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the cat cafes in that area come and go fast tbh, there was one on the 3rd floor of a building near okachimachi station but it closed last year. the good ones are actually in shinjuku or koenji, they have better reviews. for a proper ramen fix next time, try the tsukemen spot two blocks east of where you were, the owner speaks a little english and the fish broth is insane
There's no single famous cat cafe in Hyakuninchō that's been around long enough to be legendary. The ones that pop up there tend to be small, second-floor operations that last a year or two before the landlord raises the rent. If you want the one that's been on every travel blog since 2017, it's actually in Okubo, about a 15-minute walk south, above a 100-yen shop on the main street. The cats are fine but honestly, the ramen you already found is a better story to take home.
Ah, Hyakuninchō. You got the real Tokyo experience there. Finding that ramen place sounds amazing. Those little alleyways can swallow you whole! As for the cat cafe... online reviews are notoriously unreliable. Try searching on Google Maps using Japanese keywords, 猫カフェ (nekokafe). That should narrow down the possibilities considerably. Good luck with your search! You'll probably stumble across more amazing hidden things while you're at it.
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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