Sunday last day in Niigata
Today is my last day in Niigata , and we move operations to the south of Japan ,to see if this...
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.
Saturday , another day as good as the rest !
Many people have been asking us to find all sorts of koi this year , so we have had to return ...
Friday , harvest day and we didnt know !
I am a man of habbit , i like to awake to the alarm clock , drink coffee , bathroom , drink ...
Thursday showa time , and then others !
We left the hotel a little earlier today , as our first destination was Sekiguchi koi farm . T...
Show quality doitsu and unusuals
I woke this morning , after quite a reasonable sleep for a first night in Ja...
Tuesday PM Maruhiro where else ?
After lunch , we visited Hinori san at Maruhrio koi farm . After he showed us round , he gave ...
Arrival Tuesday AM
Travelling to Japan , can be at best a little testing ! T...
Saturday and last day
Today I was leaving for Tokyo , for an over night stay and an early flight back to the UK , so...
Friday and its nearly all over
Today we started off with a visit to Otsuka , havnt been here for a while , as we are trying ...
Thursday
First appointment today , was at Shinoda koi farm . Famous for his doitsu , gin rin and hi uts...
Wednesday
A lot of people have been asking for showa of all levels , and to be honest , havnt really see...
Tuesday
Over night snow had left its mark on the town of Ojiya , first thing in the foyer of the hotel...
Monday
First visit today , was to Maruhiro koi farm . Spent a good time looking through the nisai pon...
Up to the mountains
Today was going to be hard to see breeders as a lot , if not most would still be breaking do...
Arrival in Japan
For the first time that I can remember , I could be possibly be accused of not having built a ...
Last day and back to Tokyo
Last day today , so had to clear out the hotel room , pack my bags and check out of the hotel ...
New fish for the mudpond next year and Nagaoka show
Last night we had an appointment to meet Hinori san of Maruhiro koi farm , but he was late due...
Shintaro and Hosokai
Its getting towards the end of the week now , ive bought quite a lot of koi , and thought id c...
New farms, old farms and farms revisited
I was looking forward to today , we were going to visit a couple of breeders we havnt dealt th...
Wednesday and a quiet one at that
Wednesday was a fairly quiet day , we started off at Marudo , and selected 3 very nice femake ...
A quality day in more ways than one
Most days when you get up , you just never know what is going to happen , or what your going t...
Ichi ban Ikeage
Ichi ban Ikeage , ok loosely translated as number one harvest , that's because how it felt t...
Sunday
First job today was to visit Isa and see how our two Azukari showa had come out of the mud pon...
Saturday
Today I woke up with a little bit of half glass empty syndrome again Going through in my mind...