is a small island which is located in Toba

Toba, Mie

is a city in Mie, Japan.Toba is the site of the Toba Aquarium, which houses such animals as dugongs, African manatees, porpoises, and a wide-variety of aquatic life....

, Mie

Mie Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan which is part of the Kansai regions on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Tsu.- History :Until the Meiji Restoration, Mie prefecture was known as Ise Province and Iga Province....

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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This island is known as the birthplace of pearl

Pearl

A pearl is a hard object produced within the soft tissue of a living shelled mollusk. Just like the shell of a mollusk, a pearl is made up of calcium carbonate in minute crystalline form, which has been deposited in concentric layers. The ideal pearl is perfectly round and smooth, but many other...

 cultivation

Aquaculture

Aquaculture, also known as aquafarming, is the farming of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic plants. Aquaculture involves cultivating freshwater and saltwater populations under controlled conditions, and can be contrasted with commercial fishing, which is the...

 and it belong to . This company

Company

A company is a form of business organization. It is an association or collection of individual real persons and/or other companies, who each provide some form of capital. This group has a common purpose or focus and an aim of gaining profits. This collection, group or association of persons can be...

 runs this island as a leisure

Leisure

Leisure, or free time, is time spent away from business, work, and domestic chores. It is also the periods of time before or after necessary activities such as eating, sleeping and, where it is compulsory, education....

 site.

They exhibit pearl craft goods and you can watch ama divers

Ama divers

, uminchu or kaito are Japanese divers, famous for collecting pearls. The majority of ama are women.- History :...

 shows.

History

• 1893 - Mikimoto Kōkichi succeeded pearl cultivation in this island. At that time, this island was called .
• 1951 - They opened as a leisure land.

Facilities

Pearl Museum

They exhibit pearl craft goods.

Main exhibits: It was exhibited at Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne

Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937)

The Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne was held from May 25 to November 25, 1937 in Paris, France...

 in 1937. It was made from 41 pearls, diamond

Diamond

In mineralogy, diamond is an allotrope of carbon, where the carbon atoms are arranged in a variation of the face-centered cubic crystal structure called a diamond lattice. Diamond is less stable than graphite, but the conversion rate from diamond to graphite is negligible at ambient conditions...

s, sapphire

Sapphire

Sapphire is a gemstone variety of the mineral corundum, an aluminium oxide , when it is a color other than red or dark pink; in which case the gem would instead be called a ruby, considered to be a different gemstone. Trace amounts of other elements such as iron, titanium, or chromium can give...

s, emerald

Emerald

Emerald is a variety of the mineral beryl colored green by trace amounts of chromium and sometimes vanadium. Beryl has a hardness of 7.5–8 on the 10 point Mohs scale of mineral hardness...

s, platinum

Platinum

Platinum is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Pt and an atomic number of 78. Its name is derived from the Spanish term platina del Pinto, which is literally translated into "little silver of the Pinto River." It is a dense, malleable, ductile, precious, gray-white transition metal...

s and 18 carats gold

Gold

Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable and ductile metal. Pure gold has a bright yellow color and luster traditionally considered attractive, which it maintains without oxidizing in air or water. Chemically, gold is a...

s. If you assemble these parts, you can make 12 kinds of accessories

Fashion accessory

Fashion accessories are decorative items that supplement and complement clothes, such as jewelery, gloves, handbags, hats, belts, scarves, wigs, watches, sunglasses, pins, stockings, bow ties, hand fans, leg warmers, leggings, neckties, suspenders, and tights....

 such as brooch

Brooch

A brooch ; also known in ancient times as a fibula; is a decorative jewelry item designed to be attached to garments. It is usually made of metal, often silver or gold but sometimes bronze or some other material...

es, hair ornaments, ring

Ring (jewellery)

A finger ring is a circular band worn as a type of ornamental jewelry around a finger; it is the most common current meaning of the word ring. Other types of metal bands worn as ornaments are also called rings, such as arm rings and neck rings....

s.

• Globe
  Globe
  A globe is a three-dimensional scale model of Earth or other spheroid celestial body such as a planet, star, or moon...
  
  : It is a globe which is made from 12,541 pearls, 377 rubies
  Ruby
  A ruby is a pink to blood-red colored gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum . The red color is caused mainly by the presence of the element chromium. Its name comes from ruber, Latin for red. Other varieties of gem-quality corundum are called sapphires...
  
   and 373 diamonds. Its diameter is 33 cm.
• Liberty Bell
  Liberty Bell
  The Liberty Bell is an iconic symbol of American Independence, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Formerly placed in the steeple of the Pennsylvania State House , the bell was commissioned from the London firm of Lester and Pack in 1752, and was cast with the lettering "Proclaim LIBERTY...
  
  : It was exhibited at 1939 New York World's Fair
  1939 New York World's Fair
  The 1939–40 New York World's Fair, which covered the of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park , was the second largest American world's fair of all time, exceeded only by St. Louis's Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904. Many countries around the world participated in it, and over 44 million people...
  
  . It was made from 12,250 pearls and 366 diamonds.: It was exhibited at Sesquicentennial Exposition
  Sesquicentennial Exposition
  The Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition of 1926 was a world's fair hosted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence, and the 50th anniversary of the 1876 Centennial Exposition-History:The honor of hosting...
  
   in Philadelphia, 1926. It was made from 12,760 pearls.
• Himeji Castle
  Himeji Castle
  When the han feudal system was abolished in 1871, Himeji Castle was put up for auction. The castle was purchased by a Himeji resident for 23 Japanese yen...
  
  : It was reproduced Himeji Castle as 1/90 scales by using 19,000 pearls, 447 diamonds, sapphires, emeralds, rubies and so on.
• Pearl Crown I: It is a crown
  State crown
  A state crown is the working crown worn by a monarch on recurring state occasions such as State Openings of Parliament, as opposed to the coronation crown with which they would be formally crowned....
  
   which is made from 872 pearls and 188 diamonds.
• Gunbai Uchiwa
  Gunbai
  thumb|right|A sumo gyoji wielding a gunbaiThe is a type of Japanese war fan.-Description:Gunbai were used by samurai officers in Japan to communicate commands to their troops, and were solid, not folding, and usually made of wood, wood covered with metal, or solid metal.It is also a key accessory...
  
  : It was exhibited at Encouragement of Industry Exposition Tokyo at 1907. It was reproduced Gunbai Uchiwa by using 805 pearls which introduced from Joseon Dynasty
  Joseon Dynasty
  Joseon , was a Korean state founded by Taejo Yi Seong-gye that lasted for approximately five centuries. It was founded in the aftermath of the overthrow of the Goryeo at what is today the city of Kaesong. Early on, Korea was retitled and the capital was relocated to modern-day Seoul...
  
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Mikimoto Kōkichi Memorial Hall

They commend Mikimoto Kōkichi's life to exhibit his inheritances and panel exhibitions.

It is also reproduced the Udon

Udon

is a type of thick wheat-flour noodle of Japanese cuisine.Udon is usually served hot as noodle soup in its simplest form as kake udon, in a mildly flavoured broth called kakejiru which is made of dashi, soy sauce , and mirin. It is usually topped with thinly chopped scallions...

 shop , where he was born.

Others

Bronze sculpture of Mikimoto Kōkichi, Shrine of Pearl, Forest of Wild Birds and Observatory is in this island.

Access

5 minutes walk from Toba Station

Toba Station

is a train station in Toba, Mie Prefecture, Japan.-Lines:*JR Central**Sangū Line*Kintetsu**Toba Line**Shima Line-Layout:...

 (Kintetsu Toba Line

Kintetsu Toba Line

The is a railway line of the Japanese private railway company Kintetsu, connecting Ujiyamada Station and Toba Station in Japan. The line runs parallel to the JR Central Sangū Line....

 and JR Sangū Line

Sangu Line

The is a railway line run by Central Japan Railway Company , connecting Taki Station with Toba Station in Japan....

) will bring you this island. You can reach the island to pass a bridge

Bridge

A bridge is a structure built to span physical obstacles such as a body of water, valley, or road, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle...

 named Pearl Bridge. Parking

Parking

Parking is the act of stopping a vehicle and leaving it unoccupied for more than a brief time. Parking on one or both sides of a road is commonly permitted, though often with restrictions...

is also available.

External links

• MIKIMOTO PEARL ISLAND (Official English website)

34°29′0"N 136°50′49"E