Director YAMAGATA MOE visited Ratnapura, the island nation of gems.
In Ratnapura, most diamonds, except emeralds,
It is said that gems can be found there.
Representative items include:
Sapphire, Ruby, Cat's Eye
Chrysoberyl, spinel, garnet, beryl, tourmaline, topaz, quartz
It is as follows.
Approximately 3 hours drive from Colombo To Ratnapura.
This town is known as the town of jewels, and on the side of the road you can see jewels wrapped in white paper.
While the products are being shown and traded,
People go about their daily lives, selling fruit and children walking home from school after school.
At Amba Gaha Yata Gem Market (market under mango trees)
When Japanese people enter, they are looked at with puzzled looks, and many people show them jewels wrapped in white paper.
I didn't buy anything here, but just enjoyed the conversation and the atmosphere.
We went to the office and were shown the jewels in the safe.
There, too, the office owner's colleagues come by one after another to show us their jewels.
Unheated sapphires, which are considered quite rare in Japan, are appearing one after another.
The larger ones have lots of things like this. (Amethyst)
Before I knew it, I was surrounded by about 10 jewellers.
"How about this one?" he asks confidently, pulling it out of his breast pocket and showing it to me.
If something doesn't resonate with you, say "No" and the next person will
"What do you think?" he asks confidently, pulling out a stone and showing it to me.
Keep the ones you like and then take your time to decide at the end.
The gems I saw in Sri Lanka had their own unique color, transparency and brilliance, each one exuding true beauty.
These gems that had been lying dormant in the ground for thousands of years were dug up and brought into our hands.
I was reminded that getting there was a miracle.
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