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Cycling Personal Travel 23 November 201928 April 2020 by ridvanbaluyos

Suruga Bay Tour

The Rakuten Rouleurs cycling club decided to do the Suruga Bay Tour for Autumn. Suruga Bay is located southwest of Tokyo in between Izu Peninsula and Shizuoka Coastline. It is also the deepest bay in Japan. The starting point for this group ride was in Shimoda station. However, I kind of cowered because when I …

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Cycling Personal Travel 5 March 201914 October 2019 by ridvanbaluyos

Miurakaigan Cherry Blossoms Festival 2019

Cherry Blossoms Festival Site

Sakura Avenue Last weekend, I went to the Miurakaigan Cherry Blossoms Festival. I heard about it in our office cycling club and that some members are actually riding. But for me, I went there with my girlfriend in the morning. We left Kawasaki around 9am and probably arrived 10am-ish in Miurakaigan station. The trip itself …

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Personal Travel 13 August 201813 August 2018 by ridvanbaluyos

Visiting Nasushiobara and Kuroiso

I had no plans for the Obon holidays, but also felt compelled that I needed to go somewhere as spending 3 days at home or just at Kawasaki area seems an overkill. I have only been out Kawasaki twice since I started here. First was when we had dinner with friends, and the second one …

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Personal Travel 3 July 20186 March 2019 by ridvanbaluyos

Upgraded to Business Class on Philippine Airlines

Waiting for my flight

I booked my flight from Manila to Tokyo (Haneda) using a Promo Fare via Philippine AIrlines. This flight is going to be my first flight as an OFW so I wanted to make it as special as possible. I initially wanted to book Singapore Airlines since its services and facilities are superb. However, I also …

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Personal 30 June 201823 July 2018 by ridvanbaluyos

Last 2 weeks in Manila

After my vacation back in Cagayan de Oro, I still had a lot of things to settle back in Manila. Aside from the usual send off get togethers, my biggest roadblock was really getting rid of my things. Initially, I told myself that I would just sell them off at OLX. But just the though …

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Personal Work 21 May 201827 November 2018 by ridvanbaluyos

Got my Japan Work Visa!

Japan Work Visa

Today, I finally got my Japan Work Visa!  The process didn’t take long. I applied last Tuesday, and got the result last Saturday. It only took 4 days! So what are the requirements? You only need the ff.: Valid Passport Visa Application Form Photo (4.5cm x 4.5cm) Original AND photocopy of your Certificate of Eligibility …

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Personal Work 6 March 20184 November 2019 by ridvanbaluyos

Job Offer at Rakuten Tokyo HQ

(This is a personal blog and what’s written here is my personal journey. Please do not use this as a guideline for your application at Rakuten because it is not.) During my first trip to Japan last April 2013, we were hosted by our friend who works at Rakuten. He is still working there right …

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Personal Travel 23 February 20181 May 2018 by ridvanbaluyos

Fluffy Gokayama Village in Winter

Gokayama Village

Kenrokuen Garden Gokayama village in winter was probably the highlight of this trip. This was day 2 of our Shirakawa-go Village Winter Illumination 2018 bus tour. Our hotel was at APA Hotel Kanazawa, and we had a great breakfast buffet at Seattle’s Best Coffee. I actually liked their cookies that I had to sneak out …

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Travel 20 February 20181 May 2018 by ridvanbaluyos

Winter Illumination Shirakawago Village

Candle Light Up

My girlfriend and I visited Shirakawa-go and Gokayama village under a flurry of fluffy snow flakes. We booked a bus tour trip over the weekend to witness the Shirakawa-go Winter Illumination. It was supposed to be the main event of the tour, but since it was already our 2nd time in Shirakawa-go village, we felt …

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Personal Travel 27 November 20171 May 2018 by ridvanbaluyos

Go! Go! Fujitsu Frontiers!

Fujitsu Frontiers

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to watch the Fujitsu Frontiers football game. The Fujitsu Frontiers is an American Football team located at Kawasaki.  The JXB Tournament Semifinal Finals was held at the Fujitsu Kawasaki Stadium, just about 20 minutes walk from Kawasaki Station. The game was against the Orbic Seagulls. I could remember when I was …

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