Page 42 - Koi Net - On-Line Koi Magazine - Issue 64

We left the Kase Koi Farm and travelled on to Igarashi During the afternoon, we visited Oofuchi and selected
and Kobayashi to search for Aragoke. This variety is some nice Koi prior to moving on to Marusei, to select
still very new and rare. We hoped to pick up more some particularly unusual Koi that a customer had
Aragoke later in the week. requested, along with several other Koi before the light
beat us at 4.15pm.
We then made several harvest inquiry visits to
breeders including Wada, Takahashi and Yamaguchi. We stopped for Tonkatsu at a local restaurant where we
These breeders are outside of the main Koi sorted out the day’s photographs prior to returning to
mountains area in Koide, so this involved several the hotel to prepare the night’s email and posts.
hours driving.
Our Quarantine Facilities

While we are in busy in Japan selecting Koi, back in the
On our way back to our UK Tom leads the rest of the team of Simon, David and
hotel we enjoyed Tonkatsu
at a local restaurant. Justin in sterilising and cleaning our 9 CEFAS approved
fish houses, in preparation of receiving the shipments
shortly after our return.

Top Left:
38cm Tategoi Kase
Ki Kikokuryu.
Top Right:
38cm Tategoi Kase
Kogane Ochiba.

Bottom Left:
55cm Tategoi Oofuchi
Goshiki, with beautiful
floating Beni.
Bottom Right:
45cm Tategoi Oofuchi
Tancho Ochiba,
good example of a
unique variety.

65cm Marusei Mizuho Ogon, with 40cm Marusei Mizuho Ogon, neat
beautiful bright lusture. scalation, clear head and skin.
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