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We visited 25 farms to say a quick hello to our regular Following our visit to Izumiya, we visited Miyatora and
breeders, many of them we have dealt with for nearly found some nice Doitsu Showa and Shiro Utsuri along
30 years. We gained a lot of information about the with some other high quality varieties.
harvests the breeders were carrying out and when,
Our final stop for the day was to return to Marusei
which gave us the information we needed to plan our
where we had spotted some lovely Hi Utsuri, Mizuho
diary for the next 4 to 5 days of harvests that we will
Ogon and very clean Jumbo lineage Chagoi from his
be able to meet on our arrival.
famous 117cm bloodline.
Many of the farmers had only just started harvesting
and although we saw many Koi, we also saw many
empty ponds awaiting their new arrivals.
Right:
We met Kyotan who is famous for his Tancho, Kohaku
40cm Miyatora Doitsu
and Sanke. Yogoro was also harvesting Sansai as we Shiro Utsuri.
arrived and gave us forthcoming information for his
Far Right:
Dainichi bloodline harvest. 43cm Miyatora Showa.
Izumiya had surprisingly harvested his 1 metre
bloodline Yamabuki Ogon early and these Koi were
already an impressive 55cm plus. As they age, their Below:
colour will darken and these big body Ogons become 40cm Marusei Mizuho Ogon.
really impressive. Bottom Middle:
44cm Marusei Chagoi from
Above: 117cm bloodline.
One of Izumiya’s Yamabuki
Bottom Right:
Ogons measuring 62cm.
52cm Marusei Hi Utsuri.
Right:
Andrew casts his eye over
some impressive Gosanke
Tosai at the Kyotan Koi Farm.

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