People who like flowers. People who are physically fit and like to interact with people. People with a good sense of aesthetics.

The main job of a flower store is to sell cut flowers, houseplants, and potted flowers. A day at the flower store begins with an early morning trip to the flower market to purchase flowers. Before the flowers are placed in buckets at the store, they undergo a process called "mizuage," which makes them absorb water more easily so that they will last longer. Even after the store opens, the management of flowers is essential, including changing the water in the buckets of flowers in the store, watering potted plants, and removing wilting flowers and leaves. In between serving customers, they also make bouquets of products to cover the storefront, combine flowers into flower arrangements in baskets and other containers, and make bouquets in response to customer orders. Some flower stores also deliver flowers and ornamental plants to decorate company offices and restaurants, and decorate wedding and funeral venues with flowers. People who work in such flower stores or who handle flowers are also called "florists. However, carrying buckets of flowers and water is hard work. The work is often done outside the store, which is hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It is hot in the summer and cold in the winter, making it a surprisingly strenuous job. However, flowers are given to people to congratulate them or to send them encouragement, and they also bring people together. Florists have a wonderful job of helping to connect people to each other.

No special qualifications are required to work in a flower store. It is possible to get a job at a flower store or open a flower store even if you have no experience handling flowers. If you want to learn horticulture including flowers in order to work in a flower store, go to the horticulture department of an agricultural college, university, or junior college. In the floral business department of a vocational school, you can learn not only knowledge about flowers, but also practical skills such as techniques for making bouquets and floral arrangements, customer service methods, and store management know-how. Such knowledge and skills would be more advantageous for getting a job at a flower store or opening a flower store. However, there are many knowledge and skills that can be acquired through actual work, so it is a good idea to get a job and gain experience as early as possible instead of continuing on to higher education. The most important thing for working at a flower store is a strong desire to share the beauty of flowers with as many people as possible.

While there are no qualifications for working in a flower store, there are some qualifications that would be useful for the job. One of them is a driver's license. Flower stores often use cars for stocking and delivery, so a driver's license is necessary in that case. There are also qualifications related to the skills needed to create bouquets and floral arrangements that customers appreciate and to make gorgeous displays in hotels and wedding halls. It would be a good idea to obtain the national certification test for floral decoration technicians or the private certification test for floral designer qualifications authorized by the Nippon Flower Designers' Association (NFD).

There have long been services to send floral gifts through a nationwide network of flower stores for birthdays, anniversaries, store openings, and other occasions. Today, such services are more readily available via the Internet. Some flower stores have their own websites and conduct online sales, and some of them specialize in online sales without actual stores. Some flower stores also have miscellaneous goods or a café space to encourage customers to visit their stores. Some even offer in-store floral classes to attract more customers. Such unusual collaborations are likely to lead to an increase in the number of flower stores where people can stroll in and feel more familiar with flowers.

The average annual income is 4.2 to 4.6 million yen. It varies depending on where the store is located. Also, sales vary greatly depending on the season and the events of each month.

Shifts are available and there are two days off a week. The busiest time for flower stores is Mother's Day in May. The end of the year before Christmas and New Year's are also very busy. Sometimes it is impossible to take a day off during these times.

Flower stores, garden stores, cut flower stores, etc.

It's a chart that shows at a glance the main routes to getting a job in a florist store (florist)!