Independent Business × 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.
148 jobs found.
Marquetry Craftsman
A traditional craft artisan who handcrafts decorative wooden products by combining small pieces of different types and colors of wood into geometric patterns or designs.
Wood Inlay Artisan
Traditional craftsperson who combines various pieces of wood and metal to apply geometric patterns to decorative items and furniture using yosegi inlay and zogan techniques.
Rantai (Ran) Lacquerware Maker
Rantai lacquerware makers weave bamboo to create vessel bodies, apply multiple layers of lacquer, and perform decoration and polishing—a traditional lacquerware manufacturing technical occupation.
Ranma Craftsman (Ranma Manufacturing)
Ranma craftsmen produce ranma, interior decorative components of buildings, using manual labor or machines from timber selection through carving, kumiko assembly, and finishing. They utilize traditional techniques to provide products that combine aesthetic design and functionality.
Recycled Shop Salesperson (Used Clothing)
Profession that procures and appraises used clothing, performs cleaning and repairs, and handles sales and customer service in the store.
Batik Dyer
Traditional dyeing artisan who uses wax to resist-dye fabric, expressing colorful patterns with dyes.
Wagashi Craftsman
A specialist profession that manufactures wagashi using traditional methods and techniques with ingredients like anko and glutinous rice.
Wagashi Confectioner
An artisan who uses anko, mochi, gyuhi, etc., to produce namagashi such as nerikiri and seasonal fresh sweets. Pursues seasonality and aesthetic expression through traditional techniques.