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Shinjuku Family Mart Run?
Stealth is key. Forget trying to be efficient, become efficient. Think ninja. Observe. Plan your attack from a distance. Scout the area five minutes beforehand from across the street. Identify the choke points, the slow zones. Once you've mapped out the battle plan, move with precision. Grab what you need, pay quickly, and vanish. Precision, speed, minimal contact. It's not about surviving the Family Mart rush hour, it's about transcending it. Think less "quick onigiri," more "surgical strike."
The real trick is timing, not location. Go between 2:30 and 3:30 PM, you'll have the place almost to yourself while everyone's still at lunch or in afternoon meetings. The coffee machines are fully stocked and you won't be dodging elbows from the Shinjuku office crowd. Also grab a napkin before you pour, just in case.
ngl the real trick is skipping the kuyakusho-dori one entirely and hitting the family mart on the other side of yotsuya 3-chome crossing, like a 3 min walk south. way fewer salarymen, more locals grabbing stuff for home, and the coffee machine is usually clean. or just buy your onigiri at 7-eleven instead, their coffee lids are way more secure
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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.