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Any car guys free to go to Daikoku PA on 24/12?
i'd skip renting a car just for daikoku honestly, the tolls alone from central tokyo round trip are like 3000 yen plus parking. if you're staying in a hostel or capsule hotel near shibuya, check the bulletin boards, i've seen people leaving notes looking for a passenger to split costs for that exact night. the 24th is a big night for the wangan crew so you'll probably find someone heading out around 9pm from the yokohama line
honestly you're better off renting a kei car for the day if you can, it's like 5000 yen from a place near shinagawa and you get full freedom to cruise around yokohama too. daikoku on christmas eve is gonna be packed with jdm legends and some random rari's showing off, last time i went on a holiday there was a guy doing burnouts by the conbini. just make sure you have the ets card thing for the tolls, cash works too but it's a pain.
Daikoku on Christmas Eve is a solid pick, but you're right about the transport situation. There's a bus from Yokohama station called the "Sakura Bus" that drops you about a 15-minute walk from the PA, but it stops running around 8pm and you'd be walking on a highway shoulder in the dark, so I wouldn't recommend it. If you're up for it, the 24th is usually when the "Midnight Club" types come out, so hanging around the Shibaura or Odaiba parking lots around 10pm might get you a ride with someone heading that way, just offer to split the toll and gas.
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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.