One can be found at a cafeteria at a Japanese university. It was given a new seating arrangement last year which the students quickly gave a nickname. They call them "botchi seats." "Botchi" is Japanese for "alone," and that's what the wall-side tables offer students looking for some private space. "I don't have to worry about other people," one student says. "It's nice to eat alone." Another says "I feel more comfortable eating alone when I want to check Twitter or chat online."
Tadashi Ohtsuki of the Tokyo Institute of Technology Co-op says "we have all kinds of students these days. I think setting up the seats helped widened the choices available for those who want to eat alone."