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Shinjuku Convenience Store Enigma
The Daily Yamazaki near the station has that weird back corner setup because they test new products from smaller distributors before rolling them out citywide. If the wrapper had a tiny logo that looks like a stylized wave or a fish skeleton, you probably grabbed something from a brand called "Kashiko no Kashi." They do these limited runs of candy shaped like deep-sea creatures, and the blue one is usually a "shio kombu soda" flavor. It's an acquired taste. The one on the west side near the Tokyo Metro entrance sometimes stocks the same brand but with English flavor descriptions on the back, if you want to know what you're getting into before you buy.
You probably stumbled onto the "kawaii kakushi" corner, which is basically Daily Yamazaki's rotating shelf for small-batch confectionery makers. The blue one with the unsettlingly detailed wrap sounds like it could be from a brand called "Kashiko no Kashi," they're known for making candy shaped like obscure sea creatures and using flavors like "shio kombu soda" or "umi no sachi." I grabbed a purple one shaped like a blobfish once and it tasted like salted plum and regret, but in a fascinating way. If you swing by the Daily Yamazaki on the west side of Shinjuku Station, the one near the Tokyo Metro entrance, their selection tends to be a bit different and sometimes has the same brand with actual flavor descriptions in English on the back.
yeah that sounds like the "shinobi corner" as some of us call it, it's where they stash the stuff that didn't pass the main chain's taste tests lol. the blue one is almost certainly a "shio kombu soda" flavor from a little brand out of Chiba, they do weird sea creature shapes and the taste is honestly polarizing. if you want something more normal but still weird, the 7-Eleven on the south side of the station has a rotating seasonal shelf that's way easier to decipher, they label everything in english now
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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.