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Nishishinjuku's Hidden Mail
the live crab story is wild but honestly the most memorable thing i saw there was a guy shipping a giant bundle of keys. like hundreds of them on one ring, mustve weighed 5 kilos. he was real casual about it too, just handed it over like it was a normal letter. staff weighed it, slapped a label on it, no questions asked. still wonder where those keys were going
also if you're gonna be in the area grab lunch at the little curry shop two blocks south, it's called spice magic or something similar. the owner used to work in the building next door and knows all the post office gossip
tbh the real weirdness at that post office is less about what gets mailed and more about the people using it. i've seen salarymen in full suits carefully shipping what looked like a single bento box wrapped in newspaper, and one time a guy tried to mail a live crab from the box outside. the staff didn't even blink, just told him to go to the parcel counter around the corner. the architecture is genuinely cool though, the concrete curves are very tange-esque, worth a photo even if the mail itself is boring
not the crab or the keys but the most memorable thing i saw there was a woman trying to mail a framed photo of herself to what looked like a love hotel address in kabukicho. she wrapped it in a furoshiki cloth and the staff made her take it off because of the shape. she was super embarrassed about it. the whole thing took like 15 minutes
if you want a good post office story just sit on the bench outside around 3pm when the older locals come in. they always have the weirdest stuff and they're happy to chat while they wait. the guy at the kombini across the street makes a decent egg sandwich too if you need a snack while you watch
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Is Foodland in Tokyo worth a stop for groceries in 2026?
foodland is basically a discount grocer so don't expect a full meal setup, but the prepared bento and onigiri near the register are cheap and fine for a quick lunch. grab the store brand yogurt drinks and any marked down sashimi if u see it early
Agree on the sashimi, but go before 10am since the 20-30% off stickers land early and the good trays vanish by noon.
Weekday mornings beat weekends, shelf gets wiped by 9.
Yogurt drinks go fast on weekends.
Their hot deli case, cheap and filling.
Check the meat counter, 50% off after 7pm.
store brand milk & tofu, cheapest in the neighborhood
honestly the onigiri are fine but the real move is the frozen gyoza, cheap and decent. dunno why nobody mentions it. maybe google the rest.
the fried chicken counter, way back by the deli
karaage there is solid but ask them to re-fry it if it's been sitting, way better hot