My visit to Mikimoto Pearl Island Co., Ltd (Japan)
In November of last year, I had the opportunity to visit Mikimoto Pearl Island Co., Ltd in Toba, Mie Prefecture. I was able to walk around and rediscover the beauty of pearls. I say rediscover because I had visited this area several years earlier.
When I hear the word Mikimoto™, I immediately think of lovely round cultured pearls. I think that pearls are such a beautiful part of nature.
At Mikimoto Pearl Island, there are women divers, who in Japanese are called Ama. The costume the Ama wear is white. They do a demonstration about how they dive for the pearls at different times during the day.
On the day that I was there, the weather was sunny and I was able to take a couple memorable photos of the diving demonstration. The Ama’s characteristic behavior is to whistle into the wooden floating tub after each dive.
A visit to the museum did complete my day’s visit. Of course, I was able to enjoy some pearl shopping, too.
Now, I can only hope and dream that someday I will be another chance to return for another visit.
more later...
When I hear the word Mikimoto™, I immediately think of lovely round cultured pearls. I think that pearls are such a beautiful part of nature.
At Mikimoto Pearl Island, there are women divers, who in Japanese are called Ama. The costume the Ama wear is white. They do a demonstration about how they dive for the pearls at different times during the day.
On the day that I was there, the weather was sunny and I was able to take a couple memorable photos of the diving demonstration. The Ama’s characteristic behavior is to whistle into the wooden floating tub after each dive.
A visit to the museum did complete my day’s visit. Of course, I was able to enjoy some pearl shopping, too.
Now, I can only hope and dream that someday I will be another chance to return for another visit.
more later...
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