Torazo jumbo harvest

As you've have read a Torazo Kohaku won Grand Champion at the Ojiya Nogyosai Show yesterday - http://www.niigata-nishikigoi.com/node/565

This Koi was one that was harvested just the day before.  As we stood by the pond watching them glide around the shallow water effortlesly Tsuyoshi-san stated that this was the time when the Koi looked their very best, with just a little mud in the water.

The water level wasn't low enough to net the Koi individually with a pan net as is usual, as such a drag net was pulled through to move the Koi into a local area.

Mrs Kawakami splashing water on the surface to divert a Koi trying to escape.

Hiroi Seiji lifts the Kokugyo Sanke from the pond, as featured in Niigata Nishikigoi Digest.

2 more huge Kohaku lifted from the water.

Back at the house the Koi were first lifted from the truck, into the show pool and then a bowl where their eye sockets was washed with a fine jet of water to remove any particles of grit or sand.

The Grand Champion of the Ojiya Show is off loaded.

And the Kokugyo Sanke

The 2 Koi in their pond

A wonderful sight