Today we will visit Okawa Koi Farm a farm we have now been visiting for many years and over this time have been able to purchase some superb Koi, its a farm mainly known originally for producing Kohaku and Sanke and although not in the sheer numbers like some farms do, they have year in year out produced many really good quality examples.
Their Shiro Utsuri is also now what they are very well known for and produce outstanding examples in this variety along now also with Gin Rin Shiro,,myself and Neil from Dock Koi were the first to introduce these to the UK market many years ago now as we could clearly see the quality,and over the years have supplied countless show wining examples not just here but also in Japan,
Another variety Okawa are again now so well known for is their outstanding Karashigoi,which in my opinion are right up there with the very best produced in Japan.
Showa is another variety they have heavily invested into over the last few years and are now consistently producing some very nice examples each year, and we always like to try and purchase a few nice examples when they are available,
Over the last 4 or 5 years now they have also been producing some amazing Doitsu Sanke ,and we have been able to purchase some really great quality examples from them, and not like in the past they were a variety that never really grew very well, theirs really do grow to the point we can often see their Jumbo Tosai when visiting the farm in February already 30cm plus….
Like a lot of smaller farms they have many parent sets in different varieties and are always trying to add or improve to them, but are just not available every year, which can be down to several reasons bad spawning, or just cannot spawn them all every year down to simply not having enough pond space to raise them, so every year they have something different like last year when we visited we bought some amazing quality Ki-Kisui some of the very best we have ever been able to purchase, so over the years we have learnt not to go with too many expectations, just buy the very best quality you can whilst you are their and that applies to all farms we visit.
You can now often see these varieties when visiting depending on what they spawned and how successful they have been.
Kohaku,Gin Rin Kohaku,Sanke,Gin Rin Sanke,Shiro Utsuri,Gin Rin Shiro,Karashigoi,Showa,Gin Rin Showa,Doitsu Sanke,Goshiki,Kujaku,Ochiba,Soragoi,Ki-Kisui,Chagoi,Doitsu Orange Ogon,
More to follow later…….
Today was a very successful day at Okawa and we managed to select many superb quality Koi, including some stunning Gin Rin Karashigoi ,Okawa has now started to breed this variety and they are not silly money unlike some that are available from certain farms these are not just excellent quality they will also grow very easily due to the parent set but most of all are affordable………
We also selected along with some normal superb Kohaku and Shiro Utsuri some outstanding Doitsu Sanke, Okawa has been breeding these not that long but they are fabulous and we have had them a few times now and they grow also very well indeed.
please enjoy the videos below they are not of the best quality but will give you a good idea on what we managed to purchase.
Okawa Kohaku,Showa and Ki-Kisui over the many years we have purchased so many Kohaku and Showa they are proven to be not only very strong but retain great skin quality and grow very easily given the right conditions,their Ki-Kisui are also very high quality they have not been breeding this very long, but seem to have certainly mastered them, we purchsed some last year that are doing fabulously well in customers ponds.
Superb quality Tosai Gin Rin Karashigoi, Okawa is now breeding these and has obtained a new male parent Koi to pair up with his existing female parent which we all know have produced without any doubt what so ever some of the very best Karashigoi available anywhere in Japan, and they grow really easy only 6 available,we also purchased a very high quality Nisai example and this is already 60cm……..!
Once again some superb high quality Shiro Utsuri,Okawa Shiro Utsuri really don’t need any explanation over the many years of buying these and bringing them to the UK,the track record and the sheer quality of these speaks for itself they have won countless awards for customers not just in the UK but also in Japan,we alone have won two Grand champions in Japan not an easy feat considering the competiton,
Very high quality Shiro Utsuri,Kohaku,Doitsu Showa and Doitsu Sanke,along with the superb Shiro,Kohaku and Showa we also managed to again purchase some outstanding quality Doitsu Sanke ,a variety that Okawa is really excelling in to the point we now try and purchase as many as possible when they are available and they are just so good and again very strong Koi for growing.
Oustanding quality Doitsu Sanke fabulous skin quality,sadly the video doesn’t really show just how good these really are but trust me in the flesh they look amazing,and not a very easy variety to find especially of this quality.
Superb mix of Kohaku,Karashigoi,Showa and Doitsu Sanke and even a really nice quality Doitsu Bekko very hard to find especially this nice with excelent Sumi placement ,also some superb Karashigoi inc one Doitsu Karashigoi again so difficult to find and obtain
Super high quality Gin Rin Karashigoi Nisai and already 60cm….! and a very good Shiro Utsuri also Nisai great Show fish
