05/01/2026
What an unexpected and overwhelming HONOR to spend time in Kobe, Japan with the amazing Sunny Bless staff and clients!! Katsuko, the store owner, and her store manager Maiko have been purchasing Mark’s jewelry in the US to sell for the past twelve years in her Kobe, Japan store. This was our first visit here and what an experience!!! We had no idea what a warm (and huge) reception Mark and I would receive! He’s a legit celebrity here 🤩, and for two days the store was full of people waiting to meet him!! We are extremely grateful for this experience - we will never ever forget!! Thank you Katsuko, Maiko, Ichiro, Robert and ALL the people who stopped by to visit and talk with us.
This trip to Sunny Bless was such a success that we will be going back again in the fall and spring to meet with more of Mark’s jewelry customers here in Japan!! He completely sold out of the jewelry he brought with him!
These are some of the many images that I took of our visit. So much love and we are forever grateful to the people of Japan for welcoming us with open arms ♥️♥️♥️ We look forward to seeing everyone back here very soon!!
Shoutout to Terrie TH for the AMAZING attire she created for us for this appearance 🫶🏽
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