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Where to find Astro Boy merch?
Want to go to the museum in Takarazuka but unsure if we will have time...
Thank… Hey, does anyone know anywhere I can buy Astro Boy product? I know of Mandrake/Nakano Broadway, any other suggestions?
Want to go to the museum in Takarazuka but unsure if we will have time...
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fwiw theres a small tezuka store in tokyo station's character street, it's down in the basement near the yamano line exit. they've got some exclusive stuff you wont find at nakano, like t-shirts and those little tin badge sets. also if you're into old manga, the mangasouko in jinbocho has stacks of vintage tezuka magazines for cheap, like 200-500 yen each
if you're near shibuya, the loft in shibuya scramble crossing has a small but decent selection of tezuka stuff, not just astro boy but black jack and princess knight too. also check book offs or hard offs outside central tokyo, i've found random astro boy gacha caps and old magazines for like 100 yen. the museum in takarazuka is amazing but it's a full day trip from tokyo, like 3 hours each way on the shinkansen, so only worth it if you're already heading that direction
one spot that gets overlooked is the tezuka osamu corner at the yamashiroya toy store in ueno, it's a whole floor of character goods and they usually have a shelf or two of astro boy stuff mixed in with the other retro characters. also if you're into the old school vinyl toys, the antique market at oedo on weekends sometimes has dealers who bring tezuka stuff, i've seen those little tin robots from the 70s there for like 2000 yen
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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.