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Tokyo garden rent in 2026: what are you actually paying?
Koenji, 210k, garden's tiny though.
tiny gardens are kind of the tradeoff out there, i saw a 2ldk off itsukaichi kaido with maybe 6 jo of dirt going for 195k
6 jo of dirt for that money is about right for out there, but Itsukaichi kaido puts u on the haijima line which is why its cheaper than the west wards proper. the dirt itself is usually fill though, so budget for drainage work if u actually wanna plant anything.
yeah the dirt premium is real, ours is basically a planter
210k for a real tsubo-niwa is honestly fair, the ones with decent soil & drainage go higher. what street are u off? the north side near the shotengai gets more sun so the dirt actually grows stuff
Sun matters more than square meters, a north-facing 8 jo plot grows less than a sunny 4 jo one off Nakasugi-dori.
what line is it on, the chuo or the sobu
Sangenjaya side, same money buys more soil.
check the soil depth before u sign, ours was fill dirt
suginami side of the tracks runs higher now
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.