For those of you who arnt old enough to remember , todays title was a line from Monty Pythons ...

Its a hell of a long journey  , from door to breeder around 23 hours or so , to add to that a...

Hi all , ive finally arrived in Niigata , managed to get up to some of the breeders today , so...

Hi everybody , welcome to our new look website and blog . I am hoping that if all goes well yo...

Sorry , i forgot to add the photos of the koi from Suzuki , very impressed with these , sorry ...

Woke up today to a sound I recognised straight away , the gentle tapping of snow on the window...

With so much work to do , and as we finished very late last night , we started a an hour later...

After crashing out twice for a grand total of 7 hours , I really did feel like taking on the w...

After a restless nights sleep , about three hours in all , I awoke with a massive headache , a...

After a good nights sleep ,( when i say a good night i mean four hours straight through is goo...

Ill forgo the usual explanation of travel across Japan , and what seems compulsary pics of pla...

Well the day has finally come , and im sitting in terminal 5 drinking coffee ( surprise surpri...

Today was supposed to be pack away and get to Tokyo and have a day doing the tourist thing , b...

Awoke today to a massive hangover , and a new found respect for saki . It’s a nice drink and...

Finding it hard to get to breeders this week due to the international junior koi show , for so...

Today we started off at Hirasawa looking for some sanke , the ones we bought on our February t...

Sometimes this trip in April/May can be very frustrating , sometimes its hard to still find qu...

First appointment this morning , was at one of my favourite go sanke breeders Kazuto. Always k...

When you have been dealing with different breeders on and off over 30 trips to Japan , you lea...

Im finally in the hotel after a 21 hour journey . Things were not looking to good for me getti...

Back at home now , and thinking back over the week , and what a week it has been  ! I think t...

Last day today , and definately a mixture of ups and downs .Trying to hand select tosai , runn...

Hi all , its been a hell of a week , only really came out to hand select some tosai and top up...

I managed to get some sleep last night , but probably no where enough .Jet lag has well truly ...