Japan 10/24/08

Brenda and I visited a monkey park in Yudanaka. There were monkeys everywhere.

That's it one day off back to koi.

I watched Yasuaki Kaneko his father and sister harvest some good grade Nisai.

Fujio Oomo 10/10/08

Fujio Oomo harvesting some Doitsu Kohaku, Sanke and Showa. Out of 120 koi 4 were kept as Tategoi and 8 had lost their color or had some type of damage or deformity. The rest of the koi were graded and put in tanks for sale.

Marusho Tanaka, Yasuaki Kaneko and Kobiashi all helping in the harvest.

Here are a few koi I picked up at Otsuka. Over the next 2 weeks there will be plenty of koi to choose from.

I have been in Japan for a few days now and I'm seeing some fish but not a lot yet. I was at Hiroi picking out some Goshiki, Doitsu Kohaku and others and I saw one of my favorite cats having a nap.

October 7th 1st day in Japan

Hi Everyone,

I'm back in Japan for the fall harvest. If you are looking for a special koi please email me at mark@usakoi.com and let me know what you are looking for. The weather is warm here and I'm looking forward to seeing some nice koi. I'll be visiting Fujio Oomo, Kaneko, Marudo, Torazo, Nogami and a bunch of others. Check back often for updates or if you want to see Koi for Sale go to http://usakoi.com/koiForSale.php?KGroup=200375. Or visit http://www.usakoi.com/ thanks for looking.

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04/05/08 Koi Video

The koi at the shop http://www.usakoi.com/ are up and swimming. The water is holding at about 55F so I started the koi out on some Manda Fu and also some Hiari-Saki Multi Season. I'm feeding one time a day in the afternoon just to be on the safe side but the koi seem to be very happy about it. You might have seen some of these koi on my website under the New Koi For Sale pages. My favorite is the Showa from Nogami SKU# 200090

Niigata 03/02/08

Well it is my last day here I'm sitting around waiting for my train. I was off yesterday from koi anyway instead I went to a Shinto Temple near the sea port of Teradomari. Here are a few pictures plus one from my hotel room.

I have seen a lot of temples on my trips to Japan and this one was interesting and also the largest in the Nagaoka are.
These girls are tying their hopes and prayers onto this simulated tree in hopes they will come true.

Niigata 03/01/08

These workers are clearing some snow from the roadway in Yomagihira.

There is still a lot of snow everywhere. This lady is moving it from her garden.

A few koi from Yozimon.

02/27/08 Japan

I'll be in Japan from 02/25/08 to 03/03/08. There is about 2' of snow up in the mountains and it seems to snow some everyday.

One of my first stops was at Fujio Oomo's koi house. The water is about 22c or 70f and the koi are plenty hungry.

Oomo happens to use Saki-Hikari which we now carry in our shop.