So many breeders.............
Niigate will always be the place for me , i know there are some fantastic breeders down south ...
Next auction is on Sunday 22nd. PLEASE DO NOT BID UNLESS YOUR POND IS 13 DEGREES OR OVER. Over wintering available on some koi, if so it will be in the notes.
Azukari ...............3 down , four to go!
For those who know , Azukari is what is asked when a koi is wished to be left in Japan to go t...
Wesnesday .......Nagashima and Marasaka.
Earlier on in the week we visited Nagashima and purchased a nice sanke from Momataro bloodline...
Wednesday .......Maruhiro , Hirasawa and Miyatora
After lunch we visited Miyatora , his fish were fantastic , many varietys and prices were quit...
Wednesday .............Oofuchi
Japanese food is differant , there can be no doubting that , breakfast this morning cold scram...
19th second half
Torazo had harvested some more nigh grade nisai , so i still needed another one to go with a t...
oops................ part one
With the time differance its nice to get the blog done by 12 at night here so its all ready fo...
The day just got better ............Part two
There has been alot of talk about pearl gin rins , so we where very happy when we arrived at S...
Oh , just a perfect day ...............Tanaka
The guy who sang the song couldnt have said it better . Scrambled egg on toast with what taste...
Lazy Day
As our guide has sundays off , we were pleased when he offered us a chance to go to a sansai h...
First full day . First stop Torazo
Today we started out at Torazo to look at the koi we saw the night before when the light was f...
Masaki
Right at the top of the mountain we found ourselves at Masaki , very famous for his shiros , a...
Connias, Sakai, Kaneco and Otsuka
A quick drive around the corner to Connias , with tanks and tanks of many varietys , this plac...
Nagashima
Below is the Tategoi showa that im having a little think about .After returning to the hotel w...
Saturday 24th
This morning I awoke and laying in bed contenplating the day a head, and suddenly aware of a f...
Friday 23rd
World exclusive!!! === World exclusive!!! === World exclusive!!! Was it an amazing tategoi? a ...
Thursday 22nd
Today we started off at oofuchi looking for more unusual varietys, never disapointed we bought...
Wednesday 21st
Had a shock this morning when the agent handed me a list of what I had bought, im really runni...
Tuesday 20th
Woke up to a wet and dreary day but I wasnt going to let that get me down. Two customers wante...
Monday 19th
Apologise to those waiting for news or to read the blog, half way through the work I fell asle...
Sun 18th
Today was a busy day in Niigata, with the famous sakai auction and a show going on it was alwa...
Sat 17th
First stop today was Hoshikins, a very serious kohaku breeder indeed. On this ocasion we purch...
Friday 16th
Here we are 22 hours after setting off from home finally arriving at our hotel in Ojiya. Only ...
Last Day
The last day today, so a little down in the mouth it was off to hoshikins to see his beautiful...