Day 2 with Elna Koi and Floor's Koi Shop - Yagenji, Marusei Jumbo Facility and Yamazaki

It's been a hectic couple of days and I can finally get around to updating on what's been happening, starting with the rest of Wednesday following our visit to Yamamatsu - http://www.niigata-nishikigoi.com/node/715.

Next stop was Yagenji Koi Farm, not there usual Koi houses in Mushigame but a tosai house they have situated not far from the facility of Niigata Nishikigoi Direct, it was the first time I'd visited the Koi house.

Daisuke and Toshinori had been carrying out a senbetsu of some of their tosai and had prepared a sample of their Shiro Utsuri and Showa mix that was available.  Having purchased Showa earlier in the week, and feeling Shiro Utsuri not overly popular in Holland and Belgium, they decided it wasn't really what they were looking for.

Having stated they were interested in hand picking some tosai of higher grade the brothers eventually agreed to net another pond of tosai for Dirk and Floor to pick through.

Unfortunately, having selected some Koi, it turned out that a deal couldn't be reached on this occasion and we headed off to lunch before making our way to Urasa to again visit the Marusei jumbo holding facility - http://www.niigata-nishikigoi.com/node/705 and http://www.niigata-nishikigoi.com/node/706.

Several jumbo Kigoi were bowled before Floor and Dirk purchased the 2 below, the largest 80cm if my memory serves me correctly.

Dirk also has a Ginrin Soragoi at the facility which was purchased back in October when it was 84cm.  It will be staying to grow another year in the mud pond with the hope of it reaching 90cm next autumn.

From Urasa we returned to Aikawa and made a brief stop at Miyatora to look at the tosai mixes available before carrying on to Yamazaki to again look at the tosai mixes available to order.

As seen so many times before, very healthy tosai absolutely swarming for food as you walk past the ponds.

At first glance it may not be apparent but the Koi below are Yamazaki's metallic long fins.

A number of boxes of different tosai mixes were purchased and that drew a succesful day's Koi hunting to an end.