SALON MODE / RECRUIT
What you love
can change someone's day.
FASHION, PEOPLE & COMMUNITY
A favorite piece. A familiar face.
Enjoying a shop can become part of enjoying life in a town.
Across Saga, Takeo and Kashima, we develop shops with their own personalities. Through fashion, art and events, we create opportunities for people to meet and connect.
SALON MODE helps nurture our communities through encounters with clothes and people.
OUR COMMUNITY / LIFE IS ART
LIFE IS ART, the ninth AEON Saga Yamato Art Museum exhibition, ran from October 8 to 18, 2026, bringing art into a familiar shopping space.
The pleasure of discovering clothes and culture can coexist in a town. This real project shows the kind of community we want to help create.
See the exhibition photographs and reportThrough conversation, we suggest clothes that suit a customer's mood and life. Our work is about making the time spent choosing as enjoyable as the clothes themselves.
Explore fabrics, shapes and how a piece feels when worn. Depending on experience and role, staff may also help with buying, developing their own perspective one piece at a time.
Displays, stock management, social posts, event information and customer mailings all matter. As a team, we develop the shop's character and give people reasons to visit our town.
WORK & LIFE / YOUR CAREER
Some colleagues have worked here for ten or twenty years. Staff help each other with school events and unexpected illness in the family. Employees have taken maternity and childcare leave, and shorter working hours can be discussed.
Our evaluation goes beyond sales figures. We also value everyday effort and the way staff support customers and colleagues.
As you gain experience, you may take on a store manager role involving staff development, merchandising and sales management. Other paths include managing multiple shops or training colleagues.
WORK & FAMILY
School events. A child suddenly feeling unwell.
Colleagues talk and support one another when life needs attention.
Whether you are raising children now or thinking about the future,
we will discuss a way of working that fits your life.
Please discuss school events and requests for time off with us. Teams work together to adjust schedules and support work and family life.
Part-time and shorter-hour arrangements can be discussed. Tell us your preferences, taking into account the shop and your family's circumstances.
Staff have taken maternity and childcare leave and used shorter-hour arrangements. We can also discuss working patterns when you return.
WORK & FAMILY / CHIHARU KOGA
Chiharu Koga / BRIDGE
This is Chiharu's own working arrangement. Please discuss hours and shifts according to the shop and your family's circumstances.
Explore Chiharu's work and family lifeStart with the hours that might work for you.
Talk to us about work and family lifeONE DAY / MIKA TAGUCHI
An example of a 10:00–19:00 shift. Customer service continues throughout the day, alongside other tasks according to the needs of the shop.
Mika Taguchi / BRIDGE / Store Manager
Check products and displays, then share the day's plans and updates with colleagues.
Between serving customers, contact suppliers about products and deliveries. Use that information in displays and customer recommendations.
Staff take breaks in turn, depending on the shop's needs.
Alongside customer service, review displays and product placement. Work on the shop floor with colleagues, sharing ideas and observations to support their development.
Continue serving customers while organizing feedback and observations. Share product and shop-floor updates with the team to prepare for the next day.
Overtime is rare. Finishing time may be later if a conversation with a customer continues beyond the end of a shift.
This is an example of one working day. The order of tasks and break times vary according to the day's circumstances.
ONE DAY / SALES STAFF / YUKI HAMADA
Yuki Hamada / RECTANGLE / Supervisor
Working hours: 10:00–19:00
A working-day example centered on customers, with stock organization and merchandising carried out alongside customer service.
Share updates with colleagues and check the products and shop floor before welcoming customers.
Listen to customers' preferences and moods, and help them choose. Between conversations, bring out and organize products.
Take turns having a break according to the shop's needs.
Continue serving customers while considering how to arrange products and present outfits so they are easy to explore.
Tidy products between customers and share their reactions and your observations with the team, ready for the next recommendation.
Check products and handover notes before finishing the day.
The hours are 10:00–19:00. The details and order of tasks shown here are an editorial draft and will be refined after confirmation with Yuki.
PEOPLE / YOUR FUTURE TEAM
People who select clothes. People who welcome customers.
Each person's character shapes a shop's atmosphere.
BRIDGE / Store Manager
BRIDGE / Second year with the company
LOOSY & BURST / Store Manager
RECTANGLE / Supervisor
Director, President's Office
Corporate Planning & General Affairs
LIFE AT SALON MODE
Learning together. Gathering. Sharing ideas.
Talking about work, and about life beyond it.
A photographic glimpse of our everyday lives.
COMMUNITY
SALON MODE staff and the JUJIRO team took part in the Kashima dance festival. Stepping out of the shops to enjoy a local event together reflects the connections we value in our community.
TOGETHER
Scenes from staff dinners and year-end gatherings: sharing a meal and a different side of ourselves from the working day.
LEARNING
In-house training and staff meetings give us time to share what we have learned and noticed, and to exchange ideas.
BUYING
A moment from a buying visit, with BRIDGE Store Manager Mika in the center. Selecting pieces we want to share with customers is an important part of shaping a shop.
FASHION ADVISOR / SAGA
Our fashion advisor roles include customer service, sales, stock management and displays at our shops in Kashima, Takeo and Saga.
Please ask our recruitment contact about eligibility and the conditions for each benefit.
Yes. Please call our head office first. We can arrange a time to discuss the work and possible working arrangements.
At one of our shops in Saga, Takeo or Kashima. You can also discuss your preferred shop with us.
Yes. Many colleagues joined without apparel experience, after working in manufacturing, care, television, hospitality and other fields. Those with apparel experience can build on their skills in a wider range of roles.
Full-time pay is ¥200,000–¥250,000 per month, depending on experience. Part-time pay is ¥1,100–¥1,400 per hour. There are eight days off per month on a shift schedule, plus paid annual leave.
Hours vary by shop. Work is organized in shifts.
Yes. Arrangements can be discussed depending on the shop. Please tell us how you would like to work.
Yes. Requests for days off and consecutive days off can be discussed and coordinated within the shop.
Yes. Colleagues communicate and support each other around school events and unexpected illness. If you have concerns about balancing work and family life, please speak with our recruitment contact.
Through in-house training and guidance from experienced colleagues.
There is no rule requiring you to wear clothes from your own shop. If you find something you would like to buy, you can use the staff discount.
The following arrangements are available.
Ask for Yamaguchi, our recruitment contact, and tell us whether you would like to apply or discuss the work.
We will discuss the role and arrange an interview date.
Please bring your resume to the interview at our head office.
We will tell you the result and, if you are offered a role, discuss your start date.
LET’S TALK
Whether you want to apply or ask about the work,
please call our head office recruitment contact.
Recruitment contact: Yamaguchi
Phone hours: Monday–Sunday, 10:00–19:00