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Best riverside walks in Tokyo near Riverside Park 2026
if u go north instead there's a tiny shrine tucked behind the embankment around the second bend, easy to miss. benches there face west so late afternoon beats the morning crowd. bring mosquito spray from may on, the water gets buggy
second bend benches got replaced last spring, still west facing tho
The stretch past the last bridge is where the herons hang out, worth the extra ten minutes. As for the sakura, buds are still tight as of last week so early April should be right on schedule.
Herons clear out once the rowers start around 7.
Same timing at Zenpukuji, mid-week dawn.
yeah past that last bridge is where i take visitors, hardly anyone bothers going that far. buds on my street are cracking open now so you're probably right on timing. morning light there around 6:30 is the reason to go early
Those early light angles shift fast, by 7:30 it's flat and ordinary, so 6:30 really is the window.
agreed, past 7:30 it's just glare on the water. i go a bit earlier in winter when the sun sits lower & the light lasts longer. summer it's the opposite, you barely get a window at all
tbh those tight buds prob pop a bit later than early April, mine usually lag a week
Past that last bridge the path narrows and gets muddy after rain, so wear proper shoes rather than sneakers. Buds by my place opened a few days ago, so early April should land right.
Tokyo work visa renewal 2026: what documents do I need?
Your employer files the COE at their local immigration bureau, so ask them to start it now since it takes 1 to 3 months.
Agreed, and add a month of buffer since January is peak renewal season at the Shinagawa immigration bureau.
ask them to send u the COE scan before u book the flight
employers here often drag their feet on the COE until u nudge them, so get a written timeline from them first
One thing: the bakery needs a 雇用保険 and 社会保険 setup before immigration will even look at it, so confirm they've got that sorted.
Timing matters too: COE applications submitted in late March tend to clear faster than the December crunch before the new fiscal year.
Right, and it's worth naming the actual office on your side of the desk: the employer lodges it at the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau at Konan, Minato, not the local ward office. Some bakeries assume otherwise and lose a week.
The usual snag is the job description: "baker" alone can read as unskilled, so the employer should write it around baking techniques and recipe development to fit the skilled labour category. Also check your passport name matches the COE exactly, middle names cause delays.
Also get the employer to attach a few photos of finished products and any competition or training certificates, since immigration officers here respond well to visual proof.
Middle name mismatch cost me six weeks. Match exactly.