MIKIMOTO | 120th Anniversary of Pearl Invention: The Second "Pearl School"
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MIKIMOTO | 120th Anniversary of Pearl Invention: The Second "Pearl School"

<strong>MIKIMOTO</strong> - The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Science, Institute for Marine Science and Technology
<strong>MIKIMOTO</strong> - Kiyohito Nagai, Director of the Mikimoto Pearl Research Laboratory. Since 1933, the Pearl Research Laboratory has been studying the cultivation environment of Akoya oysters, supporting Mikimoto's comprehensive pearl research and new technology development to this day.
<strong>MIKIMOTO</strong> - Children collecting marine life on the shore
<strong>MIKIMOTO</strong> - Discovering a rare natural Akoya oyster
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<strong>MIKIMOTO</strong> - Collecting plankton. Using a net with a special cock (collection container) to scoop seawater from 10 meters below.
<strong>MIKIMOTO</strong> - Plankton collection successfully completed
<strong>MIKIMOTO</strong> - Observing collected plankton under a microscope
<strong>MIKIMOTO</strong> - Nucleation of Akoya oysters. A delicate procedure performed using only the naked eye and tactile senses.
<strong>MIKIMOTO</strong> - Pearls grown from Akoya oysters nucleated by children who participated last year.
<strong>MIKIMOTO</strong> - Learning about the history and types of pearls
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MIKIMOTO | 120th Anniversary of Pearl Invention: "Pearl School" Vol. 2

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