Mikimoto Kōkichi= THE PEARL KING




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"Born Sep 01, 1946 as the first son of an udon shop owner in Toba, Shima Province (present-day Mie prefecture), Mikimoto left school at the age of 13 and sold vegetables to support his family. Seeing the pearl divers of Ise unloading their treasures at the shore in his childhood started his fascination with pearls." - Source

DEFINITION OF COME UP: FROM VEGETABLES TO INVENTOR OF THE CULTURED PEARL SYSTEM

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