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[Exhibition Tour]Cartier Creation Exhibition

On my day off yesterday, I went to Ueno, where the cherry blossoms were over and the green leaves were dazzling, to visit the Cartier exhibition at the National Museum. Cartier Creation ~Memories of Beauty Encountering Each Other Hyokeikan, National Museum March 28, 2009 (Sat) - May 31, 2009 (Sun) So [...].

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Loose Druzy type - Loose purchased in Europe (3)

This is the third issue of "Loose Stones from Europe," featuring loose stones of the drusy type. Druzy is written in the alphabet as "drusy," or in katakana as "druzy" or "druzy," but the origin of the word is [...].

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Carved turquoise, etc. - Loose (2) purchased in Europe

This is the second stage of the introduction of loose stones purchased in Europe! Turquoise, as the name suggests, is often thought of as a stone that can be found in Turkey, which is so called because it was once brought to Europe by Turkish traders, but when it comes to its global origin, it is a tor [...].

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Heart-shaped semi-precious stones - Loose (1) purchased in Europe

Here are some of the loose stones I purchased on this business trip to Europe. First, let's start with my favorite stone. It is a loose semi-precious stone with a heart-shaped double-sided cabochon! From the top: Smoky Quartz \28,000 (tax not included) Green Amethyst [...].

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[Business trip to Europe] Holiday in Paris

After successfully completing the exhibition, I stopped by Paris again this year before returning home and stayed there for only two days. It was a short vacation in Paris. The first day was Sunday, so we went to the flea market in Clignancourt. I was looking for antique coffee mills. There were coffee mills of various ages [...].

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[Report on the Munich Jewelry Fair

On the second day of our stay in Munich, Europe's largest jewelry fair "INHORGENTA INHORGENTA" finally started. ↑Snowy scene at the trade fair site. Is it an airport? The scale of the fairgrounds is so large that you would think it was an airport. I had visited INHORGENTA when I was studying in Italy [...].

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[Business Trip to Europe] Arrival in Munich

Yesterday I arrived in Munich, Germany. It has been three years since 2006. After arriving at my lodgings from the airport, I went out to have a bite to eat even though it was late at night. It was late, so I went to a stand in the central station and immediately had a white beer and grilled sausage. [...].

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I went to the Matazo Kayama exhibition.

I went to the "Matazo Kayama" exhibition that opened at the National Art Center in Nogizaka (until 3/2/2009). Personally, when I think of Japanese paintings, the Kano school and Rimpa school of the Edo period come to mind, and last year's Dairinpa exhibition at the National Art Museum was very good [...].

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Hatsumode at Izumo-taisha Shrine

Happy New Year! Today is the first day of work at Adan. We look forward to working with you again this year. Thank you to everyone who sent us New Year's greeting cards. We are very grateful for the many New Year's greeting cards we have received from our customers. I really [...]...

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Neo Tropicália: Brazilian Creativity" Exhibition

This is Fujimori, Representative Director. I visited the "Neo Tropicália - Brazilian Creativity" exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, which introduces Brazilian contemporary art. From the very colorful posters, I could feel the Brazilian atmosphere. I had been [...]...

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Bangkok Gem Fair Business Trip Report 2

In the second part of my Bangkok business trip report, I would like to finally introduce the gemstones I acquired! Once again, we walked through hundreds of booths, set our sights on them, looked at each stone carefully enough to pierce a hole in it, and did a lot of purchasing in the limited time we had. First of all, the casi [...].

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Bangkok Gem Fair Business Trip Report 1

This is Fujimori, the store manager. I have returned safely from my business trip to Bangkok, Thailand! I was able to have a fruitful stocking this year in Bangkok, where the political unrest that had been disturbing the country was so peaceful that it was difficult to notice it. ↑upThe statue of the monkey god supporting a temple in the Royal Palace in Bangkok, Thailand. The whole body [...].

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I am going on a business trip to the Gem Fair in Bangkok!

Our manager, Mr. Fujimori, is going to Bangkok Gems & Jewelry Fair, a big biannual jewelry fair held in Bangkok, Thailand from tomorrow 9/10 to 9/15. We will be visiting the curvy [...]...

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Winner of the Japan Jewelry Design Award JJA2008!

At the "2008 JJA Jewelry Design Awards JEWERLY DESIGN AWARDS" announced yesterday, our manager Takashi Fujimori's work won the "Newcomer Excellence Award". ↑Award-winning work K18WG Ring Quartz Diamond Bu [...].

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We had the pleasure of attending a very nice wedding!

This is Mr. Fujimori, the representative of the board of directors. On the weekend before Golden Week, we had a very nice, very unique, or rather, "unprecedented" (I don't know if "unique" is an appropriate adjective for a wedding...), and very unique. Sorry...) It was a wonderful [...].

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Stay in Florence (4) Third day of the exhibition

The third day of the exhibition in Italy. Every morning, I communicate with Japan by e-mail and phone. Exactly around 11:00 in the morning is Adan's closing time of 7:00. I receive design drawings by e-mail, reply to quotations, and ask how the day went. In Italy, the internet environment is still [...].

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Stay in Florence (3) Exhibition Day 2

Second day at the Italy exhibition. On the second day, we spend the day visiting old stores and our friend's workshop, while making an appearance at the exhibition site. In the afternoon, a couple who were on the same flight with us on the way to the exhibition visit us. Thank you for taking time out of your precious trip [...].

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Stay in Florence (2) First day of the exhibition

Today is finally the first day of the exhibition. The move-in begins at 9:30 a.m. at Trattoria. All the members hurriedly prepared. Nails were hammered into the walls to hang the display cases, the lighting inside the cases was set, and the exhibition was ready just in time for the opening of the exhibition at 12:00 p.m. [...].

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