Pearls before millennials: how designers are turning traditional ...

South China Morning Post-Aug. 15, 2017

Pearls have a reputation for being conservative, traditional and mumsy, but ... Life or demure Japanese brides wearing their first Mikimoto Akoya necklace.

Beyond the perfect strand: the modern way to wear pearls

Telegraph.co.uk-Jun. 8, 2017

But if anyone has the right to celebrate Pearl month in earnest, it's Mikimoto, the heritage Japanese brand that can rightfully claim to have invented the cultured ...

Trees sigh, temple bells ring and neon lights dazzle in Kansai

The Straits Times-Sep. 18, 2017

Another famous tourist spot is the Mikimoto Pearl Island in Ise Bay, which is off ... famous Ama - female free-divers who collect oysters containing pearls which ...

Japanese ama divers -- quite the tourist catch

CNN-Feb. 24, 2017

(CNN) — Nearly a minute has passed yet the sea in front of us remains still, save for a ring-shaped life preserver bobbing upon its surface. Inside it is a mesh net ...