[matt]

Starting tomorrow I will be in the ojiya area for some of every weekend from now till the ZNA show in November (and this weekend is a long one, so maybe Monday too!).

I am taking a new English Teacher who is also a koi hobbiest up to show him around this time. Knows his stuff, has a degree in Marine Biology and worked for a major koi retailer in England before moving to Niigata.

If any one on the board is arround any time this month, and wants to try to meet up for a beer or share notes and news on who's pulling what from the mud ponds, just e-mail or PM me and i will send you my cell phone number.

Hope to see a lot of you at the shows, we should have a Koi-Bito night at one of the bars maybe.
- Matt.