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Atami Art Grant (has anyone been?)
Recap of last year's work : https://youtu.be/6oNMbwC619g
Seems like it could be a really fun day trip BUT the various installations / locations appear to be really spread apart. Although there is not too much public transit there. So a rental car or lots of taxi rides would be necessary?
Curious if anyone has attended before or is familiar with the project?
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honestly its a cool vibe but not really a naoshima replacement, more like a scavenger hunt through town. the real trick is to start at the moa museum area in the morning since the installations up there are clustered and then work your way down the hill toward the beach, saves u from climbing back up in the afternoon heat. theres a little cafe called kissa fuji near the old post office that does a killer pudding set if u need a break between spots
ngl the comparison to Naoshima isnt doing this event any favors, theyre just totally different beasts. the appeal here is more about the discovery aspect, stumbling into a random old sento or abandoned apartment and finding art in there, feels more like a treasure hunt than a polished museum experience. the walk from the station up to the castle area is a killer but theres some cool stuff in the back alleys off the main shopping street, i found a tiny installation in a closed down soba shop that nobody else was at. if you go, skip the gondola and just take the loop bus to the top then walk down, saves your legs for the actual walking between venues
went last year actually, its definitely not Naoshima scale but it has its own charm. some of the installations are tucked away in these old ryokan buildings and machiya which is cool cause you get to see parts of Atami youd normally skip. the spread out thing is real though, we walked between a few but gave up and used the loop bus for the rest. theres a day pass for like 600 yen that hits most of the spots, way cheaper than taxis. honestly if you time it right you can hit maybe 8-10 pieces in a day without rushing. the outdoor stuff near the beach is prob the easiest to group together.
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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.