Product Manufacturing and Processing Workers (Excluding Metal and Food Products) X 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.

293 matching jobs found.

Inkstone Maker

Traditional craft occupation that handcrafts inkstones for grinding ink in calligraphy using natural inkstone stones.

Stained Glass Worker

Craftsman who creates decorative windows or panels that let light through using colored glass. Performs all processes from design to glass cutting, polishing, coloring, soldering, and assembly.

Sand Craft Worker

Traditional craft artisan who sprinkles gold and silver powder on the surfaces of lacquerware and similar items to create intricate decorative patterns.

Hat Maker

Artisans who handle the manufacturing process of hats from material selection to cutting, sewing, decoration, and finishing. They blend traditional techniques with design to create hats that balance functionality and aesthetics.

Stone Carver

Artisans who cut and sculpt stone to create architectural decorations, monuments, and sculptures. They shape the stone using hammers, chisels, and polishing tools based on blueprints.

Fan manufacturing worker

Craftsman who handcrafts fans using washi paper and bamboo, from creating the frame assembly to pasting and decoration.

Lacquerer

A craftsman who applies paint and decorative coatings to the surfaces of furniture, architectural components, crafts, and similar items to enhance aesthetics and durability.

Sowa-shoku (Magemono Craftsman)

Traditional craftsperson who steams wood to soften it, bends it to assemble bentwood products such as containers and bento boxes, and finishes them with lacquer coating, etc.

Ceramic Decorator (Ceramics)

A profession that applies underglaze and overglaze paintings to ceramics such as porcelain and pottery, enhancing the product's aesthetics and added value.

Katagami Stencil Carver

Traditional craft artisan who applies resist processing to washi paper and precisely carves stencil paper for katazome dyeing based on patterns.