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The cup setting is really unique!

Oh no! We didn't think you were serious since it wasn't shown yet :( :( :( Someone texted "It's Mine" as soon as she began showing it. I found out who it was afterward and they did get several strands yesterday, so I'll have them check to make sure. This was the strand Hisano was wearing -

Ugh :( I just Googled the first paragraph and found multiple sites, clearly all run by the same people. nigeliat.com Shinlam.com brandlrt.com Takoerv.com yeasdnera.com wivrrieacly.com pvtrakrsly.com materiafl.com camerllia.com xurtoloe.com ekorta.com I see the Brandlrt.com site supposedly has...

Actual Chinese akoya or the mini-beaded freshwater?

Ugh. I haven't seen these before. The address is Fa Yuen Street in Mongkok. That's not an address, it's a street market close to Ladies Market and Goldfish. It's probably a great place for all sorts of knock-offs. They really did a poor copy job with these. Even research is spelled wrong.

I agree. These are imitation pearls.

When you reached out, the team didn't know what Hisano and I had found. They thought we were only bringing back some special blue baroques. But we did find pistachio too - and golds! They just arrived on Monday and we updated the event description :)

Edisons can have some red to them, but if they are regular Chinese freshwater pearls, they have been dyed. This necklace shows a mix of dyed colors None of these colors would grow naturally in freshwater.

I can't wait to see the finished piece!

I took this photo at Mikimoto's experimental farm in Ise, Japan about 15 years ago. My hands were a little dry ;) These are natural-color akoya pearls that were freshly harvested. I shot this photo during a trip Xuwen, China in 2007. I had never seen baroque, natural-color akoya pearls before...

I've seen that company too, and under several different names. In the past year we've had two other companies steal our photos and even product descriptions. One looked like a very legitimate site (and still does since the site is live and advertising today), apart from all the stolen photos...

Very cool!

I love it! The matching across the piece is perfect too.

I just saw that this morning! I look forward to watching this!

This event was so much fun! It was our first time vising Lake Kasumi ga Ura, and Mr. Yoneguchi-san is truly inspiring. I am still wrapping my head around the fact that he manages the entire farm completely on his own. It's mind-boggling!

It's hard to say without seeing the pearls. Most of the pick-your-oyster pearls are freshwater, but companies can purchase akoya in the shells if they pay for it. All of the pearl parties I've seen online (this was trending big a couple years ago) showed freshwater pearls coming out of akoya...

Mr. Seki was kind enough to give us a behind-the-scenes tour!

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We spent a bit of time with Mr. Yoneguchi yesterday, the last remaining pearl farmer on Lake Kasumi ga Ura. It's incredible how he manages the entire operation on his own!