Collaboration with pearl and glass work: Pearl Seiwa

Do you know how to use pearls? Generally people think that pearl is one of the jewelry. How about you? Surely, it’s true. There are much pearl jewelry, such as pearl necklace, pearl earrings, pearl pendant, and pearl ring. As for kinds of pearls, akoya pearl, Tahiti pearl, south sea pearl, golden pearl, and mabe pearl.

We offer the fantastic collaboration! It’s the collaboration with pearl and glass work. Can you imagine that?

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Japanese beautiful product; akoya pearl

We talk about akoya pearls. Akoya pearl is beautiful pearls produced in Japan. Akoya pearl is cultured pearl which is produced from akoya shell.

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Generally almost pearl is the cultured pearls. It’s not imitation, but genuine pearls. Pearl producer makes many pearls carefully and carefully. In Japan, places of cultured pearls are in Ise and Toba, Mie prefecture. Other places are Koc hi, Kumamoto, and Hiroshima.

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The shell of akoya pearls is not so big, its size is about 10 mm. Therefore the size of akoya pearls will be maximum 10 mm.

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By the way, do you know what structure in the shell?
Pearl formation is explained that pearl nucleus for base of pearl and mantle piece get into the shell by human hand. Then its piece is alive for long time, it will become something round for packages for pearl nucleus.

Colors of pearls are various, white colors, pink colors, yellow colors, and blue colors.
Especially the blue color akoya pearl, the cell of pearl bag is made of organic matter. You can see blue color through pearl layer.

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Akoya pearl is made by this process. If you have any questions or you want to know more information about akoya pearl, please feel free to let us know. We will answer your questions.

Pearl Seiwa website: http://www.pearl-seiwa.jp/en/
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Open pearl showroom of Pearl Seiwa

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Pearl Seiwa opens our pearl showroom in Ueno, Okachimachi.  We would like visitors to choose the pearl unhurried and relaxed and opened this showroom. It’s displayed pearl necklaces and earrings in the showcase of this showroom. Kinds of pearls are akoya pearl, tahitian pearl, south sea pearl, golden pearl, multi-color pearl, mabe pearl.

In addition, we display some things in connection with the clock which is used the pearl, the pearl including the mirror is put.

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We would like visitors to know the pearl even a little and do such a display. Our pearl showroom has some music playing in the background; Japanese song, foreign song, and Japanese radio. We would like the visitors to feel relaxed. 5 – 10 people can be in this room at the same time, you are welcome to come to your first trial with your friends.

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It’s very easy to come from JR Okachimachi station or Ueno station. It takes 7 minutes to come to showroom by walk. If you lost your way, we will pick you up! The details of access refers here.

Pearl Seiwa website: http://www.pearl-seiwa.jp/en/

Japanese Akoya pearls / Staff blog of Pearl Seiwa

Hi, this is Pearl Seiwa. Our company deals with pearl items or loose pearl. We’re in Ueno, Okachimachi in Japan. Okachimachi is the jewelry town, so there are many jewelry shop like diamond shop, necklace shop, of course pearl shop.

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We talk about pearls to people all over the world. We would like many people to know about pearls. We strongly hope that you will like pearls.

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Among them the jewel which is produced at mine will be mineral. On the other hand, pearls or coral will be organism because they are produed in the sea or lake.

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Pearls are grown up in its shell. There are many kinds of pearls. Broadly speaking it can be said that the number of kinds of pearls is 6 kinds. Akoya pearl, South Sea pearl, Tahitian pearl, Mabe pearl, abalone. These pearls are produced in the sea. But Freshwater pearl is produced in the lake.

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Do you know what shell makes pearls? Any kinds shell can do it? Not actually. It’s limited only the shell with beautiful brightness inside shell. Its brightness will be beautiful luster of pearls, and beautiful color.

Generally pearls are recognized “natural pearl”, but it’s not produced in the nature. The pearl craftsman grow pearls up kindlry and kindly. Pearls are grown up by people.

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Next time, we want to talk about Akoya pearls which is beautiful Japanese pearls.