And now for something completely different!
For those of you who arnt old enough to remember , todays title was a line from Monty Pythons ...
Next auction Nice varieties and good quality Tuesday 3rd December 8pm. Good quality Wednesday 3rd December PLEASE DO NOT BID UNLESS YOUR POND IS 13 DEGREES OR OVER.
So it begins - Maruhiro and Yagenji koi farms
Its a hell of a long journey , from door to breeder around 23 hours or so , to add to that a...
Arrived !
Hi all , ive finally arrived in Niigata , managed to get up to some of the breeders today , so...
Next Japan Trip....
Hi everybody , welcome to our new look website and blog . I am hoping that if all goes well yo...
More Pics
Sorry , i forgot to add the photos of the koi from Suzuki , very impressed with these , sorry ...
Friday
Woke up today to a sound I recognised straight away , the gentle tapping of snow on the window...
Thursday
With so much work to do , and as we finished very late last night , we started a an hour later...
Wednesday
After crashing out twice for a grand total of 7 hours , I really did feel like taking on the w...
Tuesday
After a restless nights sleep , about three hours in all , I awoke with a massive headache , a...
Monday
After a good nights sleep ,( when i say a good night i mean four hours straight through is goo...
Sunday
Ill forgo the usual explanation of travel across Japan , and what seems compulsary pics of pla...
The day has come...
Well the day has finally come , and im sitting in terminal 5 drinking coffee ( surprise surpri...
Time to go, almost...
Today was supposed to be pack away and get to Tokyo and have a day doing the tourist thing , b...
Sunday
Awoke today to a massive hangover , and a new found respect for saki . It’s a nice drink and...
Saturday
Finding it hard to get to breeders this week due to the international junior koi show , for so...
Friday
Today we started off at Hirasawa looking for some sanke , the ones we bought on our February t...
Thursday
Sometimes this trip in April/May can be very frustrating , sometimes its hard to still find qu...
Wednesday
First appointment this morning , was at one of my favourite go sanke breeders Kazuto. Always k...
Expect the unexpected
When you have been dealing with different breeders on and off over 30 trips to Japan , you lea...
Arrived
Im finally in the hotel after a 21 hour journey . Things were not looking to good for me getti...
Thoughts...
Back at home now , and thinking back over the week , and what a week it has been ! I think t...
Last Day!
Last day today , and definately a mixture of ups and downs .Trying to hand select tosai , runn...
Wednesday
Hi all , its been a hell of a week , only really came out to hand select some tosai and top up...
Tuesday
I managed to get some sleep last night , but probably no where enough .Jet lag has well truly ...