most of the koi we needed had been baught so we went to see hasegawa many kohaku to look at but none was needed, we took coffee with the family and talked koi for over an hour.

next stop was yamazaki as you can see from the picture the snow is getting deep but we got through ok thanks to toru's driving skills !

the son was not there so no prices could be given, we had an appointment back down at hirasawa where a japanese television company wanted to interveiw us and film us bowling koi so we just had to buy another 2 bowls.

the final stop of our trip was back at Torazo as we need one more koi to make a box up

whilst there we were all looking at a stunning showa torazo said it was sold but bowled it up for us to see it 's true splender the picture does not do show it at its best

Tomorrow we head for the all japan show where I hope to get some good pictures and put on here before we return home.