Spring Niigata Trip 2008

SUNDAY

My first full day in the mountains.

 

Beautiful blue sky and blinding white snow - awesome

So peaceful

 

 

 

 

Breathtaking Nissai Marusho Maruten Sanke 47cm

 

Our awesome Oomo No.1 Nissai to be entered into All Japan Young Koi Show

Our truly unique jumbo nissai growing on this year. 58cm

 

Really cool Doitsu Sanke nissai

                  

 

 

                                   

Oh yes! 32cm

 

                                     

 

"Burn the Tree" festival at Tanesuhara

So much sumi to decorate this flowery pattern

35cm

More traditional 33cm

Incredible Kindai Showa 36cm

Yes,yes,yes with a to die for frame 34cm

 

Oh yes again and my fave! 32cm

 

 

Fireworks don't get better than this!

 

 

 

 

 

MONDAY

Day 2 and some blinding koi purchased

  

A quite amazing Oomo 4 step

 

Superb tosai 32cm

 

                                                                                  

Gorgeous Marusho Sanke tosai

                                                                                 

2 step super Sanke

                         

Superb white skin on this Sanke

 

 

                                      

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TUESDAY

Brilliant day at Nogami - true tategoi growing in cloudy water hence shocking pics but the quality reduced me to silence.  It was an honour to see them and better still to buy them!

 

           

Superb sandan

Tategoi tancho time 32 to 35cm

 

Stunning Nissai Kaneko Kujaku

Oomo's No.1 Tancho Showa

Hand painted Doitsu Showa coming home!

 

         

 

       

 

           

 

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Just gorgeous! 31cm

Powerful maruten 33cm

WEDNESDAY

 

Metallic perfection - high grade from Kase

Tasty Kohaku

Nice kuchibeni 31cm

Nuff said!36cm

 

What a day! drop dead gorgeous metallics and doitsu fish at Kase - the
master. I have some superb doitsu goshiki and 2 totally unique doitsu Hi
Utsuri - just simply wow! Next was back to take pics of Kaneko's best
Shiro, again, just mindblowing. It didn't stop there, after lunch had my
socks blOwn off by some true beauties from Yozaimon. Goshiki with bright
unblemished beni - you've just to come and see these!

     

         

Yozaimon high grade Doitsu Ocbiba

 

Very special Doitsu Ochiba!

 

Still time to savour the moment!

 

     

Kaneko's best tategoi Shiro Utsuri

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THURSDAY

Had another great day.  Firstly went to Izumiya's secret tategoi house in Ojiya - but don't tell anyone - it's secret remember!  He is going to select some high class baby Yamabuki Ogons for me and you can see the quality of them!  It is an amazing place and moves impressive numbers of fish.  Later it was back to Nogami to sort out which fish we are growing in Japan and which ones return to the UK.  It will be a real Kohaku fest this Spring!

       

                                                                   

                                                                                                         

Yamabuki time at Izumiya

 

Yozaimon superb high class Goshiki


 

and some more - there are 10 coming home!

Wonderful tategoi coming home

Tategoi Showa

 

Flowing pattern 33cm

 

Not tategoi but these bright koi will be right on the money!

 

                 

              

Super Sandan growing on as well

Nogami 3 step Showa we are growing in Japan

 

 

Superb kuchibeni also growing through the summer

This show koi is coming home!

 

Oh yes - Gosanke as well

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FRIDAY

My last day in the mountains - busy sorting out that last few fish and taking pics of some koi we are growing in the breeders top mud ponds this summer. 

                   

Oomo Tategoi Showa 31cm. Growing on

 

Oomo's biggest Tosai Tategoi harvested last Autumn has potential to grow very big. 36cm - and growing on

 

 

Smaller but perfectly formed Maruten Showa Tategoi 31cm. Growing on

 

 

        

Marusho uber Tategoi Sanke - just check out the white skin! 26cm - growing on

They don't get sexier than this Kuchibeni Doitsu Sanke. Serious show grade!

 

Another mega Marusho tategoi growing in Japan - 24cm

 

Oomo Doitsu Showa 19.5cm - growing on

 

                

Super Doitsu Kindai Showa 16cm - growing on

 

Our truly gorgeous Tategoi Kindai Showa - female 49cm - growing on

 

Marusho high class tategoi - growing by us this summer 50cm - female

 

 

     

The koi come back next week and we will be updating the website over Easter.  If you would like any more information about our koi then please contact us.

Thank you for following my trip this Spring - hope you enjoyed it!

High grade Kaneko Shiro oozing with potential - coming home!

Kaneko top cheeky tategoi Shiro - coming home as well

 

We are getting high class babies

 


This page was last updated on 13th March 2008

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