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The International Nishikigoi Specialists Magazine from Japan
December 2014 Vol. 41-3(No.619)
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JAPAN
KONISHI KOI FARM Joji Konishi
3-4-2, Misasa-cho, Nishi-ku, Hiroshima
Tel. 082(237)3412 Fax. 082(237)0373
konishi@nishikigoi.co.jp
www.nishikigoi.co.jp
OGATA KOI FARM CO., LTD. Manabu Ogata
2712 Takeshima, Yasutake-machi, Kurume city, Fukuoka info@ogatakoi.com
koi@ogata.de (Europe)
Tel. 0942(27)2519 Fax. 0942(27)2180
www.ogatakoi.com
TANI FISH FARM Teruo Tani
1379 Shitakata, Narita city, Chiba
Tel. 0476(26)9111 Fax. 0476(26)1341
kenji@tanikoi.com
www.tanikoi.com
E-Koi World Masatoshi Chikara
4-2-16 Higashi, Kunitachi-city, Tokyo
Tel. +81-90-4526-1386
www.e-koi-world.com
H.Promotion Hideki Morohashi
417-1 Myogatani, Konan-ku, Niigata city
Tel. +81-90-4065-9417 Fax. 025(276)4146
info@h-promotion.jp
www.h-promotion.jp
USA
Eastern Nishikigoi Ken Tran
14700 Goldenwest St. Westminster, CA 92683 enkoi@enkoi.com
www.enkoi.com
Tel. (714) 890-1989 Fax. (714) 897-9639
Germany
MecKoi Josef Bertram GmbH
Wißfeldstraße 62,53340 Meckenheim
Tel. 0 22 25/40 28 Fax. 0 22 25/178 86
meckoi@t-online.de
www.meckoi.de
KZH Koi Zentrum Hamburg T. Sieling
Duvenstedter Damm 60-62, 22397 Hamburg info@koizentrum.de
Tel.+49-40-6072346 Fax. +49-40-60750766 www.koizentrum.de
Koinet GmbH
Vogelherd 2 -D-78176 Blumberg
Tel.+49 77 02 47 98 19-0
www.koi-auction.com
www.koinet.de
South Africa
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Vyfer Street, Box 1643, Gans Bay, 7220
Tel +27 82 440 67709 Fax *27 86 518 8568
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Varieties of Nishikigoi
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contents
The 54th Niigata Nogyosai Koi Show
Nogami Kohaku wins the Minister of Agriculture,
Forestry and Fisheries Prize
Emptying the mud pond of Marudo Koi Farm
Promising 4, 5 and 6-year-old koi
scooped out one after another
The 34th Uonuma City Nishikigoi Show
Shinji Murata achieves three wins in a row
The 6th Odakan Koi Exhibition
Nationwide brand-name koi entertain visitors
to their heart’s content
Yokohama Cup Koi Show 2014 &
Nishikigoi Seminar
An annual koi show full of events!
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are translated from the part of
Japanese RINKO #564 (December, 2014)
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The 54th
Niigata
Niigata Nogyosai
Nogyosai
Koi Show
Nogami Kohaku
Kohaku wins
wins
Nogami
the Minister
Minister of
of Agriculture,
Agriculture,
the
Forestryand
andFisheries’
Fisheries Prize
Forestry
Fisheries’
Prize
November 1-2, 2014
Number of exhibited koi / 927
The 54th Niigata Nogyosai Koi Show
Grand Champion
Over 80 Bu Kohaku
Nogami Koi Farm
This Kohaku is of the bloodline of “Kagura”, bred by our farm. We
have tried to feed without leftover and keep water quality. Its bright
quality Beni and Shiroji are very attractive. Also, its body structure
looks developing more and more in the future.
Emptying the mud pond of
Marudo Koi Farm
Promising 4, 5 and 6-year-old koi
scooped out one after another
The
The 34th
34th Uonuma
Uonuma City
City Nishikigoi
Nishikigoi Show
Show
Shinji Murata
Murata achieves
achieves three
three wins
wins in
in aa row
row
Shinji
Grand
Grand Champion
Champion
Over
Over 70
70 Bu
Bu Taisho
Taisho Sanshoku
Sanshoku
Shinji
Shinji Murata
Murata
October 11th was a fine autumn
day in Uonuma City, Niigata. The
show was held at the JA Kita Uonuma
headquarters. Acceptance of the entries
for the show started early in the morning. The examination of entries began
at 9:15 a.m. and ended by 11:00 a.m.
A Taisho Sanshoku of over 70 Bu
entered by Mr. Shinji Murata, won the
victory over the other 265 entries.
Many visitors’ eyes were captured by
its magnificent figure, pattern of Hi
markings, and lustrous Sumi markings
studded at exquisite points. This is the
third straight victory of Mr. Murata to
win the grand championship in this
show.
There was a new event, labeled as
“The 1st Uonuma Koi Exhibition”,
where the total number of seven koi
farms, Kanezo, Saito, Suzusei,
Ta z a w a , M a r u s e n K o b a y a s h i ,
Yamaguchi and Wada, displayed their
characteristic koi.
Shinji Murata holds the Seijuro Suzuki holds
trophy and the certificate of the trophy for the Baby
the grand championship. championship.
Each size winner (from left 12 Bu to over 70 Bu)
holds the trophy and certificate.
The 6th Odakan Koi Exhibition
Nationwide
Nationwide brand-name koi
entertain
entertain visitors
visitors
to
to their
their heart’s
heart’s content
The 6th Okakan Koi Exhibition
was held on November the 1st, which
is an event to provide an opportunity
to let people appreciate brand-name
koi of Odakan’s choice.
An announcement that well-known
koi farms would display their koi all at
one time for the exhibition seemed to
succeed in gathering many visitors, not
only from Tokyo and its vicinity, but
also from abroad. The farms of Sakai,
Dainichi, Okayama Momotaro,
Tamaura, Omosako, Maruyama, Ueno,
Bepu, and Koi-no-minuma took part in
the exhibition.
As the koi on display were introduced on Odakan’s website in advance, many labels with the names of
buyers-would-be on were attached to
the pictures of some koi which could
gain high popularity. People who attended on that day began to put labels
on the certificates in a hurry, and the
certificates of popular koi were found
filled with tags immediately. Lucky
persons who were called their names
in the lottery were crying with joy.
(from left) Messrs. Ueno, Wada, Tsuji, Inoue, Kiki Sutarki, Yoshida,
Jusuf Yohanes, Mano, Omosako, Maruyama, Maeda and Tamaura
Part of the koi on display
Yokohama Cup Koi Show 2014
& Nishikigoi Seminar
An annual koi show full of events!
The show & seminar were held on the 23rd of September. All the entries for
the show are the Tosai, sold at the Yokohama Nishikigoi’s sale on July 21 this
year, and raised in the same conditions by Yokohama Nishikigoi for two
months. Yokohama Nishikigoi offers prize money, 100,000 yen for the grand
champion and 20,000 yen for the runner-up.
Three regular customers of Yokohama Nishikigoi, Mr. Kaneko, Mr.
Morinaga and Mr. Yagi were charged as judges. The grand championship went to a Taniguchi-bred Kohaku, entered by Mr. Kitamura. Since
Mr. Kitamura arrived a little late for the award ceremony, he looked
confused at first, then soon came back beaming with joy by the time
he received the trophy and prize.
As might have been expected of a koi dealer, there were a wide
variety of entries in the show. Seeing a beautiful Ginrin Ki
Utsuri, the writer unconsciously said, “An entry of this kind is
very rare, isn’t it?” However, some participants said with
smiling faces, “Oh, is that so? We often see that variety
here.” They said they enjoy the growing manner of
koi which they selected among a wide range of varieties.
After the contest, most visitors moved to the
Nishikigoi seminar, where they received detailed instructions on how to appreciate “Kawarigoi” according to
their growth, along with plentiful photo slides.
After the seminar, some people returned to the shop and
enjoyed viewing and buying some koi. Everyone seemed
to have enjoyed the event by participating in the koi
Grand Champion
show, the seminar, and koi hunting.
Taniguchi Kohaku
A large variety of entries