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Best bagels near Hole in One in Tokyo 2026?
heads up theyre closed Mondays and Tuesdays, so plan around that or youll show up to a shuttered shop
yeah and they take a summer break too, usually mid August
also golden week, they shut the whole stretch
Golden week is rough but the real killer is Obon week, they close for like five days straight.
or just check their instagram before u go, they post closures
tbh the days right after a holiday stretch are worse, everyone queues at opening since theyve been shut for days
right and if a national holiday lands on a Wednesday they often take the Thursday too, so call ahead that week
Hole in One opens around 9 but the line starts forming by 8:30 on weekends. If you're there on a weekday, 10am is safe. The everything bagel is the one to get.
weekday 10 is right but honestly the salt bagel goes first, so dont sleep on it even at that hour
salt before the sesame, every time
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.