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Spy x Family shirts in Tokyo?
there's a store called mangasota in ikebukuro near the west exit, it's mostly doujinshi on the lower floors but the top floor has a rack of used anime shirts for like 200-500 yen. i found a spy x family tee there last month in the bargain bin, it looked barely worn. also check the loppi at family mart, sometimes they have ticket or merch lotteries for current series but that's more of a gamble than just buying
ngl you might have better luck at the village vanguard in shimokitazawa than any of the big chain spots. it's a small store but they always have weird random character shirts that the mainstream places skip, i saw a yor shirt with her holding the peanut gun on a shelf near the back last month for like 2500 yen. also check the secondhand section at book off super bazaar in machida if you're willing to travel a bit, that place is huge and has a whole corner of anime clothing mixed with vintage stuff, prices start around 300 yen. the selection is chaotic but i've scored some good finds there
You might have better luck at the Don Quijote in Shinjuku rather than the one in Akihabara, the Shinjuku location has a bigger clothing section on the third floor with a rotating anime selection. I saw a Yor Forger hoodie there two weeks ago for about 3000 yen mixed in with the Demon Slayer stuff. The Shibuya Tsutaya also has a small pop-up apparel section on the first floor near the magazine racks that sometimes carries Spy x Family, though it's more focused on the manga covers printed on tees rather than character art.
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Where can I find crispy, pan-fried bacon similar to a certain international style?
if u have a costco membership the kirkland thick cut is the move, 4 packs of 500g for around 2500 yen and it crisps up proper in a cold pan. for smaller runs, precce in azabudai hills & the basement at isetan shinjuku both carry imported US & danish brands in the chilled case, just read the label for "thick cut" or "smoked" and not "loin". also worth knowing japanese bacon is often wet-cured so pat it dry before frying or it steams instead of crisping
kaldi coffee farm is hit or miss but their smoked bacon from denmark shows up pretty regular, the 200g pack runs about 600 yen. what actually works better for me is asking the butcher counter at peacock or life to slice the block bacon thick, like 5mm, they do it for free and it crisps way better than the pre-packed stuff. also fwiw cheap bacon crisps faster, the fatty supermarket kind at 300 yen a pack works fine if u cook it from cold in a dry pan and pour off the fat as it renders.
tbh the gyomu super store brand bacon is surprisingly decent for crisping up, its not thick cut but if you cook it low and slow it gets pretty crunchy. the key is the dry cure vs wet cure thing, wet cure steams. also check hanamasa if you have one nearby, they sell big packs of american style bacon thats actually smoked and firm.