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Mikimoto International Pearl Boutique Ginza Tokyo
In the Ginza area in Tokyo, Japan, only a few blocks from the Mikimoto main store was a two story Mikimoto International Pearl Boutique Ginza Tokyo. The store I visited has now moved across the street to a new location nearby. This store carries the entire line of Mikimoto International which includes numerous, colorful and varied gift items from clocks to jewelry boxes to pens to well....
Mikimoto champagne--can you believe it? For the 100th year anniversary of Mikimoto in 1993, they started selling this label of champagne.
Four companies are under Mikimoto in Japan including Perlita, a lower priced pearl jewelry line with innovative interchangeable designs. In the Perlita section are fascinating pendants consisting of a small pearl inside a tiny glass globe. Although I'd read about these little globes, I'd never seen them before.
Downstairs many newborn baby items are available for the lucky babies who receive these silver spoons, silver rattles, shoes, baby books and many other great ideas for new person. My thought about these exquisite gifts was that these are the quality things that end up in museums years from now, as I recall a silver rattle in our local museum here in Muscatine, Iowa. Also in the lower level of the Mikimoto International Pearl Boutique Ginza Tokyo are a gift wrapping section, cosmetic area and a display for Bridal tiaras and necklace sets which are not for sale, but rather for rent.
If I had just three minutes time, she could give me some cosmetic samples. Yes...for Mikimoto samples, I had time. She only asked me to write down my name, address, phone and email and gave me a small white organza drawstring bag with two samples, one of MoonPearl moisturizing lotion, and one of MoonPearl recover essence. A brochure of their beauty plan and list of other products was also included. Wow, samples from Mikimoto International Boutique Ginza Tokyo. I didn't expect them.
Prices ranged from a few hundred dollars to into the thousands. It's common in Japan for brides to also rent a wedding dress for the day. (On the radio, I heard about a Japanese wedding dress with platinum woven into the fabric--it was very expensive, even to rent). A western American church wedding is also very popular. Some pastor friends of ours living in Japan often perform weddings like these. Near our hotel in Osaka was a "Royal Garden," wedding church and reception area. It looked like a beautiful country church with a garden in front. I stopped over there on Sunday morning, hoping there'd be a church service, but a wedding was about to happen.
Also, if you want to see the entire collection of Mikimoto International items, the Mikimoto International Pearl Boutique Ginza Tokyo will be for you.
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