website: https://cosodo.co.jp/

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