First, to open a izakaya in Japan, you must first meet the following qualifications:

Qualifications of a person in charge of food hygiene:

To open a restaurant in Japan, there must be a person in charge of food hygiene, besides having the qualifications of "chef, nutritionist, etc.", who must attend a 1-day course on food and beverage management in a government agency in Japan.

Qualification of fire prevention manager:

If a restaurant has more than 31 employees, there must be 1 "fire prevention manager", who must attend a 1-2-day fire prevention management course in Japanese government agencies and pay 3,111-5,111 yen for the course.

Note: If you have the above two qualifications of 1 and 2, you can open izakaya even if you don't have the "chef qualification".

Second, the application and procedures that must be submitted to open a izakaya in Japan:

You must go to the health center in your area, go through the procedures of "the person in charge of food hygiene" in your class, and go through the registration application procedures of "the fire manager" in your area. In addition, there are fire-fighting equipment prepared by the declaration. And apply for the use of fire fighting equipment.

if it's a restaurant that serves alcohol late at night (after 1: 11 pm), you should report it to the Japanese police department.

if it involves the operation of the custom industry, it also needs to be declared in advance.

go to the tax office, register an individual business application

go to the Labor Standards Supervision Bureau to handle "industrial accident insurance"

go to the public occupational stability office to handle "employment insurance"

go to the social insurance office to handle "social security procedures"

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