ust a quick thanks to all the comments and emails i have recieved while out in Japan .This has...

Some times things dont always go to plan , and it can be disheartening when you go to two grea...

It is with great sadness , that i have to inform you of the demise of Mos burgers in Ojiya cit...

Arrived at Narita airport , Tokyo at 10am with four customers from Worthing section of the bkk...

An early start today found as on the motorway heading for Sekiguchi , very famous for breeding...

First stop today was our old friend Tanaka , this breeder is becoming very famous for gin rin ...

Its 9pm , and im in my room at the hotel in Narita airpot fully fed and ready for sleep in pre...

Feeling that i was a bit short on good quality tosai , i was really pleased when Hoshino the k...

As this was the last day for our new friend from Holland Fresso , we were all hoping for a goo...

The afternoon had me expecting to buy a lot of koi as we were off to Oofuchi , but when we got...

Today we were off to a breeder just off the main road out of Ojiya called koda . I was looking...

That will be the warning shout that goes around Niigata breeders for the next couple of days ,...

Our next appointment was at Maruhiro , just a quick visit to look at some of the tosai mixes a...

Now ive had a good old moan we can get back to the good stuff . First appointment today was at...

As most of you know , im partial to a good old moan from time time to time (arnt most of us ) ...

Just to give an idea of the problems we will be having this week , here are some pictures of O...

This now being the third day in Japan , im getting real twitchy to bowl some koi , so i was ge...

After lunch we visited the tosai house of Marudo , we were invited into his tatgoi house and w...

Thought id mention some of the winners of best in size . Best 15cm , a cracking lttle tancho s...

These next photos show the sort of koi that were over looked in the major awards but would sti...

Arrived yesterday in Tokyo early afternoon , but by the time we were booked into the hotel eve...

After a 30 min taxi drive , 3 hoiur train journey , 12 hour flight , hour and a half coach jou...

As i write this its 4.45 am and im packed and ready to go home . This was another fantastic tr...

Today was our last day and it wasnt to disapoint at all ! We started at Hosakai in Ojiya , thi...