Shanghai is a major city in China that is frequently visited by tourists from abroad. We also have many colleagues who travel to Shanghai on both business and for leisure, and when they return, the often say it isn’t much different from Tokyo!
When trying to research Shanghai, it can be overwhelming how many various magazines and publications pop up with various information regarding the big city, so please feel free to use our condensed reference of some of the key points below.
- [Geographical/Demographic Information]
Area: 2450 sq. km (About 10 times the size of Tokyo) Population: 24.18 million Languages: Shanghainese, Mandarin Chinese, English, Others Religion: Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Catholicism Currency: 1 CNY = ~16.37JPT (8/29/2018)
- [Lifestyle in Shanghai]
Housing: Similar to Tokyo Food: Eating out locally for three meals per day, 50~250 CNY. For Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean, or other cuisines: about 100~500CNY Utilities: About 1/3 the cost of Tokyo Public Transportation: 15CNY for first 3km via taxi (depending on area) The bus and subway are cheaper than Japan ☆Costs roughly 100CNY to travel from the outskirts to the heart of the city (about 3,000JPY from Pudong Airport) ☆Roughly the same cost or cheaper than living in Tokyo
- [Shanghai’s Culinary Scene]
Currently, outside of Japan, Shanghai is an international forerunner in the Japanese culinary boom. Additionally, it has the 5th largest population of Japanese residents compared to other major cities around the world, meaning there are also numerous Japanese culinary ventures, including about 2,200 Japanese dining establishments. Though there are more Korean restaurants than Japanese restaurants in Beijing, there are more than twice as many Japanese restaurants as there are Korean restaurants in Shanghai. And while there are many types of foreign cuisines to be tasted in Shanghai, among them Japanese cuisine dominates the industry. In contrast to Taiwan and Hong Kong, which have long histories with Japanese cuisine, Japanese cuisine only started to blossom in Shanghai in the 1990’s, and yet it has already grown to this scale -- a trend that doesn’t seem to be stopping any time soon.
And since the population of Japanese residents is so large, the local Japanese cuisine reflects the authenticity you’d expect from Japan.
To meet the growing Japanese cuisine movement, Shanghai is actively hiring Japanese chefs, and the salaries, accommodations, and benefits are even better than within Japan. If you’re hoping to share Japanese cuisine with the world, Shanghai might be a good place to start.
Please have a look at some of our job postings in Shanghai, listed below for your reference. Feel free to contact us with any questions you might have.
https://washokujob.com/job/130 →【中国・上海勤務】現料理長がサポート！高級割烹料理店【和食職人】募集
https://washokujob.com/job/46 → ≪中国・上海≫日本式焼肉店【店長】【副店長】募集！
https://washokujob.com/job/45 → ≪中国・上海≫日本式焼肉店【料理長】【副料理長】募集！
https://washokujob.com/job/33 → 上海◆創作和食レストランで総料理長を募集！ 【日本語でOK】独自のアイディアで様々なメニューを開発できる方求む！
https://washokujob.com/job/6 → スーパーバイザー(SV)職◆上海・蘇州・杭州など17店舗! 日本の「ホルモン焼き」で新規店舗の出店!