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In addition to Japan's first department store, Mitsukoshi, the world's first robot hotel, weird Hotel.
There are many things in Chuo-ku, Japan's first and the world's first!
Mr. Kokichi Mikimoto, founder of Mikimoto, who would be associated with pearls, is also the same.
We have achieved the feat of successfully cultivating pearls for the first time in the world.
The main store of Mikimoto is located in Ginza 4-chome.
The main store is holding a "Feeel the Pearl Feel Pearl Exhibition" until September 5th (Wednesday).
Learn about pearls created by Mikimoto 125 years ago.
It is a valuable opportunity to enjoy the mystery to your heart's content.
(Provided by Mikimoto)
When you enter the hall, which is the exhibition venue, you can learn about the process of pearling and Mikimoto's brand history.
You can enjoy 14 kinds of pearls and their mother shells (shells that grow pearls).
(Lower left: Spondil spear with a fellow of the Shojogai, lower right: Abalone and Avalon pearl)
(Provided by Mikimoto)
You can see the beauty of the shining pearls that are lit up in order.
For the first time, I learned that pearls can be harvested from shellfish, such as abalone, mussels, and scallop mussels, which are popular for food, and learned.
In addition, you can see five patterns of VR (virtual reality) images, including the scenery and work of a pearl farm in Ago-wan Bay, Mie Prefecture, where MIKIMOTO pearls are cultivated, and the view of Ago-wan Bay from Mikimoto's Shinjukaku in mansion.
In "Akoya mussel holding pearls in the sea", try looking for pearls as if you were diving in the sea.
This VR can be enjoyed 360 degrees with sound, so you can experience the realism as if you came to a Mie farm in an instant!
(* Unlike Mikimoto Pearl Island, which is a tourist facility, the farms found here are usually places that cannot be accessed by anyone other than those involved.)
In addition, valuable archive materials showing the relationship between Mikimoto and the University of Tokyo are also on display.
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After briefly learning about Mikimoto's pearls, we went to the mirror room where seven high jewelry totaling about 1.2 billion yen met together....
(I shot it with a smartphone, but it became a very fantastic piece
.)
In this mysterious room where you get lost in the world of jewelry that continues infinitely.
Unlike ordinary exhibitions at Torso, you can see pearl jewelry displayed in the air from various angles.
In particular, it seems that high jewelry made from large pearls and rare pearls is on display, and it is worth a look!
Akoya pearl dresses in addition to jewelry and white butterfly pearl necklaces.
(Provided by Mikimoto)
Jewelry decorated with colorful pearls and diamonds is a beauty that sighs unexpectedly....
You can forget other things and immerse yourself in the world of Mikimoto jewelry.
If you like jewelry or haven't been in the main store in Mikimoto yet, you can enjoy it.
Why don't you take this opportunity to feel the founder's dreams and history that is, the elegantly shining pearl?
Feel the Pearl Feel Pearl Exhibition
Date and time: From August 3 (Fri) to September 5 (Wed), 2018 11:00 am to 7:00 pm
※Open on August 31 (Fri) from 2:00 p.m.
Location: Mikimoto Ginza 4-chome Main Store, 7th floor Mikimoto Hall (4-5-5 Ginza, Chuo-ku)
Admission fee: Free of charge
Host: MIKIMOTO
Cooperation: Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Website: https://www.mikimoto.com/jp/news/feelthepearl.htm
※This article has been approved by the person in charge of the Mikimoto Public Relations and Advertising Section.
