Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Price List

Here is the price list for the 2015 Niigata Shipment. Thank you for viewing.

Monday, November 16, 2015

Maruju 2015

Looking for kohaku Ushijima Nishikigoi went to Maruju to look at tosai. We also saw a stunning ginrin showa so we had to get it.

Marusho 2015

Right down the street from the house where we stay is Marusho Koi farm. We were in Niigata for 3 days and visited Shosaku three times. It was worth it.

Yagenji 2015

Our first stop on our Koi buying trip this year was to Yagenji Koi Farm. We were able to get some nice kohaku, sanke, showa, kikusui and kinkokujyu.

Yamamatsu 2015

Ushijima Nishikigoi can't go to Niigata without a stop at the home of the Matsunosuke Sanke. We got two good sized nisai to take home.

Sunday, November 8, 2015

Ojiya Koi Show



On October 31st 2015 Ushijima Nshikigoi was fortunate enough to attend the 2015 Ojiya Koi Show in Niigata, Japan. The winner was a beautiful kohaku bred by Dainichi. They also bred a showa that was the runner up.

Saturday, November 7, 2015

Niigata 2015

Ushijima Nishikigoi has just returned from our annual koi buying trip to Niigata, Japan. Mushegame has never been so beautiful.
Three stunning sansai we purchased from Maruju. Female kohaku, yamabuki ogon and a male ginrin showa.

We will be uploading videos and more pictures soon.

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Summer Time Means It's Koi Breeding Season

The first koi to spawn in 2015 were our Kohaku. Two years ago we purchased a nisai kohaku from Maruju with the intentions of breeder her. Although she looks thin, she was able to hold a lot of eggs. We now have a large hatch. The males we used was a gosai from breeder Matsunosuke. The second male was a sansai from Yagenji and the third male was a yonsai bred here at Ushijima Nishikigoi.

We transfer the eggs to another pond to hatch.

Little Kohakus clinging to the wall.

A few days later our showa bred. The female (1st from the left) is from breeder Igarashi. The males (2nd 3rd and 4th from the left) came from Isa and 2 from Maruju.

Not to be left out our Chocolate Oranda bred and dropped their eggs before we could put them in the breeding tank. The Fry hatched today.

Saturday, June 27, 2015

Hawaii Pet Show

Come down to the Hawaii Pet Show TODAY, Saturday June 27, 2015 10am-2pm Ewa Elem School 91-1280 Renton Road Ewa Beach Hi 96706 Ushijima Nishikigoi will be selling koi.

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Niigata 2013 Update

Here are some pictures of our 2014 Niigata shipment.  They have grown a lot since they came tour farm in Kaneohe.  The high quality food has also brought out their color.
Sansai kohaku from breeder Yagenji.

Sansai aigoromo from breeder Marusho.

Sansai kohaku from breeder Yagenji.

Sansai kohaku from breeder Marujyu.

Sansai kohaku from breeder Yagenji.

Friday, February 6, 2015

All Japan Koi Show

Last weekend we were able to go Ritsu Center in Tokyo, Japan for the All Japan Koi Show.
"The Sakais (and Bruce)" Toshio Sakai(Nishikigoi Center Isawa, Japan), Bruce Ushijima(Ushijima Nishikigoi Kaneohe, HI), Shogo Sakai(Former Koi Breeder and Mayor of Yamakoshi), and Toshiyuki Sakai (Yamamatsu Koi Farm Niigata, Japan).

Here is a video of some of the koi we saw. Towards the end of the video at 9:54 there are a few exhibits that show 4 and 5 year old koi and how huge they are. Believe it or not.