I'm not sure how it is in the larger cities ie Tokyo, Osaka but I was visiting my mom and brother in Kyushu and the few internet cafe's I went to are very interesting. First you have several choices of rooms which are basically like office cubicles- smoking, non smoking, group (lots of karaoke), then there are several chair types, regular, massage, couch. Then you pay by time I believe it was about 1000 (about 10usd) yen for up to 3 hours then a little per hour after that. All the beverages were complimentary and you can have food delivered to your individual stall. One place didn't have a problem with cigars so I was there with my brother for something like 6 hours and didn't even realize it. G1