Marudo jumbo Kawarigoi
Posted 30 Nov 2009 - 19:58 by Mark Gardner
I metioned the other day some jumbo Kawarigoi leaving Marusei Koi Farm for Europe - http://www.niigata-nishikigoi.com/node/595.
In Issue 1 of Niigata Nishikigoi Digest - http://www.niigata-nishikigoi.com/node/344 - Marudo explained about his love of big Koi hence also breeding large Kawarigoi including Chagoi, Karashigoi, Kigoi, Benigoi, Matsuba as well as Mukashi Ogon.
Mention of a large Orenji Ogon on the cover of Nichirin magazine on another site made me realise I'd not posted pics of some of Marudo's jumbo Kawarigoi that I'd taken.
It seems a long while ago now that Andrew was here and we popped into Marudo to be greeted by Hisashi san saying, 'Mark san, now big Koi, your size, in Koi house', pointing to the house adjacent to Route 17. The largest of these was a 1m Mukashi Ogon, the others averaging around a 'mere' 80cm.
It's really impossible to portray the size of these Koi in a photograph.
