Why Did David Sedaris Just Spend Three Months in Tokyo?

Travel Blog  •  Jim Benning  •  03.29.07 | 1:20 PM ET

Largely because the author and NPR contributor wanted to quit smoking. “You can’t walk on the street and smoke there,” he told Newsday. “You have to stand by a special ashtray.” Sedaris also responded to charges that he sometimes fabricates stories.