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qcat79 · Joined: 18 Aug 2006 Location: ROK

anybody done this?

what makes it so different than going to Osaka or Fukuoka?

how long is the processing time compared to Osaka or Fukuoka?

also, anybody been anywhere else in Japan for visa runs, like Sapporo or such?

thanks.

lifeinkorea · Joined: 24 Jan 2009 Location: somewhere in China

I had difficulty getting around in Tokyo. Osaka is much better in my opinion. I didn't do a visa run in Tokyo though, maybe the Korean Embassy is at a good location.

I got a new passport in Osaka, and it was real easy.

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

qcat79 · Joined: 18 Aug 2006 Location: ROK

thanks guys. wow! up to 4 days?? very inconvenient. maybe osaka then.

Troglodyte · Joined: 06 Dec 2009

I got my visa once in Tokyo. It took 3 days (i.e. arrive monday and drop off documents, pick up the passport with visa on Wednesday). Fukuoka is overnight. Tokyo is more expensive and it's a bigger city (takes longer to get around).

If the school is paying for it, go for Tokyo. You get an extra day of vacation and there's definitely stuff to check out in Tokyo. If you're paying for it, go to Fukuoka. If it's the summer time, you can also check out the beach at Fukuoka.