Page 63 - Koi Net - On-Line Koi Magazine - Issue 78
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With Mike Snaden’s help
                                                                                           we have been able to
       Right:
                                                                                           build relationships with
       Stephen and Anthony                                                                 many southern breeders.
       with Hassei San at
       Takigawa Koi Farm.
                                                                                                                 We first visited Japan in 2006 and have travelled there
                                                                                                                 many times since, extensively travelling around the
       Below:
       Tamaura San enjoys a                                                                                      heritage sites and gardens, and of course visiting
       drink at Tamaura Koi Farm.                                                                                Niigata and southern Koi farms and breeders. From
                                                                                                                 2016 we have been visiting the southern breeders of
       Below Right:                                                                                              Japan every year, with the help of Mike Snaden of
       Mike and Anthony netting
       Koi at Tamaura Koi Farm.                                                                                  Yume Koi Japan, building further relationships with
                                                                                                                 Mike and the southern breeders. Mike helped educate
                                                                                                                 us on true Tategoi and gain further knowledge and
                                                                                                                 experience about selecting Koi for the future with true
                                                                                                                 Jumbo potential.

                                                                                           WE WANT TO            We have endeavoured to learn about choosing Koi for
                                                                                                                 the future. Building on our knowledge and through what
                                                                                           DEVELOP               we have learned thanks to Mike, and selecting our own

                                                                                           GREY’S KOI            Koi to grow ourselves, we have learned a considerable
                                                                                                                 amount in not only selecting Koi for the future but also
                                                                                           ON OUR                how to raise them, so they thrive in their environment.
                                                                                           CONTINUED             We want to develop Grey’s Koi on our continued
                                                                                                                 reputation. Since 2002 we have both strived to learn
                                                                                           REPUTATION            and gain knowledge about all the aspects of Nishikigoi
                                                                                                                 and this fantastic hobby we are both immensely
                                                                                                                 passionate about.
                                                                                                                 This passion to learn more meant we both went
                                                                                                                 beyond to gain knowledge, skills and qualifications in
                                                                                                                 the hobby.
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