Leave Isawa by train , early in the morning back to Tokyo .Change trains three times to visit the breeder Kurryman who lives just outside theTokyo area. Look at many koi and bowl for closer inspection and prices but I only brought one box of twenty three koi at 17 – 22 cm in size. After a busy afternoon netting out koi we then get back onto more trains onto Nagaoka. Arrived late afternoon in the dark and wet ,with rain lightening and thunder going on all around the town. Into our hotel which will be our base for the rest of the trip.Next day heading out in a hire car traveling into the hills of yamakoshi and Niigata area .

First breeder we visited was Sakuma farm,after 12 hour flight. Two trains for 3 hours.They netted a whole pond for us to select out some very nice Kindai Showa a Metalic Doitsu Ochiba and two high grade Kohaku.One of which will be going to a koi show this weekend before being shipped back home.They are approx 33 – 38cm. Prices start at £ 295 – £ 395 each.
We hope to hear from Hajime Sakuma after the weekend for the results .
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We are now getting ready for our Autumn Trip to Japan, only a few weeks away but we are organising the itinerary, traveling around the top breeders to find the best koi now harvested from the mud ponds.