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Now, I know you all know and hate those pearl parties that were popular a few years ago. The ones where unscrupulous people would take...

Now we're off to our 3rd pearl farm. DOI Pearl. Once again, look how clean everything is. There was no fishy smell anywhere...

The Japanese had us scheduled to the minute. We had to go right next door to the next pearl farm. 4 pearl grafters at this farm, and...

Each pearl grafter had their own technique for culturing pearls. This gentleman makes a cut in the oyster's gonad, then he inserts a...

Wednesday, 4-June-2025. The Japanese take us on! We checked out of the hotel and drove to Matsuyama Airport to pick up Tevai. Our...

At 7:15 p.m. we met Nathalie and Helena in the lobby of the hotel. And Jeremy's friend, Takashi, took us out for a multi course...

At 1 p.m. we walked to a quiet street at the base of the castle and Hisano picked the restaurant. It served local TAIMESHI. It's a...

We met Ruby and Andy at the hotel at 11 a.m. It was lightly raining. In Florida I would have called this type of rain "humidity."...

Tuesday, 3-June-2025 Jeremy, Hisano, and I walked around the covered streets that were like a shopping mall, next to our hotel. We...

I started on Sunday, 1-June-2025, from Orlando, Florida. I flew to Minneapolis to Haneda Airport in Tokyo, and then on to Matsuyama...

First up, what to wear? I knew I had to wear akoya pearls for this trip. Plus, I wanted to make sure that everyone important to me...