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Best bagels near Hole in One in Tokyo 2026
Half gone by 8 usually means they baked a smaller batch that day, not that you were late. The sesame ones tend to peak around 7:15 to 7:30 on weekdays, weekends they go quicker. If you're coming from the station side, cut through the side street by the coin park, saves you a few minutes and you'll beat the office crowd.
yep, 7am sharp on tuesdays, thinner crowd
Tuesdays they also restock the everything bagels around 7:40, so that's the window if sesame runs out.
good call on the side street, though that coin park got fenced off for construction last month so you gotta loop behind the 7-Eleven now
weekends more like 7:45, they open the shutter earlier
That batch theory holds, but the 7-Eleven loop adds four minutes.
Extra four is worth it, they slice hot at 7:20.
The batch theory, though 7:45 is closer on Saturdays.
agreed on the batch thing, but the coin park detour is dead now anyway so timing matters less than the walk. i go 7:10 weekdays and there's barely a queue past the shrine gate. sesame sells out before the everything ones on most mornings
Smaller batch sounds right, mine were thinner too.
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.