Niigate will always be the place for me , i know there are some fantastic breeders down south ...

For those who know , Azukari is what is asked when a koi is wished to be left in Japan to go t...

Earlier on in the week we visited Nagashima and purchased a nice sanke from Momataro bloodline...

After lunch we visited Miyatora , his fish were fantastic , many varietys and prices were quit...

Japanese food is differant , there can be no doubting that , breakfast this morning cold scram...

Torazo had harvested some more nigh grade nisai , so i still needed another one to go with a t...

With the time differance its nice to get the blog done by 12 at night here so its all ready fo...

There has been alot of talk about pearl gin rins , so we where very happy when we arrived at S...

The guy who sang the song couldnt have said it better . Scrambled egg on toast with what taste...

As our guide has sundays off , we were pleased when he offered us a chance to go to a sansai h...

Today we started out at Torazo to look at the koi we saw the night before when the light was f...

Right at the top of the mountain we found ourselves at Masaki , very famous for his shiros , a...

A quick drive around the corner to Connias , with tanks and tanks of many varietys , this plac...

Below is the Tategoi showa that im having a little think about .After returning to the hotel w...

This morning I awoke and laying in bed contenplating the day a head, and suddenly aware of a f...

World exclusive!!! === World exclusive!!! === World exclusive!!! Was it an amazing tategoi? a ...

Today we started off at oofuchi looking for more unusual varietys, never disapointed we bought...

Had a shock this morning when the agent handed me a list of what I had bought, im really runni...

Woke up to a wet and dreary day but I wasnt going to let that get me down. Two customers wante...

Apologise to those waiting for news or to read the blog, half way through the work I fell asle...

Today was a busy day in Niigata, with the famous sakai auction and a show going on it was alwa...

First stop today was Hoshikins, a very serious kohaku breeder indeed. On this ocasion we purch...

Here we are 22 hours after setting off from home finally arriving at our hotel in Ojiya. Only ...

The last day today, so a little down in the mouth it was off to hoshikins to see his beautiful...