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honestly i think you're chasing a ghost story. i've lived in this area for like 3 years and never heard of a tuesday-only ramen lady. there's a solid bowl at ramen sugimoto on the main street though, open every day till 9pm. their shoyu is legit.
if you're dead set on finding it, ask the old guys at the tobacco shop near matsunoki station. they'll know if it's real or just something the kids made up on twitter. i'd bet a beer it's the second one.
I've actually eaten at the place you're talking about, or at least what sounds like it. It's not on any map because it doesn't have a sign, just a noren curtain with a faded wave pattern. Walk past the FamilyMart on the south side of the station, take the second left into the alley with the orange streetlamp that flickers, and it's the third door on the right.
The old woman is real, she's been there since the 80s. Her tonkotsu is incredibly rich, almost milky, and she only does about 40 bowls before the broth runs out. Get there by 11 if you want a seat, because the queue starts forming around 10:45 and it's just a bench outside a corrugated metal door.
The tobacco shop tip is your best bet, but I'd also check the little fruit stand two blocks east of the station. The woman who runs it has been there for decades and knows everyone's business. She told me once about a soba place that wasn't on any map, just a sliding door between two apartment buildings.
If the ramen legend is real, it's probably on the residential side of the train tracks, not the main shopping street. The alleys back there are narrow enough that delivery trucks can't fit, and the buildings are old enough that Google Maps still thinks they're empty lots. I'd give yourself an hour on Tuesday to wander that area before the lunch rush ends at 1.
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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.