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Anyone remember where this train melody was played at?
Assuming it's a very comm… Former resident of Keihanshin here. I just recently visited Tokyo and while riding a subway train I remembered hearing a particular melody but I don't remember where it was.
Assuming it's a very common tune and many Tokyoite might be aware of it, I'd like to ask if anyone can recall where this is played. I have a playable recreation of how the tune went (just that it wasn't piano).
https://musescore.com/user/12370041/scores/13396501
I don't remember exactly what station or it was, but here are lines I took if that might help:
Lines: Chuo-Sobu, Ginza, Keikyu (Airport & Main), Marunochi, Mita, Narita Express, Saikyo, Tokyu, or Yamanote.
I highly doubt this, but Shinkansen: Tokyo - Odawara
I tried to find it myself using YouTube but to no avail. If anyone can help that would mean the world to me!
That's the Marunouchi Line departure chime, specifically the one used on the 02 series trains. You can hear it at most stations on the main line between Shinjuku and Ikebukuro, but the most distinct version is at Ginza station on the Marunouchi Line platforms. The newer 2000 series trains have a slightly different chime, so if it sounded a bit more electronic, you might have been on one of those instead.
oh man i think i know the one youre talking about, that melody is played at Shinagawa station on the Keikyu line platforms. its that little chime that goes up and down a few notes before the train doors close, kinda cheerful but not too loud. i ride Keikyu all the time and its def there, prob the Main Line platform since the Airport line uses a slightly different one
oh that's the tokyo metro "departure melody" pattern, specifically the one used on the marunouchi line's newer trains. it plays right before the doors close at a few stations, most notably on the marunouchi branch between nakano-sakaue and ogikubo. you might've caught it at shinjuku or ikebukuro too since those are major stops on that line
if it was a higher pitched chime with a faster tempo, that's the yamanote line's version which is slightly different. the marunouchi one has a more drawn out rhythm from what i remember hearing on my commute
honestly the easiest way to confirm is to listen to the marunouchi line departure chime on youtube, there's a bunch of recordings from 2022 onwards when they updated the sounds. the melody you made matches the three-note pattern they use at stations like ginza and kasumigaseki
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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.