![]() ![]() Yamaoka, met my girlfriend and I upon our arrival, gave us a brief explanation of the history pearl cultures in the area, and then led us through the old factory out to where the experience takes place: an oyster pad floating in some of the clearest blue water I’ve ever seen. The current owner established the Pearl Miki and its pearl harvesting experience ("shinju toridashi taiken" in Japanese) in 2013 to restore a portion of that practice to its original home, and to share that experience and its beautiful environment with visitors. A sharp decline in the price of pearls, mass oyster die offs due to viral infections, and other setbacks throughout the 20th and early 21st centuries greatly reduced the number of pearl cultures. The father of the Pearl Miki’s owner founded a pearl culture in the Pearl Miki’s location at the beginning of the Showa Period (1926-1989). The area’s first round pearls were successfully cultivated in 1905. The first pearls (non-round pearls) from Ago Bay, in Mie Prefecture’s Ise-Shima City, were first cultivated in 1893. ![]() ![]() I returned a year later with my girlfriend and the experience blew us away. They have a pearl harvesting experience and you can make your own jewelry.” This was the most intriguing bit of travel advice I received on my first trip to Mie. ![]()
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