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This looks like it was used at one of ASBUMI organized auctions. This is the old cultured pearl organization of Indonesia. It's...

Your pearls are stunning! Thanks for "taking us along on our trip" and for teaching us about the pearl business in Japan!

Looks like GP was higher in price due to the fact that the pairs shown in the pictures were all certed Hanadama. Some of the strands...

Such an awesome trip!!!

Thank you for sharing!

What a great trip report! Thanks so much for sharing!

Well now I want to go to the Toyota Museum. P.S. I also drive a Camry. I'm on my third one.

RE: black knots - I didn't actually pay attention to this so I'm not sure! But I bought unfinished strands (I don't know the correct...

When my husband was in Japan for a conference, I jumped on the opportunity to take a short solo ‘pearls and jewels’ trip. Here is my...

I’m not too familiar with the retail side in Japan, but from what I’ve seen, the shops in Kobe are mostly small, independent operations...

The most pearl shops are definitely in Kobe, as it's the pearl capital of Japan. There are a lot of shops in the Kitano Hill area, and a...

I'd call Pearl Paradise and set up a Zoom appointment. They have "VIP" pearls that are not on their website. You could also check out...

With experience. You use that to tell them apart...you look for certain traits in the nacre, their imperfections too... But in many...

From the photo it is not easy to tell if it is a true Golden South Sea pearl...but with that deep golden color (seems 24K to me) and for...