Leaving today for Japan

Simon is leaving today for Japan to purchase koi on our first buying trip of the 2010 season. He will be traveling around our favoured breeders with two of our UK clients in search of tosai and nisai nishikigoi. The trip will take in the next Momotaro auction on 2nd Feb featuring Kohaku Sanke Showa, please contact us if there are any koi you wish to bid upon - links:

Kohaku - http://www.momotaro-koi.org/english/auction/2010_02_02/kouhaku.html

Sanke - http://www.momotaro-koi.org/english/auction/2010_02_02/sanke.html

Showa - http://www.momotaro-koi.org/english/auction/2010_02_02/syowa.html

Other breeders will include Kondo, Matsue, Omosako, Ooyama, Tamaura and Taniguchi koi farms where we will be purchasing superb tosai and nisai. At the end of this trip they will venture north to the 2010 All Japan Koi Show in Niigata City at Toki Masse where our clients will see first hand the biggest and best koi show on the planet. We will of course be bringing you complete and concise blog coverage of the show, results, and major winners as they become available.

Please check back daily for blog updates including pictures and video from the trip.

If you see any koi that interest you, Simon can be contacted by our usual email sales@nipponnishikigoi.com or by phone on 07788 140329 - please take note of the world clock on the left hand side of this page for the time zone difference and keep calls to a minimum as we get charged for them too.