Torazo takes the Ojiya Nogyosai Grand Champion Prize

In previous years the Ojiya Nogyosai has taken place at the Nokyo Auction venue, passing last night there surprisingly seemed to be no work going on to put on a Koi show.

We headed out this morning assuming that the show was being set up in one day.  As we headed through Urakawa Tsuyoshi-san and Ray Abell headed off from Torazo and followed us.  Still no sign of a Koi show at the Nokyo Auction so we carried on up to Yamakoshi Branch Office where the Nagaoka Show was being held, as did Tsuyoshi-san.  On arrival Ray advised that Tsuyoshi-san had received a call on route advising him that he'd taken the Grand Champion prize.

It transpired that the show was being held at one of the many JA sites in Ojiya, in fact just a few hundred yards from my apartment.

This Kohaku of 80cm+ was harvested just yesterday, more details of the harvest will follow.

Congratulations to Torazo

Details of all of the winners will be included in Issue 3 of Niigata Nishikigoi Digest.