Crispy Bacon in Japan

I came across Kat & Satoshi’s long-running Our Adventures in Japan blog on Marginalia Search when I was looking for a White Day link for issue 271 of The Newsletter Leaf Journal. The White Day link I found on their blog was from 2009. I was half-surprised to see that the blog is still going strong (21 years and counting). On February 24, 2026, Kat of the Kat & Satoshi duo published a post about the Crane House Sandwhich Shop in Tokyo. Kat notes that “crispy bacon is jard to come by in Japan.” I never thought about bacon in Japan. But now I am in the know. Add “crispy bacon is rare in Japan” to things I have learned in 2026 (please appreciate my rare pun).