Apprentice × Strengths: Creativity & Ideation
For Those Strong in Creativity & Ideation
This collection features jobs that may suit those who are relatively comfortable generating new ideas and concepts.
Creativity holds value not only in artistic fields but in all kinds of work. Both small ideas that improve existing methods and entirely new concepts are expressions of creativity. Additionally, some deepen their thinking alone, while others develop ideas through dialogue with others.
The jobs introduced here tend to offer more opportunities to utilize new ideas. Explore how your creativity can flourish.
111 jobs found.
Art Metal Manufacturer
A profession that manufactures highly decorative metal products using processing techniques such as casting, forging, pressing, welding, and polishing.
Anko Applicator (Wagashi Manufacturing)
An anko applicator is a wagashi manufacturing artisan who evenly applies anko to the dough, shapes it, and finishes the product.
Itome Worker (Hand-Drawn Yuzen)
Specialized artisan who hand-draws outline lines using itome paste in the yuzen dyeing process to perform resist treatment.
Uchiwa Painting Worker
Artisan who applies base processing to washi uchiwa and meticulously draws traditional patterns or designs using paints and brushes.
Overglaze Decorator (Ceramics Manufacturing)
Artisan who applies patterns and pictorial decorations using pigments with the overglaze technique on the glazed surface of ceramics and fixes them through re-firing.
Oshie Artisan (Hagoita)
Traditional craft artisan who expresses three-dimensional patterns by attaching fabric and paper to hagoita. Utilizes meticulous work and aesthetic sense to produce decorative hagoita.
Opera Singer
An opera singer is a vocal specialist who sings and performs dramatic stories accompanied by an orchestra.
Painter, Sign Maker
Artisan who uses color sense and design skills to create and restore signs and signboards through hand-drawing and painting.
Kabuki Actor
A specialist who performs roles in Kabuki, Japan's traditional theater, expressing stories through gestures, dances, combat scenes, and more.
Karakami mounter
Artisan who uses karakami—Japanese paper dyed or embossed using traditional techniques—to perform mounting on fusuma, wallpaper, etc.