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MIKIMOTO GLOBAL
1893
The world's first cultured semi-spherical pear
l
1899
MIKIMOTO Pearl Store opens
1905
The word's first spherical pearl cultured
1907
MIKIMOTO Gold Work Factory established
1913
Overseas Stores opened
1914
Black South Sea pearl farm established on Ishi
gaki Island
1926
Five story pearl Pagoda displayed at the Philadelphia World's Fair
1927
Meeting with Thomas Edison
1930
Kokichi Mikimoto invited to the Imperial Palace as one of the top 10 Japanese inventors
1932
Kokichi Mikimoto burned inferior pearls
1933
Model of George Washington's residence exhibited at Chicago World's Fair
1937
Yaguruma ("Wheels of Arrows") displayed at Paris Expo
1939
Mikimoto Liberty Bell displayed at New York World's Fair
1957
Pearl Crown donated to the National Cherry Blossom Festival
1969
Mikimoto won DeBeers Diamonds International Awards
1975
New York Store opened on Fifth Avenue
1995
London store opened
1997
Costa Mesa store opened
1999
Las Vegas store opened
2000
Milano Collection launched
2001
Beverly Hills store opened
2001
Princess Grace Collection launched
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