Isawa/Niigata Bound PSKol!

[Gail]

Safe travels Russell...I am looking forward to your photos..

[showa sanshoku]

Quote: Originally Posted by Russell Peters I am leaving tomorrow for Isawa. I am spending two days with Mr. Sakai and then I will be going to Niigata for four days. I hear that it is snowing now in Niigata. It should make for an interesting trip. I will start posting in a couple of days.

Russ, did Isawa koi center suffer any damage in the earthquake a few days ago?

[Russell Peters]

Quote: Originally Posted by showa sanshoku Russ, did Isawa koi center suffer any damage in the earthquake a few days ago?

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[dick benbow]

Wow, your comments made me wince...I always had a hard time the first 2 days adjusting to just the time change alone. Well hang in there Jumbo-san....least you made it! Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on what you see....

[Danjols]

Russ, we always take 12 hours from SEATAC to Japan, maybe the pilot was from Seattle. However, the additional couple of hours to Isawa, did you stop off for a brew or two?

[Russell Peters]

Quote: Originally Posted by Danjols Russ, we always take 12 hours from SEATAC to Japan, maybe the pilot was from Seattle. However, the additional couple of hours to Isawa, did you stop off for a brew or two?

I wish that were the reason. I always ｓｔｏｐ　ｆｏｒ　ｂｅｅｒ．ＬＯＬ　Ｗｅ hitTokyo rush hour and it took two hours to get through Tokyo.AHHHHH!!!!

[karipeters]

in Isawa is a good day Can't wait to see pictures! Russell said that they were all very excited to see fish and wanted to start vvvveeery early this morning, but when they saw the look on Miwa's face they knew they'd have to start a little later than they thought they would. Knowing my husband, he would love to have his guests at INC at sunrise...!!!

[Russell Peters]

My guests and I had an incredible day of looking at Toshio Sakai`s best Koi. I do have many picures to post but can not until we get to Niigata. The hotel we are staying at does have an internet connection but when I plug in my laptop it says that there is an IP conflict and I am unable to connect.

Ｔｏｄａｙ at the end of the day Mr. Sakai began to tell us about his clean water filtration system and then took us to see some of his best ponds with the filtration systems. I do not know why, but I did not take my camera with me. I will always be sorry for that. He took us to a pond ｔｈａｔ　was built sevenｔｅｅｎ　ｙｅａｒｓ　ago with this system and has never been cleaned. OMG, this pond had the clearest water I have ever seen.

If ｔｈａｔ　wasn`t bad enough, he then took us to one of his new green houses tｈａｔ　very few have ever been to. It was full of some of he most amazing Tosai you have ever ｓｅｅｎ．　Ｈｅ　ｓｃｏｏｐｅｄ　ｏｕt a few nets full of Showa and Sanke and.......ｗｅｌｌ　ｙｏｕ　ｃａｎ　ｆｉｇｕｒｅ　ｏｕt the rest. It was like being in Tosai heaven.

Tomorrow Mr. Sakai will be showing us Tategoi Tosai.

[Russell Peters]

BTW, I am posting this information from the hotel computer.

[Danjols]

Russ, great report! Would love to have been a tag along, you are seeing some great stuff. Can't wait to see the pics, a new greenhouse plus some of the finest koi around.