The week ahead on Niigata-Nishikigoi.com

Today was a quiet day after the activities of last week.  With glorious weather outside I decided to take a walk to Torazo.  When I got there no sign of anyone so I sat watching the Koi for half an hour or so before making my way back home.  Just as yesterday I missed Saito san by a matter of minutes so too today did I miss Tsuyoshi san.  Just a few hundred meters into my walk home Tsuyoshi san drove past me returning home.  I decided to carry on.

Tomorrow I'll be joining up with Elna Koi from Belgium as they select tosai at Dainichi, Isa and Nogami so that should be a very interesting day.

Thereafter this week plans still being put in place for various things.

One thing is for certain, the week will finish with a party with big balloons as the International Balloon Festival comes to Ojiya.

You can see more from last year's event here - http://www.niigata-nishikigoi.com/node/249 - hopefully we'll be blessed with weather the same as the last 2 days.