1976 Mikimoto Pearl Island, Japan: Pearl Divers, Cultured Pearl, Implanting and sorting of pearls—SILENT FILM CLIP This film clip is from Thayer Soule's travelogue, "Japan", archived in the Human ...

If you enjoy sushi and world class sashimi, the Ise-Shima region of Japan (located in the Shima Peninsula, with its strong maritime tradition) is a seafood lover’s heaven. West of futuristic Tokyo and ...

In a modest, unpainted four-room house atop a narrow headland overlooking Japan’s Ago Bay, a wizened little man in a brown kimono and a black derby hat shuffled about in a pearly haze. He was Kokichi ...

Founded in Ginza, Japan, in 1893, Mikimoto is a high-end jeweler that specializes in cultured pearls. Industry experts and consumers with an affinity for the stone worldwide often regard the brand as ...