JAPANESE KOI

We first visited Japan in the late 1980’s to purchase Koi, and since then Andrew, Ben, James & Tom have visited this beautiful country several times a year to select high quality Nishikigoi directly from Japans top breeders. Over the past 30 years we have built up some very close working relationships, which includes a season working at Kamihata, one of the most iconic koi farms. This often enables us to have the privilege of being offered Koi from ‘secret’ fish houses, as well as first selections from their harvests.

We pay particular attention that every koi is hand selected with care, ensuring they are free of any damage or deformities. Every Koi must also reach our extremely high standard of quality (we never buy koi blindly in box quantities). Our philosophy is … Read more

We first visited Japan in the late 1980’s to purchase Koi, and since then Andrew, Ben, James & Tom have visited this beautiful country several times a year to select high quality Nishikigoi directly from Japans top breeders. Over the last three decades, we have forged many long term relationships with breeders, which gives us priority to select Tategoi, as they are harvested from the mud ponds... Read more