Interesting article on Japanese freshwater pearls

[mochiko42]

Muddy waters: The battle to save Japan's ailing freshwater pearl industry

While Lake Biwa played a key role in the establishment of a domestic freshwater pearl industry, farmers are now facing a bleak future.

www.japantimes.co.jp

I don't own any Biwa pearls but I have a pair of Kasumi pearls that I find beautiful. Anyone else an admirer of Japanese freshwater pearls?

 

[lilmosun]

Thanks for posting @mochiko42 . There's a pair of earrings with 25mm Biwa coin pearls that I've been wanting for years and once started a thread on. The vendor still won't come down because of the provence of the pearls...so the article is helpful in understanding the history.

Help with pricing pearl earrings

Admittedly, for someone who owns a lot of pearls, I don't know much about pricing. So I fell in love with these earrings from a vendor I've known for decades. He isn't cheap but usually fair. I was surprised that he wanted $1380 (my price..he had them listed for $1850). So are they...

www.pricescope.com

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

Muddy waters: The battle to save Japan's ailing freshwater pearl industry

While Lake Biwa played a key role in the establishment of a domestic freshwater pearl industry, farmers are now facing a bleak future.

www.japantimes.co.jp

I don't own any Biwa pearls but I have a pair of Kasumi pearls that I find beautiful. Anyone else an admirer of Japanese freshwater pearls?

That was a really interesting article
Thanks for posting