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| A beautiful time of year. |
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| Nik Read filimg at Nogami koi farm for 'Spring time in koi land'. |
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| Sansai Sanke from Nogami. |
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| Amazing koi purvhased at Nogami. |
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| Nissai from Nogami, what a breeder. |
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| Thye go on, he is definately one of my favourite breeders. |
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| Our party at Nogami koi farm. |
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| Mind blowing Nogami sansai Showa. |
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| Some Tosai hand selected from Nogami. |
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| in total we bought 20pcs of koi with big potential. |
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| Makoto teaching Ricky about selection of Tosai Sanke. |
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| Some of the Tategoi selected that we purchased. |
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| Special friendships were being formed at this early stage. |
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| The deal was done, time to cough up. |
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| Preparation for a shipment at Oomo koi farm. |
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| Ricky was able to assist Fujio with the shipment. |
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| Koi were counted into the bags after being inspected. |
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| Ricky catching the koi to place into the bags |
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| Carefully placing the koi into the bag. |
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| The shipment packed and ready to leave. |
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| Fujio and Shoji Tanaka taking it easy at Marusyo Koi farm. |
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| Mud ponds starting to defrost. |
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| Masaki's tategoi pond in his garage. |
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| Masaki's best Nissai koi. |
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| Nik Read from New vision. |
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| At the the Ojiya Nishikigoi centre. |
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| The koi at the Nishikigoi centre are very tame. |
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| it made great footage for the dvd. |
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| High grade Nissai from Maruju Tanaka. |
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| We hand selected 30 pcs of high grade Tategoi from Yozaemon. |
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| The rest of the tategoi from Yozaemon. |
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| Stunning Sansai from Kaneko a specialist Shiro Utsuri and Kujaku breeder. |
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| Andy, Tokko Ishihara and Ricky at Yagenji koi farm. |
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