Straight out to Kase after a good breakfast. Again the snow had fallen even more overnight causing the journey to be slow a slippery. We checked over his Tosai sizes and prices. Looked at his larger koi which seemed expensive really. Next breeder was Igarashi Kazuto, again looked over some stunning Tosai of different sizers […]

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.