If I manage to go to Japan again, I would love to visit the Mikimoto Pearl Museum in Shima Peninsula.
I always hear and read about Mikimoto pearls but it would be great if I could see the real place where it was originally cultivated. For those who don’t know, Mikimoto Kokichi, born in Toba in 1858 was the first person to successfully cultivate pearls in the year 1893.
I would also like to see how the women divers or ama do their diving demonstration. They used to be an important part in pearl culturing process, to dove in and out of the sea water to ensure that the whole cultivation process would be successful.
It would be an informative trip to be able to learn how the cultivation of pearls happen and to understand more about pearls that Mikimoto Kokichi loved so much.
