5/25/2025

5/25/2025

Met up with a Tokyo based photographer friend I’ve known online for some time but never had the chance to meet in person until today. It was great to finally meet him in person. In the afternoon I rested a bit while doing laundry at the hotel and started to prepare my bags for my departure tomorrow night. 

 

I also realized that if I needed to keep my permanent residence status for more than one year without returning to Japan, it would be possible, but to do so I am required to file and apply for it at the immigration office in person. My wife and I discussed it, and tomorrow I will attempt to go and get the required documents handed in for the application approval process. 

 

However, it’s the Tokyo immigration office and if I don’t get there early enough in the morning, I may not have enough time to get my application process done and approved before the office will close and I have to go and catch my flight. If I can’t the approval process done, it’s still possible for me to go and just make sure that I return before one year. 

 

Then in the evening, I met up with my former host student and his wife and daughter for dinner. We had a great time.

 

I have to get up early tomorrow and then I have a long day of travel ahead of me as well as I will finally fly to Rwanda .