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What are your favorite indoor things to do on hot or rainy days?
I was thinking about teamLab but I can't decide if I wanna spend 4,200¥. There's always malls l… Just looking for new ideas. The main thing for me is art museums, but I've been to so many this summer.
I was thinking about teamLab but I can't decide if I wanna spend 4,200¥. There's always malls like Roppongi Hills and Omotesando Hills.
Yes I could wander around big train stations like Tokyo Station. What else?
honestly try one of those indoor go kart tracks, there's one in odaiba that's super fun even if you don't drive. also the big sento/spa places are clutch for rainy days, like ooedo onsen monogatari or spas in ikebukuro
oh man have you tried those indoor climbing gyms? bouldering is pretty fun even if u suck at it, tons of them around shibuya and ikebukuro
I always hit up the arcades when it's gross out, the big Taito or Sega buildings in Akihabara have way more than just claw machines.
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.
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