What if?
 

You had $100K and you could buy koi from any 2 breeders be it from Southern Japan or Niigata....Which 2 breeders would you buy from with $100K? Mind you this money fell from the sky so dont worry...but mind you can spend the money at only 2 breeders.....:)

Isawa Sakai and Igarashi Kazuto .....

Like I said before!

Ogawa and anything left over I will take da UNIT out for some Noodle!

Joe

Noodles and great koi.. tough to beat :)

Shintaro and Oomo ... Just sticking with the ones that I made friends with :D

I will go for Shintaro and Momotaro, as these are the ones I have koi with at the moment.

Regards

Chris

Noodle only? Damn, how about some BBQ?:D

How would you compare Shintaro Sanke with Momotaro Sanke? Since they both use the Matsunosuke bloodline is there any difference?

Damn! I can't top Momotaro BBQ!!! We been spoiled man! So I will Just go noodoh! Bob is invited as well. Cause he is hell kichi.. Anyone who paints koi on a Harley is more Kichi than me...:D


Oh yeah I am still trying to figure my next breeer. So many to choose from makes it hard. They are so different in Body shapes colors and styles. I tell ya I would have a hard time picking only 2... 100k goes a long way....

Joe

My 2 picks are pretty simple...Diainchi, be it fish from the #1 greenhouse only...and Sakai Hiroshima for the Kohak.....Some change left all you can eat BBQ for the Unit...:D

Damn, that's what I miss, curry katsu...getting hungry...it's lunch time!!!

No 2nd breeder yet? I know.....you like Donomae...:D Sankes at a great price....but you need more Showas man....and yes $100K goes along way...

I know I was gonna say Dainichi and of course number one greenhouse Love that place..! But also I kinda got gosanke covered with Ogawa kinda can't go wrong with Kohak, Sanke and showa so maybe I was thinking Blue fish or showa breeder from Niigata... ;)

You need Magoi bro!!! Hosokai for Magoi and Asagi....or Aaoki or Kase for some flashy Beni Kikokuryu.:D

You know what smart money says go with Gosanke I am going Gosanke man..

Kase or koshiji is cool as well as Igarashi for flash.... Hosokai would be bomb for an Asagi or Benigoi!

Tony, Guess I am gonna have to go through the bible..... and chose out of so many. Thats almost like saying you can have 2 fish out of gosanke....

Joe :D

Hosokai and Otsuka-for those old blue fish


But if it has to be from the Gosanke Crowd
Toshio from Isawa and Kentaro from Hiroshima

LOL Joe.. maybe I am Kichi... May have figured out how to get the pond finished b4 the Aug show..Now I just have to figure out how to pay for it..Nuts.. but then I wont have the 100 k to spend on the fish..LOL

Hey, nice book!!! Where can I get one?;)

In my opinion it's what the hobby is all about....beer, food, friends and koi!!!! especially BBQ...:D

Yaup! its all about Momotaro BBQ and good friends!!!!!

BBQ?? how about dinner at the Maeda's instead. Mr Maeda throw's an awesome dinner. What a privilege :D. It was a highlight of my Japan trip.

Damn! I missed that trip E-San! I thought the majority was seafood at Maeda's house...??

I love Seafood!!!!

Anyhow I wish I had all the money and was Koi Kichi like Bob Winkler.... LOL

Well since I skipped that trip I went to Niigata before the quake and got to dinner with these fine folks and breeders..

Joe

Shot, I just remember chowing down on some really fat scallops that was like butter...like BUTTER!!!! Seafood was on hit....on HIT!!! Eatting at Momotaro a mix of Western and Japanese influence was really good....:D

I see they still dont make dinner chairs in Japan:D How are you gonna read that Bible? dont look english to me.

Good question, seeing how I only have Kohaku's at these breeders I cant realy answer. Most of my koi are Kohakus, the only Sanke's I have are a couple from Hasegawa, photo of one enclosed.

Regards
Chris

Good start, thats a nice koi you have their! I would like to have that one. Is the hi really that red? Great shiro too.

I would say the colour is not far off, hear is a Hasegawa Kohaku I have, this one has a very deep red .

Regards
Chris

I second that.

KFG, I like sitting on the floor. It stretches my stomach out a lot so I can fit more food in it!

The book is written in Romanji (sp?) and english... So I am all good there.


Joe

"The book is written in Romanji (sp?) and english... So I am all good there."

Isnt that a Movie? Oh! That's Jumanji.. LOL Or is that Kanji?......

Yeah Jumanji.. LOL

its written in Kanji as well but not this book... LOL

I, like Keo would opt for Ogawa gosanke...kohaku and sanke's...flowery and unusual( like my avatar which is a 25 inch Ogawa female kohaku).