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How can I find someone to internationally ship a kindle to me?
I left my kindle in my hotel room in Tokyo and I am now back in the USA. The hotel wont ship it internationally, but will ship it domestically. What's the best way to pay someone… Hi Tokyo residents,
I left my kindle in my hotel room in Tokyo and I am now back in the USA. The hotel wont ship it internationally, but will ship it domestically. What's the best way to pay someone to pick it up and send it to me?
If this doesn't work or its too expensive, does anyone want a kindle? I feel like the hotel is just going to throw it out.
The proxy route works but there's a snag nobody mentioned: most of those warehouses need the sender to include a packing slip or invoice inside the box, and hotels in Japan are weirdly strict about opening and repacking guest items. Some will flat out refuse. Call the hotel front desk first and ask if they'll accept a prepaid Yamato label and hand the parcel to the driver, because that sidesteps the whole repacking problem. If they say no, ask a friend in Tokyo to do a takkyubin pickup at the hotel and drop it at a 7-Eleven or FamilyMart, which handles international forwarding through Kuroneko Global.
honestly the easiest route is a proxy shopping service like FromJapan or Buyee, they do domestic pickup and international forwarding. you'd have the hotel ship it to their warehouse in Japan, then they ship to you. cost is prob 3000 to 5000 yen total depending on weight and speed.
one thing to check first, Yamato and Sagawa both do international shipping from Japan but usually only from their own counters, not hotel pickup. if the hotel will hand it to a courier, that might be cheaper than a proxy.
for the "give it away" option, Mercari or Jimoty is where locals would actually take it, but you'd need someone with a Japanese account.
ask the hotel if they'll hold it till someone you know swings by. tons of people pass through Tokyo and would prob grab it for a meal or a few bucks. post in expat groups on FB like Tokyo Expat Network or the r/Tokyo weekly thread, someone's always flying back to the states soon
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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.