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Riverwalk Center shops worth the trip in 2026?
honestly go on a weekday afternoon, weekends it's packed with families and the walk from the station feels longer than it is. basement bakery does a solid shokupan for like 400 yen, that's the real reason I bother.
that shokupan sells out by noon btw
Weekday afternoon is right but go before 11 or the shokupan is gone, they only bake two rounds.
Good shout on the shokupan, though I'd say go before 10:30 if you actually want it, two rounds disappear fast. The tonkatsu place in the food court is the other one I bother with.
shokupan goes by noon, get there earlier
the food court still has a couple of local spots worth it but most of the shops upstairs went full chain, so go for lunch not shopping
yeah upstairs is dead now, skip it and just eat
Agree on upstairs, but the food court's local spots are mostly on the basement floor now, not the main level.
basement level is where it's at now, main floor's just the tonkatsu queue & a crepe stand
pretty much this. only thing i'd add is the tonkatsu spot moved to the basement level with the other local places, so don't bother scanning the main floor. upstairs is a write-off for anything but the atm
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.