Thursday, March 28, 2019

Story image for mikimoto pearl from CNN

In Japan, Melania Trump kicks off a week of welcomes

CNN-Nov. 4, 2017
Kokichi Mikimoto was the first person in the world to culture a semi-spherical pearl in 1893 on the island of Ojima, now known as Mikimoto Pearl Island, ...
Story image for mikimoto pearl from Daily Mail

Fashion: Put it all on diamonds

Daily Mail-Dec. 9, 2017
Pearl necklace, £2,190, Mikimoto. Snowflake crown diamond necklace, £108,000, Birks. White gold, black rhodium and diamond ring, £10,500, Annoushka.
Story image for mikimoto pearl from Condé Nast Traveler

The Ise-Shima Peninsula Is a Portal Into Old Japan

Condé Nast Traveler-Jun. 2, 2017
There's a cruise on the Esperanza, a three-masted Spanish carrack. There's Mikimoto Pearl Island, the birthplace of cultured pearls and home to an aquatic ama ...
Story image for mikimoto pearl from The Japan Times

Home of the cultured pearl, Toba in Ise-Shima has both history and ...

The Japan Times-Apr. 21, 2017
Fleming's eroticized description of an ama-san, the pearl divers of Ise-Shima, Mie ... Mikimoto began his working life as a boy hawking noodles on the street.

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