Mikimoto is the premier producer and designer of the world’s highest quality pearls and pearl jewelry. In 1893, Mikimoto's founder, Kokichi Mikimoto, successfully created the first cultured pearls. Thus began a lifelong pursuit to fulfill his dream of "ad ...
International trade arrived in Japan in the early 1850s, and in his port town of Toba on the Shima peninsula, pearls were the most valuable local commodity. Mikimoto pursued the trade with intensity and gained a measure of success. Years passed and pearls ...
