Why are there no chimneys in Japanese houses? Don't they eat?

There are no chimneys in Japanese houses for the following reasons:

First: Japanese houses actually have chimneys, but they are relatively hidden.

This is related to the living habits of the Japanese, who like minimalist design and rarely see a lot of sundries at home, just like the minimalist life in northern Europe. Houses in Japan don't occupy a particularly large area, so the space is limited, so the Japanese have learned to use the limited space and maximize the use. Japanese people are used to sleeping on tatami, but when the bed is put away during the day, the room becomes a living room again.

In fact, the chimney is the same. The Japanese just hide it, so it looks invisible outside, but in fact, the Japanese also have chimneys when cooking at home. And now people don't need firewood for cooking, and they don't need to install a big chimney on the roof like in ancient times, just install an exhaust pipe in the house.

Second: most Japanese like to eat fast food, and there is little oil smoke.

In fact, Japanese people like fast food very much. There are convenience stores everywhere in Japan, where you can buy all kinds of food. Japanese people have few opportunities to cook at home, especially young people. At most, they just heat it in the microwave oven, which is different from cooking at home in China, and there will be so much oil smoke.

And Japanese people like to eat raw fish, that is, some sashimi. There are many fresh seafood in Japan. If sashimi is cooked at home, there will be no oil smoke. The most common methods used by Japanese people at home are oven, boiling or cooking, so there is basically no need to have a chimney.

Third: in order not to add trouble to the environment.

It can be said that the Japanese don't like to cause trouble to others, which is very prominent. Whether at work or in life, it can be said that the Japanese are very self-disciplined. They can't even hang their clothes outside the window or on the balcony, so that things like chimneys won't stand out and affect others.