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...
New auction Sunday the 23rd £20 starts, Monday night is all sorts, Tuesday is Dainichi v Isa v Omosako DO NOT BID UNLESS YOUR POND IS 13 DEGREES OR OVER.
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...