By TAKUNORI YASUDA/ Staff Writer
August 3, 2020 at 07:00 JST
A face mask accessory adorned with an Akoya pearl made by the Ise Shima Pearl Gallery in Toba, Mie Prefecture (Takunori Yasuda)
TOBA, Mie Prefecture--Trying to stand out amid today’s sea of face masks is not easy for Japan's fashion-conscious, but a jeweler here has a way to make them more glamorous: pearl accessories. [Read More]
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