Some Yamamatsu tateshita heading for Gatwick Koi
Posted 17 Apr 2010 - 20:12 by Mark Gardner
I was hoping to be able to spend some time with Gary Smith of Gatwick Koi - www.gatwickkoi.com - here in Japan this Spring. You can read more about Gatwick Koi here - http://www.niigata-nishikigoi.com/node/618. Unfortunately Gary has been unable to make it out here but has entrusted the sourcing and purchasing of his Koi to Rob de Vos of Ornafish. The other day Gary snapped up a couple of bowls of Koi from Hosokai that were pictured here - http://www.niigata-nishikigoi.com/node/750.
Gary advised that on Friday Rob would be visiting Yamamatsu to purchase some tateshita jumbo tosai for him, as he had done last year - http://www.niigata-nishikigoi.com/node/363 - and could I get some pictures, which of course I was happy to oblige.
From around 250 tateshita available a number of bowls of Koi were put together for Gary's perusal and the pictures sent by e-mail. The pictures below show the Koi that Gary chose.
The largest Koi in the bowls above are in excess of 40cm in size, not bad for 10 months old!
Interestingly the final bowl contains this Sanke below which I'd chosen to photograph individually having found it particulary appealing.
