Before I started visiting, I was told that TABASCO was the key to surviving Japan because it goes with everything; fish eyes, ink sacks, sea urchin guts, etc... 20-years later I realize how delicious nearly everything is on its own. (I still don't recommend any of the aforementioned, especially while wearing a white shirt)

Okay, but as it says in the article most normal pharmacies don’t sell it, they said look for larger ones near train stations. I did look for it many times. And Japanese people are certainly not in the business of regularly taking Tylenol etc.

I remember finding Bufferin actually but I didn’t understand the long ingredients list so never tried it.