"Each piece is a baton, passed from
the hands of one artisan to the next."
The pearl farmers who set out to sea before dawn, raising pearls as if they were their own children.
The workshop artisans who sit before jewelry through a magnifying glass, spending hours refining each finish.
In what environment, by whose hands, and through what process a piece was made.
We share this with you, openly and transparently.
Our Commitment
Making with Transparency
We cherish not only the beauty of jewelry but also the story behind it. Where the material came from, and by whose hands it was born. We aim for a way of making that discloses every process and earns our customers' trust.
4:00 AM, Uwajima, Ehime
Creating a single pearl takes 3 to 4 years of handwork per grain. Day has only just broken. Now, another day begins.
Facing Nature
Yamashita Daisuke, the head of Yamashita Pearl. His grandfather began the farming business, and today the Yamashita family carries on the work of pearl cultivation. They face the pearls and nature with love and respect.
Tools for the Whole Family
The tools used in pearl farming. Neatly cared for, they are lined up in orderly rows, one set per person. Each tool holds the years of the hands that use it.
All Different, All Good
Of the pearls harvested, only one in ten is perfectly white and round. Those with unique colors and shapes were once rejected as jewelry and discarded. But ANNA DIAMOND believes that true value lies in individuality. People and pearls alike, all different, all good.
2:00 PM, Minami-Alps, Yamanashi
He is an artisan of jewelry making. Beyond his window lies a peach orchard, and past it stands Mount Fuji. In this quiet setting, he pours all his focus into each single piece.
His Favorite
The tools used in jewelry making. Steeped in years of his own character. Tool and artisan raise one another, sharing the passage of time together.
ANNA DIAMOND
A single piece of jewelry is complete.
May this jewelry brighten someone's everyday.
ANNA DIAMOND will continue to create jewelry that is beautiful in an ethical sense as well.
Urban Mines into Jewelry
For all of us immersed in our smartphones, doesn't it feel nostalgic? The "Successeure Collection" creates jewelry from urban mines, the discarded mobile phones and computers. As successors to the inhabitants of the earth, let us elevate the waste humanity has produced into jewelry, and pass the baton to the future.
The Harvest
The Annual Pearl Purchase, Uwajima, Ehime
Every year, at the home of a pearl farmer in Uwajima, Ehime, we welcome the newly harvested Akoya pearls. Over roughly four years, the love of the pearl farmers and the blessings of nature layer like strata to form a single fine pearl.
We are truly happy to be able to purchase pearls directly. More than anything, it is a joy. Choosing them one by one under the sunlight, selecting the pearls with the most striking individuality from an astonishing range of hues, soft pink, green, ice grey. Being able to deliver to our customers the pearls we chose this way, under the light of the sun, is our delight.
(As an aside, the adductor muscle of the pearl oyster, a true delicacy, is the greatest reward of my pearl buying trips. It ranks among my top three favorite foods.)
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