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Recommendations for Evening Entertainment in Tokyo?
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Jazz bars are a great choice for a relaxed evening in Tokyo. I'd recommend checking out the JBS (Jazz Bird Sessions) in Shinjuku, it's a cozy basement spot near the Golden Gai area with live sets most nights. For karaoke, skip the big chain places and head to a smaller spot like Karaoke Manekineko in Shimokitazawa, it's less flashy but the rooms are cleaner and the song selection is solid. If you want to walk between places, the area around Yotsuya also has a few quiet live music bars that don't get as crowded as the tourist hubs.
if you're in ginza, stop by The Crimson Room - it's a speakeasy style jazz bar with this insane vinyl collection, drinks are a bit pricier (around 2000 yen for a cocktail) but the sound system is incredible. for karaoke, honestly the best move is to find a "karaoke box" in a random side street rather than the main drags, they're usually cheaper and less crowded. also check out What the Dickens in Ebisu if you want a live music spot that feels more like a pub than a club, they do everything from jazz to funk and the fish and chips is surprisingly solid
if you're near shibuya, check out the backstreets around nonbei-yokocho - tiny bars stacked two floors high, some with live piano or acoustic guitar. it's calmer than golden gai and less touristy. for karaoke i'd actually recommend the big chain places for your first time, just to get the hang of it. the smaller snack bars can be intimidating if you don't know the etiquette, like waiting for your turn or not ordering the same song twice
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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.