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Anyone near Minato City Area able to store a few things for 2 weeks?
Im leaving Tokyo for 15 days and have no place to store this stuff, and no baggage to take home.
I'll pay!!
Another option is to check with your hotel if you're staying at one before you leave. A lot of the bigger places in Minato, like the ones near Shimbashi or Hamamatsucho, will hold luggage for guests for a few weeks if you ask at the front desk, sometimes free or for a small daily fee. It's not advertised but they're used to business travelers coming and going.
If you're not at a hotel, look into the "luggage forwarding" trick with Yamato's takuhaibin, but instead of a depot, send it to a convenience store near where you'll be staying on your return. FamilyMart and 7-Eleven in Minato accept packages for pickup, and they'll hold them for about a week, but you can call Yamato to extend it to 14 days for a few hundred yen. Just make sure the store has a locker or counter space, the smaller ones might not.
I'd also avoid the Facebook expat groups for this, too many flakes and it's a hassle coordinating with a stranger for something that's mostly about timing. The storage unit in Shibaura someone mentioned is solid, but if you want zero paperwork, the Yamato route is the least fuss.
Coin lockers at Shinagawa are out for that long, but here's a trick: some of the bigger capsule hotels and manga cafes in Minato offer luggage storage by the day, and they don't always enforce a strict 7 day cap if you ask nicely at the front desk. I've used the one in Gotanda near the station for a week before, cost me about 400 yen a day and they just tagged it and stuck it in a back room.
If that feels sketchy, check the "takuhaibin" option. Yamato Transport can hold a package at a depot for up to 7 days for free if you schedule the delivery date, but you can extend it to 14 days for a small fee if you call them. You'd just ship your box to a Yamato center near your hotel and pick it up when you're back, no stranger involved.
Worst case, there's a self-storage place called Storage Plus in Shibaura that does month-to-month with no contract, first month around 6,000 yen for a small locker. It's a 5 minute walk from Tamachi station, and you can book online in English, no deposit. That's probably the most reliable for exactly 15 days.
You could try a coin locker at a bigger station like Shinagawa or Tokyo Station, but 15 days is usually over the limit for most of them. There are also "kuroneko" luggage storage services at some hotels, though they often require you to be a guest.
If you're near Minato, check if your building has a manager's office or a neighbor you trust. Honestly, a small monthly storage unit from a place like Storage Plus in Shinagawa might run you around 5,000 to 8,000 yen, which is cheaper than paying someone and avoids the hassle of asking a stranger. I'd also post on the local Tokyo Expats Facebook group, people there are usually more willing to help for a small fee.
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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