Individual 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.
23 jobs found.
Yuzen Sketch Artist (Hand-Drawn Yuzen)
A traditional craft technician who traces patterns used in the Yuzen dyeing process onto silk fabric with ink or charcoal as a preliminary sketch, supporting the subsequent dyeing operations.
Shogi Piece Woodworker
Traditional craft artisan who handcrafts shogi pieces from rough shaping to carving, polishing, and lacquering.
Percussion Instrument Maker
A specialist occupation that uses materials such as wood, metal, and leather to design, manufacture, and adjust percussion instruments like marimbas, xylophones, timpani, and drums.
Bamboo Travel Basket Weaver
Traditional craft occupation that hand-weaves daily necessities such as baskets and travel baskets using bamboo as material.
Bamboo Craft Worker
A profession that uses bamboo as material to produce daily necessities and decorative items using techniques such as splitting bamboo, weaving, and bending processing.
Ceramic Carver
Ceramic carvers shape clay and then apply decorative or three-dimensional expressions using carving techniques; this is a manufacturing technical occupation.
Sword Scabbard Maker
Traditional craft artisan who handles the design, crafting, and finishing of sword scabbards in an integrated manner. Manages everything from wood selection to lacquering and decoration, protecting the blade and enhancing its aesthetic appeal.
Hina Doll Maker
Artisans who create traditional hina dolls using materials such as wood, hariko, and fabric, handling everything from wood cutting to assembly, face coloring, and dressing in costumes.
Maki-e Decorator (Ceramics Manufacturing)
Traditional craft artisan who decorates the surface of ceramics using lacquer to apply gold powder or gold leaf.
Bentwood Craftsman
Bentwood craftsmen soften wood by steaming, bend and shape it along molds, and perform drying, joining, finishing, and painting. They are artisans who produce bentwood products such as bowls, trays, and buckets.