People who can focus on one thing. People who like to make things. People who like good food.

Along with rice, bread has become a staple food for Japanese people, and bakers specialize in making it. Since it takes time to prepare the bread, the work usually starts early in the morning and is time-consuming. They are on their feet most of the day, and carrying heavy flour requires a great deal of physical strength. However, it is rewarding to see the happy faces of customers, and it is also a job where one can experience the joy of making things.

Many people learn the basics of baking at a vocational school with a baking department, and then join a bakery or bread manufacturer to become a baker. Since no particular qualifications are required, it is also possible to work at a bakery directly after graduating from junior high school or high school. The basics of baking are divided into "making dough," "molding dough," and "baking bread," and one learns the skills one by one through work. It takes time to become a full-fledged baker, but with ingenuity, one can create a wide variety of breads.

Eating habits are changing, and Japanese people are eating more bread. New breads are introduced on TV and through social networking services, and often become the talk of the town. Bread bakers will have more and more opportunities to play an active role in the future. Supermarkets and convenience stores are producing a lot of bread in mechanized factories. If I am going to be active as a baker, I would like to convey the appeal of handmade bread, which is different from mass production.

When employed by a bread manufacturer, at the age of becoming a full-fledged employee, the monthly salary is about 250,000 yen and the annual income is about 3.5 million yen. Newcomers are naturally paid less than that, with starting salaries often less than 200,000 yen per month.

If you work for a manufacturer or a large bakery, you will have two days off a week. In small stores, it depends on the business model of the store.

Bakeries, bread makers, hotels, etc.

It's a chart that shows at a glance the main routes to a baker's job!