Monday! The spring trip can be a little more frustrating than the Autumn one , in the sence you can st... 02/02/2015
Sunday : One farm ?????? Today we started ( as seems the normal now ) at Maruhiro koi farm .After we finished there las... 01/02/2015
Sat : PM Onwards to Niigata! Got the monorail , train and bullet trian back to Nigata and arrived around 3 . Being picked u... 31/01/2015
Sat AM : Arrived ! All Japan Show After a two hour delay i was glad to finally touch down at Hanneda airport in Tokyo . I prefer... 31/01/2015
Friday - Last Day! The day you have to go to Narita airport is always the worst .You still want to try and get as... 24/10/2014
Thursday PM After an early lunch brought forward by the fact that the breeders are so busy , we still coul... 23/10/2014
Thursday : All shapes and sizes ! ( AM ) Its nearing the end of our trip , as always it been very rewarding and enjoyable , and today w... 23/10/2014
Wednesday PM After lunch we started our journey back to Ojiya , popped into Kobyashi to have a look at some... 22/10/2014
Wednesday AM Alot of people have been asking me for some showa , so today ill try and not to disapoint , so... 22/10/2014
Tuesday PM Maruhiro Harvest time at mad monkeys ! Mark chetter had purchased a showa last spring on our visit to t... 21/10/2014
Tuesday AM Kanno I've had many enquireys for Kanno koi since we went there the other day , so this morning we w... 21/10/2014
Monday Back in the hotel room , looking at the virtual mountain of work i have ahead of me , second n... 20/10/2014
Sunday I'd like to start of by apologising for my even more terrible spelling on the blog , looks lik... 19/10/2014
Saturday With an entertaining night in Ojiya behind me , half a nights kip ad cold meatballs and salmon... 18/10/2014
Friday Woke up at half nine , hoping to have beaten the jet lag in one night , and as i write this it... 17/10/2014
Thursday : Arrived /putting the world to right ! Due to a good flight offer , i found myself flying out a day or two earlier than i had intende... 08/10/2014
Back Home A good nights sleep and up at 4.30 but cant complain with 7 hours sleep ill settle for that . ... 29/04/2014
Saturday - Last Day! The last buying day of the week is always a strange one , money and space is running out , alo... 26/04/2014
Showa Time! Today we started off by heading over to see the guys at Sekiguchi koi farm . Stunning quality ... 25/04/2014
Thursday - Back on track ! Although we managed to buy some nice koi yestreday , i felt today i was playing catch up as so... 24/04/2014
Wednesday Today had all the hall marks of a great day , appointments made and fish available and off fir... 23/04/2014
Tuesday - Nothing short of excellant! After having five hours sleep in the last two/ thjree days , i ventured into the car in the ho... 22/04/2014
In Japan ! April Monday Arrived on a differant route today courtesy oF BA and Hanneda airport instead of Narita , ive ... 21/04/2014
Friday....last day As today being our last one in Niigata , I wasn’t expecting to see or buy a great deal .Due ... 07/02/2014