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Shinjuku Midnight Snack Run?
the 711 near shin-okubo is fine but honestly the real late night move is nakiryu in minowa, it's a michelin bib gourmand spot open till 4am and way less touristy than anything in shinjuku. at 2am the wait is usually like 5 people max, their tantanmen is ridiculous
if ur dead set on staying in shinjuku, skip the konbini hype and walk to suidobashi for afuri, they're open till 5am and the yuzu shio ramen hits different when ur half asleep. just don't expect any anime background music, it's just salarymen and late workers quietly slurping
honestly the shin-okubo 711 thing is mostly tiktok hype, it's a big konbini but it's still a konbini. at 2am you'll see salarymen and club kids buying chu-his, not some cinematic ramen moment
for actual noodles that late, skip kabukicho tourist traps and head to suidobashi for afuri like someone said, or better yet walk to takadanobaba and find nantsuttei. they do a thick tonkotsu that's open till 3am and the line is usually just a few sleepy students. way more "real tokyo" than anything in shinjuku proper
I live near Shin-Okubo and that 7-Eleven is fine, not worth a special trip. The real draw for that area at 2 AM is actually the Korean pocha tents near the station that set up late. They serve tteokbokki and fried chicken on little plastic stools until dawn, and it's way more animated than any konbini.
For ramen, skip the Shinjuku chains and head to Ogikubo for Nakiryu's main shop. It's a 20 minute train ride on the Chuo Line, but they're open until 4 AM and the tantanmen is genuinely some of the best in the city. The crowd at that hour is mostly taxi drivers and night shift workers, not tourists, so you get that sleepy real Tokyo atmosphere you're after.
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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.