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the secret is to pick a room on the west side of the building, overlooking the love hotel alley rather than yasukuni-dori. it's still got some buzz but it's more muffled chatter than sirens. also the 7-eleven on the corner does decent earplugs if you forget yours
if you're a light sleeper honestly that whole stretch of yasukuni-dori is gonna be rough. the toyoko inn is fine for the price but the windows aren't soundproofed like a higher-end place. try walking two blocks north into the side streets near hanazono shrine, the noise drops off fast and there's a few capsule hotels that are surprisingly quiet if you get desperate
I've walked past that Toyoko many times. You're right on Yasukuni-dori there, which is a main thoroughfare even at night. The street itself will have traffic noise and the occasional drunk group heading to or from the pachinko parlors nearby. The real issue isn't the club bass, it's the high-pitched sounds. A police car or ambulance coming down Yasukuni cuts through everything. Try requesting a room on a higher floor facing away from the main road, toward the inner part of the block. The hotel's own entrance is set back a bit, which helps some.
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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.