Sunday - the good, the bad and downright painfull!
For those of you who have travelled with me to Japan will know two things , our agents work ve...
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. .
We've arrived
Arrived nice and early into Narita airport , racing through customs and baggage hall in what...
Final thoughts and purchases
Left the hotel at 5am for the start of the journey home. From today i have a new found admirat...
Thursday
Getting up today i realised that it was getting to be a nightmare getting round , it had snowe...
Carlsberg dont do koi buying days, but if they did....
This week has been a nice steady pace with koi available of all qualitys and varietys and size...
Tuesday
Today was always going to be about tosai , either hand selecting or getting the breeder to sel...
Monday
This morning we started out just round the corner from our hotel at Marudo koi farm .After hav...
Sunday - Excelled myself today!!
Today we started out at our old friend Maruhiro koi farm . As usual he had many differant vari...
Friday and Saturday
As usual we left Heathrow on our Virgin flight bound for Narita , after a two hour delay waiti...
Highs and lows!
Well , after 20 hours travelling im home at last , for me this was quite a long trip that seem...
Last day today!
Most of this week the weather has been awful , raining every day , and one day it didnt stop f...
Weds 26th
First thing this morning we headed out to go to Hosakai to buy some massive 65-70cm orenji ogo...
Tues 25th
Our first appointment today was at Kawakami , this made a nice change as we were only round th...
Tuesday am ........early
Just woke up to some emails asking why i haddnt replied from a few days ago , im very sorry if...
Mon 24th Sekigchi and Oofuchi
Today we were joined by Stephano from Koi Italia , thinking this would increase our buying pow...
Sun 23rd Relaxing around Ojiya!
With Rod and Diane Taylor joining us from Sussex mid day on Sunday , there wasnt too much driv...
Sat 22nd Lazy day , but still on the case
As the Nagaoka showa was on today , we decieded not to rush as most of the breeders will be at...
Friday the 21st Perfect end to a perfect week !
Today was the last day for our customers and they had all said they had finished buying so i d...
Thursday 20th Just a perfect day...............
I always think that the good follows the bad , and as soon as i found out an appointment at Ma...
Thursday the 20th Keeping fish for the winter
As most of you know we now have two facilitys and are looking for a third ,.This means it is p...
Weds 19th Trouble in paradise !!
Reguler readers of my blog , and people who have visited Niigata will probably know there is a...
Tuesday 18th final part
On the way home we were going to go past Maryhiro , and as the agent had left a camera there i...
Tuesday 18th part 3 Oofuchi
On this leg of our trip there is a lot of driving as the breeders are quiet a distance apart ,...
Tuesday 18th part two Satoshi Tanaka
After spending 45 minutes taking a slow drive to Satoshi , im still pondering about the two sh...