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1893 The world's first cultured semi-spherical pearl
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 Ishigaki 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
2002 Official Mikimoto crown for Miss Universe created

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