Off the coast of Japan’s verdant Saikai National Park, the Kujukushima Islands lie scattered amid a sprawling network of narrow inlets. Their name literally translates as “99 islands,” though there ...
MIE, Japan (Reuters) - Japan's akoya pearl industry, which began in the 1890s when Kokichi Mikimoto created the world's first cultured pearls, is facing collapse due to plunging sales and stiff ...
The 2025 holiday season is shaping up with lights, laughter, and the soft glint of well-chosen jewelry. From sculptural silver cuffs that catch the candlelight to a strand of soft Akoya pearls draped ...
A worker at the Union Pearl factory in Ise, Japan, sorts through cultivated pearls. Photo / Salwan Georges, The Washington Post For generations, a string of perfectly round, classic white pearls - the ...
Jewlery house Tasaki cultivates its own pearls off the coast of Japan. Scroll through to see more images from its farming operation.
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