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Brief Description of Our Trips to Japan

Our Spring trips normally take place in March/April as this is the best time to select tosai and tategoi which have been kept overwinter. During this time we are also able to buy larger koi. Typically we fly from Heathrow to Narita Airport and our trips last approximately 7 to 10 days.

For the first few days we normally travel down South to Isawa (near Mount. Fuji) where we hand pick tosai from the breeders Sakuma and Hiroi.After a day and a half in the South we then travel back towards Tokyo to catch the bullet train to the Northern region of Niigata where we stay in one particular Hotel in Nagaoka. We hire a car for this part of the trip in order to reach the breeders in the mountains. Each day we attempt to visit 6 to 8 breeders, weather permitting due to the snow in March!

Some of the breeders we normally try to visit are Kaneko, Torazo, Iwishta, Marudo, Isa, Aoki, Kase, Hasegawa, Hosakai, Oofuchi, Seki, Masaki, Hiroi (brother of the Isawa Hiroi), Tanaka, Hirasawa, Shinoda, Otsuka, Suda, Dainichi, Jiroske, Hoshino, Ikarashi, Kawakami, Izamiya, Yamazake, Tzuna, Ygengi and Nogami. There are always a few more who we vist ad hoc.

Our shipping agent arranges for all of our fish to be shipped over together two to three weeks after we have returned to the UK. We are happy for customers to come with us but a budget must be set before we leave the UK. All flights and accomodation must be paid for by January, so if you would like to come a final decision must be made by then. Finer details can be discussed.

If you are interested in going to Japan in March and selecting koi for your self, please phone for dates and details of our next trip to Japan.





Japan Trip 17th Nov
THURSDAY 17 NOVEMBER, 2011

Busy traveling around breeders today looking for koi.Not able to upload all new video taken,internet is slow and keeps stopping.  Read more »




Japan Trip 16th Nov. Secound Day
WEDNESDAY 16 NOVEMBER, 2011

Move to next breedres.On our secound day.  Read more »




Japan Trip 15th Nov. First Day
TUESDAY 15 NOVEMBER, 2011

After a 12 hour flight we was onto two trains down to Isawa - Onsen.  Read more »




Tuesday 23/11/10 Last day koi Buying
WEDNESDAY 24 NOVEMBER, 2010

Up early to catch trains to Isawa and visit the Sakuma brothers & family.  Read more »




Monday 22/11/10 Another Day Around Niigata Koi Buying
MONDAY 22 NOVEMBER, 2010

A mild day,but rain increasing as we seach for more good quality koi.  Read more »




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