Article on TISSUE ads

Tissue distributors are usually young part-time workers who stand at busy places in Tokyo and other Japanese cities and distribute free packages of tissues. In Tokyo, for example, you can find especially many distributors around Shibuya and Shinjuku station.

The purpose of distributing large numbers of tissues for free is advertisement. Ads are printed onto each package, typically for an erotic store, a party telephone number, restaurant promotions or the like. The tissues are useful to pedestrians since they can be used on public toilets where toilet paper is not always supplied. Free tissue distribution becomes common in Japan since long time as method of advertisement. This method is been followed by many other countries around the world today.