Page 38 - Koi Net - On-Line Koi Magazine - Issue 64

Day 2
We woke at 6am after another three hours of sleep to a
rainy autumn day. After our Japanese Breakfast we set
off to the mountains to visit Shinoda and Hiroi Conias,
both breeders had new harvests the previous day. We
felt the majority of Koi available did not warrant the
prices requested and decided we would visit both farms
later in the week to see the new harvests as they arrive.
We then moved on to visit Maruboshi, a very famous
Kohaku only breeder. Sadly, the second Maruboshi
Andrew, Maruboshi san and
Ben at Maruboshi Koi Farm, brother is retiring at the end of this year, so the farm is
sadly this was our last trip closing, so it was our last opportunity to purchase their
here as the farm is closing stunning Kohaku. Hopefully another breeder will
at the end of the year.
purchase his parent Koi and continue the bloodline.

Left:
44cm Tategoi Maruboshi
Kohaku, Jumbo bodyshape
with excellent Beni plate.
Right:
39cm Maruboshi Kohaku
with an interesting pattern.

We spoke in detail about his Koi before selecting from
his Tategoi (Koi with high potential) pond – absolutely
stunning! We then moved onto his Sansai (3-year-old)
pond and selected 2 beautiful Kohaku before saying
goodbye. It’s always sad when a Koi Master retires.
EVEN GOOD We left Maruboshi then drove back up the mountain to
see Tanaka Kazehiro. Tanaka san is a really nice guy
EXAMPLES OF and is known for his Shusui and Yuki (snow) Asagi.
THE POPULAR Then we popped back into Hirashin to discuss the
harvest schedules before moving onto another Kohaku
VARIETIES ARE breeder – Kansuke whose Kohaku are deep red.

VERY SCARCE Often our customers imagine that it must be easy for us
to collect high quality Kohaku! This isn’t the case, high
quality Koi are very difficult to find, even good examples
of the popular varieties are very scarce.
Our last appointment for the day was at Seijuro Koi
Farm to see a small Nisai (2-year-old) harvest of Showa
and Sanke. We arrived early, and around 30 minutes

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