After a long flight and two trains with over 3 1/2 extra travel after a 12 hour flight we arrived at Isawa - Onsen. We met Sakuma at the station and then taken to his koi farm. Here we looked at some very nice kohaku and sankes. After a well earned coffee break we bowled up a nice selection of 10 mixed koi.Prices from £95 - £495 Two of these nice high grade koi ( Ai Goromo and Kohaku ) will be entered into a local koi show. Sakuma has high hope of these two koi winning. Next day its back on more trains to Niigata via Tokyo. More news tomorrow.
Here at Maple Koi we specialise in the keeping and retailing of high quality Koi carp. Our reputation as a family run Koi business has built up over 17 years of selling Koi, building ponds, on-site services, fish health and pond maintenance.
We pride ourselves in sourcing some of the best Japanese Koi from some of the top breeders in Japan. We only buy direct from Japanese Koi breeders. We also travel to Japan to select the koi once or twice a year.
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
Japan Trip 15th Nov. First Day
After a 12 hour flight we was onto two trains down to Isawa - Onsen.
After a long flight and two trains with over 3 1/2 extra travel after a 12 hour flight we arrived at Isawa - Onsen. We met Sakuma at the station and then taken to his koi farm. Here we looked at some very nice kohaku and sankes. After a well earned coffee break we bowled up a nice selection of 10 mixed koi.Prices from £95 - £495 Two of these nice high grade koi ( Ai Goromo and Kohaku ) will be entered into a local koi show. Sakuma has high hope of these two koi winning. Next day its back on more trains to Niigata via Tokyo. More news tomorrow.
After a long flight and two trains with over 3 1/2 extra travel after a 12 hour flight we arrived at Isawa - Onsen. We met Sakuma at the station and then taken to his koi farm. Here we looked at some very nice kohaku and sankes. After a well earned coffee break we bowled up a nice selection of 10 mixed koi.Prices from £95 - £495 Two of these nice high grade koi ( Ai Goromo and Kohaku ) will be entered into a local koi show. Sakuma has high hope of these two koi winning. Next day its back on more trains to Niigata via Tokyo. More news tomorrow.
