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Unique Kazuto Goshiki
A few weeks ago I sourced a sansai Goshiki for Queni Koi in the UK and although that may not sound very interesting as you can see from the pictures...
Unique Kazuto Goshiki
A few weeks ago I sourced a sansai Goshiki for Queni Koi in the UK and although that may not sound very interesting as you can see from the pictures...

Rules are made to be broken
People often ask me about this type of sumi. Many call it "Kage" sumi, Kage by definition is Shadow sumi. I continually hear that this type of sumi never develops,...
Rules are made to be broken
People often ask me about this type of sumi. Many call it "Kage" sumi, Kage by definition is Shadow sumi. I continually hear that this type of sumi never develops,...

The waiting game
It may not look like much now, but what will happen in the future ? I believe koi should be bought with a view to learn from. Even if that...
The waiting game
It may not look like much now, but what will happen in the future ? I believe koi should be bought with a view to learn from. Even if that...

Japan Day Seven - AJYKS
Today we visited the All Japan Young Koi Show, Here we had a number of koi entered, smaller Kondo Tosai, Momotaro Gin Rin Kohaku, Momotaro Tancho Kohaku, Sekiguchi Showa, Minuma...
Japan Day Seven - AJYKS
Today we visited the All Japan Young Koi Show, Here we had a number of koi entered, smaller Kondo Tosai, Momotaro Gin Rin Kohaku, Momotaro Tancho Kohaku, Sekiguchi Showa, Minuma...

Marudo Sanke's
Marudo Tosai Update On our Spring trip this year we chose six very high quality female jumbo tosai from Marudo Koi Farm. Marudo is famous in the koi world for...
Marudo Sanke's
Marudo Tosai Update On our Spring trip this year we chose six very high quality female jumbo tosai from Marudo Koi Farm. Marudo is famous in the koi world for...

Patience, risk and reward
More often than not people would see this type of koi as a high risk koi. When trying to assess Tosai and predict their future so many factors come into...
Patience, risk and reward
More often than not people would see this type of koi as a high risk koi. When trying to assess Tosai and predict their future so many factors come into...