Workshop × 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.

116 jobs found.

Osier (kiriu) Weaver

Wood product artisan who uses branches of willow known as osier (kiriu) to create baskets and interior decorations using traditional weaving techniques.

Kiwamono Artisan (Doll Manufacturing)

A Kiwamono artisan (doll manufacturing) is a craftsman who uses materials such as clay and wooden molds to perform the entire process from doll prototype creation to coloring, assembly, and decoration.

Gold and Silver Ware Manufacturer

Artisan who processes precious metals such as gold and silver to manufacture gold and silver ware such as tableware and ornaments.

Gold and Silver Artisan

Artisan who creates decorative items and crafts using techniques such as chasing, inlay, and gilding with gold or silver as materials.

Metal Craft Worker

A skilled trade that shapes metal materials by hand or machine processing to create decorative items and crafts. Uses traditional techniques and modern technology to handle diverse processes such as casting, forging, chasing, and polishing.

Metal Craftsman

Artisans who process metal materials using techniques such as cutting, forming, welding, and polishing to create artworks, industrial parts, ornaments, etc.

Bamboo rake maker

Bamboo rake makers shape and decorate kumade bamboo rakes, which are traditional New Year's lucky charms, using wood and bamboo in a traditional manufacturing occupation.

Kurimono (Wood Hollowing) Worker

A traditional woodworking occupation that hollows out timber using hand tools such as chisels and carving knives to create vessels, containers, and decorative items.

Craft Technician

Technical profession that designs, produces, and processes traditional and contemporary crafts using various materials.

Craft Artist

A specialist profession that plans, creates, and presents functional or decorative crafts using diverse materials and techniques.