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Originally Posted by
RayJordan 
Hi Jay,
You are touching on one of my favorite koi topics. The era of koi development in the Niigata area prior to world war I was the Wild Wild West the emerging koi industry. Special and new types of koi sold for huge sums of money. A developing interest in Koi, Koi Shows, and such ransformed some of the early koi breeders into big time businesses. Tales of expensive parties at the end of the fall harvest, koi farmers coming to town with pockets stuffed with cash, feuds, robbery, and sword fights over koi were some of the reasons selling koi were prohibited for a time.
Makes todays trips to niigata seem pretty tame by comparision. Well at least for most of us it is tame.