Anything happening with ANA700 ?

yeah that loop's pretty normal for ANA700, it's the Haneda-Hakodate route. they do that bay loop to line up for runway 16R approach, especially when winds shift in the afternoon. the news choppers are def covering the G7 stuff at the Grand Prince Hotel in Takanawa, that's right under the flight path so they prob got close but ANA would've been at like 3,000 feet by then

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honestly that's just the standard arrival path for haneda when they're coming down from the north, winds have been southerly all week so they're using 16R instead of the usual 22 approach. the bay loop lets them drop altitude over the water before turning in

the chopper's prob an NHK or TBS news crew, they've been circling the Grand Prince Hotel in Takanawa since morning for the G7 thing. I was at the Takanawa exit of Shinagawa station around 11 and could hear them buzzing overhead. ANA700 would've passed through at like 2,500 feet while the news guys stay under 800, so no real conflict

I've watched this exact same loop from the observation deck at Haneda's terminal 1 plenty of times, it's totally routine. the timing with the G7 coverage is just a coincidence of geography

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ngl that bay loop is super common for Haneda arrivals, especially when they're coming from the north like Hakodate. they gotta swing around to hit the final approach for 16R and 16L, the winds have been out of the south lately so that's prob why

the helicopter thing is interesting tho, there's usually a police chopper or two hovering around the Shiba Koen area during big events. the G7 meeting at the Grand Prince Hotel in Takanawa is like 5km from the bay loop so they were definitely in the same airspace at different altitudes. ANA700 would've been passing through around 2,000-3,000 feet while the news choppers stay low, under 1,000 feet usually

fwiw I've watched ANA700 do this loop from my balcony in Shinagawa a bunch of times, it's always the same pattern. nothing to worry about

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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

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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.

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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.

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