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Is allergies due to temperature changes (寒暖差アレルギー) really a thing???
I've been told by multiple Japanese… I don't usually have allergies but have been sneezing and eyes watering like crazy today, can barely concentrate on anything. This happens to me 4-5 timea a year.
I've been told by multiple Japanese coworkers and friends that it must be the temperature change (how it got so much colder recently compared to a few days ago). I have never heard of this sort of allergy growing up in America and just always assumed I was allergic to some obscure pollen carried in by the wind on days with certain wind directions. Is this a real thing???
If this is the case shouldn't we all be getting this "allergy" when we step into an air conditioned store during the summer, stepping into the shower, etc.? It doesn't make much sense to me.
fwiw you might also be dealing with the sudden drop in humidity that comes with these cold fronts. tokyo went from like 70% humidity to 40% in two days last week, and dry air alone can make your eyes water and nose run even without the temp swing. a humidifier in your room at night helped me way more than I expected, plus those eyewash drops from the pharmacy (the single-use ones, not the bottles with preservatives) for when you're out.
it's called 寒暖差アレルギー (kandansa allergy) and yeah it's real but it's not a true allergy, it's your nasal nerves being dramatic about the temp swing. the reason it doesn't happen every time you hit an air conditioned store is because the change has to be pretty sudden and big, like 7+ degrees celsius in a day. that's why it hits when a cold front rolls in but not when you step into a convenience store
Some of what you described is vasomotor rhinitis, but there's also a good chance you're catching the tail end of the first cedar pollen wave. That stuff lingers in the air even after it's gotten colder. Check the pollen forecast on the weather news, if the cedar count was high a few days ago and then dropped, your symptoms can lag by a day or two.
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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.