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Yokohama Meister Project (Yokohama Meister Project)

Last updated on March 11, 2025.

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Since 1996, Yokohama City has selected excellent technicians who contribute to the lives and culture of citizens as "Yokohama Meisters." "Yokohama Meister" is a representative of the technicians in Yokohama City, and trains the younger technicians and inherits valuable skills.

Yokohama Meister Business Promotion Video

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Yokohama Meister Guidebook

Cover of Yokohama Meister Guidebook

  • Introduction of Yokohama Meister Business (P1-2)
  • Table of Contents (P3-4)
  • Introduction of Yokohama Meister (P5-P46)
  • Honorary Yokohama Meister (P47-48)
  • Traditional crafts from Yokohama (Yokohama Shibayama Lacquerware, Yokohama Motomachi Furniture, Yokohama Scarf) (P49)
  • Activities of Yokohama Meister (P50)
  • Yokohama Meister Residential District (back cover)
  • Published in January 2025
  • A5 version, 52 pages including cover and spine, color
  • The booklet version is distributed at the Yokohama City Hall Citizen Information Center, 18 ward offices, libraries in the city, and Skills cultural center in Yokohama. (Inventories only)
  • The Yokohama Meister Guidebook introduces Yokohama Meisters who have agreed to post the article.

Dress | Beauty explorers who beautifully color life

Living | The master craftsmen who have built up their home style

Food | A master of food that has introduced the world's food culture

Life | Modern artisans who convey the skills that add color to life

Honorary Yokohama Meister

When Yokohama Meister is retired from the front line or passed away, he will be honorary Yokohama Meister in honor of his achievements so far.

Yokohama Meister Introduction Videos (Profile Videos)

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Yokohama Meister selected in 2024 (Reiwa 6)

Dress | Beauty explorers who beautifully color life

Living | The master craftsmen who have built up their home style

Food | A master of food that has introduced the world's food culture

Life | Modern artisans who convey the skills that add color to life

Honorary Yokohama Meister

Craftsman's Skills | Record video on valuable skills

   ※Other valuable skills recorded video (traditional skills preservation video) can be viewed on the Yokohama Skills cultural center website (outside site).

Selection of Yokohama Meister

Yokohama City recruits recommendations (other recommendation, self-recommendation) once a year, selects documents by the selection committee, conducts on-site surveys by on-site investigators, and selects by the selection committee, and selects by Yokohama City. I am.

Job Types

Jobs that require long-term study and experience to acquire skills by providing manufacturing or services using machines that control manually or in part of the process.

Major selection requirements

  • Living in Yokohama City.
  • You must have at least 15 years of practical experience in the relevant occupation.
  • Maintaining a livelihood through the relevant occupation.
  • Have valuable skills that are required to be inherited.
  • Have outstanding skills.
    • <Example> Must have excellent skills compared to other technicians who can be said to be Yokohama's leading technicians in this job category.
    • <Example> Jobs with a skill test must have a first grade or single grade. Other occupations with public qualifications must be qualified according to the skill test grade 1 or single grade qualification.
    • <Example> Received a commendation from a national or prefectural government or won a contest, and have been evaluated as a high level of skilled technician.
  • Must be motivated to foster undergraduates and have excellent skills transfer skills.
  • Have the motivation and ability to develop the industry and spread and promote skills and skills.
    • <Example> Skills and techniques can be disclosed to the public until the work process etc. can be understood.
  • Have personality and business management ability appropriate to act as Yokohama Meister.
  • Cooperate with a request from Yokohama City and expect more than 5 years of activity as Yokohama Meister.

Recruitment

[Reference] Fiscal 2024 (2024) Selection Process

  • April: Acceptance of application documents
  • May: Document selection by the selection committee
  • June-July: Field survey by investigators
  • August: Selection by the Selection Committee
  • September: Selection by Yokohama City
  • October: Award ceremony

Yokohama Meister Selection Committee

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