UKNishikigoi Japan, Isawa 2

Went to back to Isawa Sakai today, as always his Koi are superb. Pulling Koi after Koi, in the end we had to tell him to stop, he wouldnt! You all need to see these Nisai when they come back … Continue reading

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UKNishikigoi Japan 8/11

Tried to get to the show today, just far to busy running round them mountains. Bought a VERY special 5 year old Showa today from Yozaimon, Kinda pattern, fantastic body. May keep it here for another year and get it … Continue reading

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UKNishikigoi Japan 7/11

Terrible weather today. Decided to get some much needed pictures from Shintaro. As always his Koi are fantastic, A few customers are going to VERY happy with the results of this years harvests. After lunch at Shintaro’s we dropped down … Continue reading

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UKNishikigoi Japan, Isawa

Today we visited Isawa Nishikigoi Centre, home of arguably the best Koi Breeder in the world. As usual we were blown away, Toshio Sakai was at his very best. In total we bought over 1000 Koi today. Which will bring … Continue reading

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UKNishikigoi Japan 5/11

Another busy day today. Torazo first thing to re photograph some Koi, then onto Hirasawa to get good shots of the fish already bought. Great time at Hasegawa’s picking 50 stunning Nisai from the ‘understocked’ outside pond. Some fantastic Koi. … Continue reading

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UKNishikigoi Japan 4/11

Fantastic day had by all. Had a field day at Izumiya, 10 superb Sansai Yamabuki plus a HUGE cream Yamabuki at 88cms! We also got 2 Shiro Utsuri’s which have to be seen in person, they are top class Shiro’s. … Continue reading

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UKNishikigoi Japan 3/11

Second day in the mountains, very quiet up here at the moment. Saw some great Koi as usual, Torazo had a fantastic Nisai Sanke posted below. Running around to Hiroi Seiji, Hirasawa, Isa, Kazuto, Shintaro and a few others. Enjoy … Continue reading

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UKNishikigoi Japan 2/11

After a great flight andf a couple of train rides we arrived in Nagaoka around 2.30pm. Straight out to the mountains was the call, so thats what we did. I only wanted to pop into Yagenji and say hello but … Continue reading

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