Out onto the motorway toll roads to Takahashi who lives 1 1/2 hour away from the hotel in a town called Koide. Very difficult driving due to the snow and snow ploughs holding up the traffic today. Once arriving at Takahashi we then had to paddle through running water around his paths as he floods […]

Today we drove over 2 hours to a breeder called Nagoshi. He lives close to the sea, but by a main road. We selected a few koi here, and checked the Tosai koi after we had lunch with the breeder at a local cafe close to his koi farm.  

Traveled from Isawa ( Snowing as we left ) to Nagoaka via Tokyo today, 5 hours on two trains. Then drop of bags at hotel and hire a car to visit breeders. We visited 9 breeders in a very short time around the hills on a very wet day to just get an idea of […]