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