Had a very busy day today selecting koi from a few breeders we had narrowed things down to from all those visited

Today was great day from the moment my alarm went off, despite it being so early as I had some computer work today before breakfast.

This morning we left bright and early at 08:30 as we had a lot of koi hunting to do

First stop this morning was the camera shop in Nagaoka where Gene wanted to get a large A3 print of a picture taken by Martin to give as a present to Toshiyuke Sakai.  We selected a frame and agreed to pic the finished print up this evening and then headed off for our first appointment at Yamazaki.

So now I am back in Nagaoka and this morning I went to get the hire car back before picking up Gene from Koi Village along with Martin and Marjike DeJong who are joining us for a few days.