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Second Hand snow wear in Tokyo?
Prefer 2nd hand… Hi! Myself and my partner have got jobs working the ski season in Nozawa Onsen. We're in Tokyo and looking to get some 2nd hand ski wear (like gloves and trousers) to take up with us.
Prefer 2nd hand for the sustainability, but if not, any good value suggestions to help us keep to budget would be amazing!!
Thanks!
honestly for budget ski wear in Tokyo, try the Second Street in Koenji. it's a chain but that location has a solid outdoor section year round, saw some decent Burton pants for like 3000 yen last week. also if you're near Ueno, the outdoor gear shops on Ameyoko market street sometimes have discounted last season stock, not second hand but still cheap. gloves are easy to find used but I'd buy new trousers if you can't find a good pair, the waterproofing on old ones can be hit or miss
The best kept secret for used ski gear in Tokyo is the niche outdoor shops in the Jimbocho area. There's a cluster of mountaineering stores like L-Breath and Iwatani Sangyo that carry second-hand stock from people who upgrade gear every season. They're less picked over than Shimokitazawa because most tourists don't think to look there. For gloves specifically, the 300 yen pair at any Don Quijote will work for Nozawa's dry snow, but splurge on used Gore-Tex pants from those Jimbocho shops since the powder there is deep and wet.
try the naka meguro area, there's a small shop called snow peak that has some second hand gear sometimes. also don't sleep on mercari japan if u can figure out shipping to a konbini, way cheaper for gloves and goggles
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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.