All Japan show trip -thoughts and views
This trip was always going to be a bit tricky , we didn't really want to buy too many koi as w...
PLEASE NOTE, WE ARE CLOSED FOR THE WHOLE BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS NORMAL. ON FRIDAY WE ARE OPEN, BUT ONLY KOI THAT ARE IN THE SHOP CAN BE COLLECTED. SALE SALE SALE NOW 1/3 OF ALL KOI EXCEPT THOSE IN JAPAN 2025. FOR ONLINE KOI SALES THE CODE IS DGU2SJE2. All koi are now out of quarantine, and koi in the Annex and Forge can also be seen, We are reducing live stock levels, as we need to take the pressure of Sue and myself. .
Friday PM
With the snow really falling down , i was starting to worry about how we are going to get roun...
Friday am - The most perfect day !
Plans had been made earlier during the week to meet up with Toshiaki from Sakai koi farm to al...
Thursday PM
A customer has asked us for a 80-90cm chagoi , So first port of call had to be Marudo , he has...
Thursday AM
Due to the late harvest last year , we still havnt seen all the koi we have left in Japan last...
Wednesday PM
A quick spot of lunch and we thought of popping back to a breeder to look at a 60-65cm hi ut...
Wednesday AM - Perfect day
As i got up this morning it started snowing , not too bad as theres only about a meter at the ...
Tuesday part three
Having virtually a free afternoon , we headed down to Marusei , this farm is absolutley massiv...
Tuesday- part two
Videos links for the koi bought this morning After leaving Yangeji we seemed to struggle to ti...
Tuesday - long day and longer night ! ( part one )
Having such a busy day today im not looking forward to the amount of work it has left me to do...
Monday part two
After a two hour sleep and a walk down the 7-11 for beef curry and rice i feel abit more human...
Monday part one - Tosai time!
Today we sarted off at Kaneko koi farm , well know for shiro utsuri and kujaku . We have alway...
Sunday Part Two
No start of the week would be complete with out a visit to Maruhiro koi farm , by know most of...
Sunday Part One
When i arrived yesterday i was quiet happy to see about a metre of snow laying around the outs...
All Japan Show
After not the best flight in the world , i battled my way through the madness of Tokyo on a sa...
Saturday night - thoughts and views.
Its 11.30pm and ive just set my alarm clock for 4.45 for the early cab ride to the train stati...
Saturday - last day and what a day .
Today was all about a mopping up operation , going round trying to find bits and pieces , may ...
Maruhiro mud pond
Im not really into watching harvests , seen one net dragged through the water ive seen loads ....
Thursday - slow start, good in the middle, finished off great, and the night was excellent...
May be a strange title , but after the day ive had i cant even begain to put into words how on...
Wednesday - Seeing my koi out of the mudponds
Over the last few years we have tried / gambled on leaving koi in Japan . Its always a gamble ...
Tuesday - PM
After leaving the hospital painless ( due to lack of pain from sundays experiance , and the mu...
Tuesday - AM
Hi all , thanks for all the messages and sorry for the dealy in getting back to you last night...
Monday night............late
Sorry about the website crashing , its all back up and running , id like to think it was down ...
Monday - First full day
It doesnt matter how many times you go to Japan to buy koi , everything changes from one visit...