Day 10 Dainichi

I woke up to a beautiful day and the views across the valley were stunning.I was already packed and ready to check out as my final morning would be spent at Dainichi Koi Farm.

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It was a morning coffee and a chat with Futoshi Mano before taking the short walk to his tosai house where one pond of about 200 koi would be netted for me, all these koi were sexed recently and all were female but they would be checked again after my selection.

I had fifteen koi in total and then it was time for the sexing to be done.I wanted to learn more about sexing of koi as this is a very big issue at home at the moment,I watched carefully as each Koi was checked first the gills and pectoral fins.

Then the vent is checked after this any doubt and the Koi is rejected, only one koi out of fifteen was rejected.

The reject a shame because the quality was excellent.Here are the fourteen that are female, all these koi will come with certificates and photographs.

 

Buying high quality koi at Dainichi always gives you a good feeling, you know the quality of the koi you are buying and the potential they have,there have been many memorable days on this trip buying Koi, but also alot of time spent talking with many breeders in the South and in Niigata more information about these meetings will be made clear in the next few weeks and will be posted to all subscribers.Detailed information on customer trips to Japan and new products will follow.

 

 

The start of my journey home.