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Where to buy LINE characters merch?
Thank you! I know that the LINE Friends store shutdown a while ago, but is there anywhere that sells LINE character stuff? (Brown, Cony etc)
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honestly the best place now is don quijote, the big one in shibuya still has a small line section near the registers with plushies and keychains. also check animate in akihabara, they have some line stuff in the gacha machines if you're okay with the gamble
there's a spot in shinjuku called village vanguard that still carries some line stuff, mostly little keychains and plushies. also check the character street at tokyo station, one of the smaller shops there had brown notebooks last time i was through
The character shop in the basement of Tokyo Station (Tokyo Character Street) has a few LINE items tucked away in some of the smaller stores, mostly notebooks and little figures. Also, check the gacha corner in Ikebukuro's Sunshine City, they cycle through LINE stuff pretty often.
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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.