Monday 3rd February 2025 Time To Go Home
Ok where to start….. as always you just never know,year on Year,quite what you will be able to find,this year it seems it was more difficult that previous years , and although what we did manage to purchase we are very happy indeed with,it was just the lack of numbers available,it certainly appears things are […]
Sunday 2nd February 2025 Day 4 Ueno Koi Farm
Today is a day we always look forward to, visiting Ueno Koi Farm, Ueno San is mostly known for his breeding of Showa but he also breeds other varieties inc Sanke,Kohaku,and now superb Ochiba, but until you get there you just never know what he decided to breed that year always Showa, but what else…… […]
Saturday 1st February 2025 Day Off (Lazy Day)
This morning we will be just catching up on paper work,and online updates etc etc,this afternoon we may pop back to Okawa Koi Farm to potentially check over some more Tosai………….
Friday 31st January 2025 Day 3 Ogata Koi Farm
Yesterday although very happy with what we selected it was very tough so many of the ponds were just not upto the quality we were looking for as many had already been selected from them,so today we go again and see what we can secure from other ponds, More to follow later……. Well unfortunately today […]
Thursday 30th 2025 Day 2 Ogata Koi Farm
So after yesterdays very successful day at Okawa,today we move onto the Ogata Koi farm where we hope to be able to hand select some more really nice quality affordable Tosai, including our baby Tosai which for many years now have been so popular due to the quality we are able to select,once again this […]
Wednesday 29th 2025 Day 1 Okawa Koi Farm
Well that did not suprise me one little bit……after a long day yesterday and finally arriving at our destination, which will become our home for the duration of this trip (Station Hotel),we were still in time to quickly nip out for something to eat and drink, then followed by a relatively early night 12ish approx, […]
Arrived Lets Go Tosai Hunting Jan 2025
Well as per normal it was a very long day once again,even though this year we were back flying a more normal route from our local airport it was still over 30hrs from door to door, hopefully one day the main flight from europe to Japan will be back to 10hrs instead of the now […]
Jan 27th 2025 The Journey Begins
And So It Begins……! So once again our long journey to Japan has started, and unlike last year which saw us fly from Heathrow,this year we have manged to get flights with KLM from our local airport Norwich. This trip as always will mainly be concentrating on selecting our Tosai for the coming season,along with the […]
Japan Spring Tosai Buying Trip January 2025
Japan Is Calling………. It’s that time of year again when we head off back to Japan in search of Tosai…therefore we will be closed from this Monday 27th January 2025 until Tuesday 4th February 2025, Please Note: During this period no online sales will be despatched, and any orders received will be dealt with promptly […]
Japan Spring Tosai Buying Trip January 2025
Japan Is Calling………. It’s that time of year again when we head off back to Japan in search of Tosai…therefore we will be closed from this Monday 27th January 2025 until Tuesday 4th February 2025, Please Note: During this period no online sales will be despatched, and any orders received will be dealt with promptly […]
The Complete Pond Detox
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Narita Auction Success
We recently has some success at the Narita No1 Auction and were lucky enough to win these 3 fabulous examples,Superb Beppu Sanke,excellent Momotaro Kohaku and a very nice quality Kin Showa from Kintaro Nishikigoi, More Info Here..
Aqua Eco Hi-Blo Pumps back In Stock
Back in stock the fabulous Aqua Eco Hi- Blo air pumps, a powerful low wattage pump available in 4 different models 65ltr,80ltr,100ltr and 120ltr Click Here To View…..
Vario Pumps Back In Stock
We finally have these fabulous Variable Speed water pumps back in stock in all 3 sizes, The Aqua Eco Vario has been by far our best selling water pump for the last 5-6 years,these now incorporate Sine Wave technology and are available in the following sizes 10,000lt, 22,000ltr and 30,000ltr To Purchase Click Here…..
Friday 9th February Day 4 Ueno Koi Farm
Today we went to Ueno Koi Farm, and to get there we always catch the Shinkansen from Kurume to Shin-Tamana, where Ueno San picks us up and takes us to his farm.Ive said this on so many occasions before, that due to us visiting fewer breeders and in some cases smaller breeders has now over […]
Thursday 8th February Day 3 Ogata Koi Farm
Yesterday was very successful on Ogata Koi Farm so hoping today will also prove fruitful as we again are hoping to go through several more ponds selecting Jumbo Tosai,we also will be looking at our Azukari Koi making those all important decisions as to what to potentially leave agin for another growing season and which […]
Wednesday 7th February 2024 Day2 Ogata Koi Farm
Today we will be going to Ogata Koi Farm where we will be selecting many Tosai including our baby Tosai more to follow……… We have spent the whole day today on Ogata Koi Farm selecting our Baby Tosai, and some Jumbo Tosai, we managed to hand select over 300 baby Tosai and they are superb […]
Tuesday 6th February 2024 Day 1 Okawa Koi Farm
Okawa Koi Farm…… Today we went to Okawa Koi Farm, and we are very pleased to report back we have managed to select many really good Tosai, and we think you will like what we have coming back to the UK, whilst there we also as i predicted purchased a few really good quality Nisai […]
Finally Arrived….! 5th February 2024
Well that was a very eventful trip, that we had not planned or anticipated…..all was going so well up at 4am Sunday morning in good time to get showered and ready for the long day ahead including getting to the airport for 6am to get checked in and drop of our baggage off…..what could possibly […]
And So It Begins….! 4th February 2024
And So It Begins……! So once again our long journey to Japan has started, and unlike past years we are doing it differently this year and flying from Heathrow with British Airways,albeit it was not our preferred choice but due to several reasons we have had no choice but to take this route, for many […]