#357(2004/01/01)
Topix -- The 40th Hiroshima Prefecture Nishikigoi Show / Sakai Fish Farm crowned with victory / 40th Hiroshima Nishikigoi Show / Shoichi Suda Photo Gallery / What Is A Ranchu? / A manual for those who learn from the very beginning (No. 19) / Doitsu-goi / How to cure swollen abdomen from readers' questions / 1st Kyurinkai Oita Nishikigoi Show / 38th JA Echigo-Ojiya Nishikigoi Show

#358(2004/01/15)
An Auction held by Mushigame Rinyu Club -- Accompanied with a lot of the late Hashimoto's koi / An Annual Event of "Koi Pedigree and Tradition Festival" -- The auction site filled with a fevered air / The 51st Nagaoka City Nishikigoi Show -- Oomo Koi Farm won its first victory in the show / 31st Sanjo Nishikigoi Show / 22nd Fukuoka Nishikigoi Fair / The second-generation koi farmer of the Marusho Koi Farm -- in Nagaoka city, Niigata / My Proud Koi / Beauty of Japan / The first koi show opened by the Kumamoto Higo Rinkai koi society -- The first championship goes to Minoru Takata / 1st Kumamoto Higorinkai Nishikigoi Show / Rinko Gallery

#359(2004/02/01)
The long-awaited Hoshikin Kohaku competitive show -- A private koi show held right after the emptying of the field ponds at the Narita koi farm / Shoichi Suda Photo Gallery / Zen Nihon Airikai Ehime Uma 2nd Nishikigoi Show / Zen Nihon Airikai Shuri-kosai 1st Nishikigoi Show / So many men, so many ponds -- Enthusiasm toward koi keeping and gilthead fishing / Introducing the International Koi Pin Club (IKPC) / What Is A Ranchu? -- A manual for those who learn from the very beginning (No. 20)

#360(2004/02/15)
A trial on the Tendo koi farm in Fukui -- The first exhibition of splendid koi grown in the same field pond / This is the point -- Trichodina and Gill Disease / For the koi fanciers who keep yearlings and huge fish in the same pond / My Proud Koi / Kyurinkai Kagoshima Miyazaki Joint 1st Nishikigoi Show / Beauty of Japan / The koi keeping is a time of relaxation everyone needs / Rinko Gallery

#361(2004/03/01)
People know the characters of the virus from the lecturers -- The International Nishikigoi Summit meeting opens / The International Nishikigoi Summit KOI EXHIBITION / Shoichi Suda Photo Gallery / The largest indoor pond house in Japan / What Is A Ranchu? -- A manual for those who learn from the very beginning (No. 21)

#362(2004/03/15)
The future of Nishikigoi business world -- Takahiro Iizuka & Hiroaki Iizuka of the Matsue Nishikigoi Center -- [the first part] / Zen Nippon Airikai Ehime -- 2nd Uwajima Nishikigoi Show / Zen Nippon Airikai Ehime -- 2nd Ozu Nishikigoi Show / The auction Kondo Koi Farm first hosts -- The site filled with a heated atmosphere / My Proud Koi / This is the point -- How to select Taisho Sanshoku in its first and second year / 32nd Honjo Airikai Nishikigoi Show / Beauty of Japan / Rinko Gallery

#363(2004/04/01)
The future of Nishikigoi business world -- The production of new Sensuke Kohaku -- [the latter part] / Zen Nippon Airikai Tokushima, Kochi & Kagawa 2nd Joint Nishikigoi Show / 4th Chisato Nishikigoi Show / What Is A Ranchu? -- A manual for those who learn from the very beginning (No. 22) / Shoichi Suda Photo Gallery / Three koi farmers' joint event, "Chibikkoi (small sized koi) Contest" / The quality koi breeding contest jointly planned by Tani Koi Farm and Takachio Koi Farm

#364(2004/04/15)
So many men, so many ponds -- Vitality springs out while viewing beloved koi / Beauty of Japan / ZNA Tohoku District 24th Nishikigoi Show / 51st Nagaoka City Nishikigoi Show / 42nd Yamakoshi Nishikigoi Show / Mr. Kondo Tomoyoshi's visit to his customers' farms in Hiroshima / This is the point -- Once-retarded-Sumi appears again in Showa Sanshoku / My Proud Koi / Rinko Gallery

#365(2004/05/01)
A joint event by the Tani koi farm and Takachio koi farm -- A start of thoroughbred Kohaku / Kyurinkai Society Kumamoto Chapter opens its first Young Koi Show -- Under the motto of safety first and the show with a "my-pool system" basis / Kyurinkai Kumamoto 1st Young Nishikigoi Show / Shoichi Suda Photo Gallery / How to keep your koi small in size -- The knack of keeping koi in small ponds / What Is A Ranchu? -- A manual for those who learn from the very beginning (No. 23) / ZNA 26th Nagano Nishikigoi Show / Niigata Nishiki Aikokai 32nd Nishikigoi Show

#366(2004/05/15)
The first spring sale of the "Okayama Momotaro Koi" -- Upgraded Kohaku won their public favor / How to keep your koi small in size -- The knack of keeping koi in small ponds / Higorinkai the 1st Young Nishikigoi Show -- A koi show held in the vortex of KHV fear / Kumamoto Higorinkai 1st Young Nishikigoi Show / Nishinihon Nishikigoi Yurinkai -- 1st Spring Nishikigoi Festival / My Proud Koi / Power of the filter medium "Minus Ion Ball" -- Your koi grow up quickly without caring about diseases / Beauty of Japan

#367(2004/06/01)
The 22nd All Japan Young Nishikigoi Show -- Mr. Hiromasa Yamada from Kanagawa crowned with victory / The 22nd All Japan Young Nishikigoi Show / Sakai fish farm's spring auction & spot sale -- All possible measures taken against KHV / Shoichi Suda Photo Gallery / What Is A Ranchu? -- A manual for those who learn from the very beginning (No. 24) / The koi dealers and the koi fanciers from in and out of the country enjoy the auction / BKKS elects first Lady Chairman

#368(2004/06/15)
The 22nd All Japan Young Nishikigoi Show / Beauty of Japan / The three koi dealers' joint contest, "Chibikkoi Contest" -- All the participants enjoy the first event to the full / My Proud Koi / Rinko Gallery / Unique Koi

#369(2004/07/01)
Aiming at becoming an expert in the Kujaku -- The second-generation koi farmer of the Kaneko koi farm in Nagaoko, Niigata / Shoichi Suda Photo Gallery / What Is A Ranchu? / A manual for those who learn from the very beginning (No. 25) -- 3rd Echigo Nagaoka Nishikigoi Show / Takata Cup Nishikigoi Show / Surrounded by Flowers, Ponds and Koi -- Masakatsu Eki from Hiroshima

#370(2004/07/15)
An event of "Find The Best Hoshikin Kohaku" gains public favor -- A good chance to brush up koi fanciers' discerning eye / MIRACLE KOI! -- Marvelous breeding skills --The first part / 23rd Kitauonuma Nishikigoi Show / 5th Taiwan Taoyuang Chapter & 10th Taoyuang Koi Keepers Association Joint Nishikigoi Show / A Visit To A Pond -- Toshio and Masahiko Oka in Hyogo prefecture / My Proud Koi / Beauty of Japan / 34th Nakauonuma &Tokamachi Nishikigoi Show / 5th Amidanokai Nishikigoi Show / Unique Koi

#371(2004/08/01)
MIRACLE KOI! -- Marvelous breeding skills -- The latter part / What Is A Ranchu? -- A manual for those who learn from the very beginning (No. 26) / Shoichi Suda Photo Gallery / Two koi farmers aiming at the production of new varieties / 34th Shiozawa Nishikigoi Show / 17th Nanyo Young Nishikigoi Show / So many men, so many ponds -- His enthusiasm for koi continually overheats

#372(2004/08/15)
Rapid progress in improvement of Shiro Utsuri -- A follow-up survey of the gigantism and improvement of Omosako Shiro Utsuri -- The first part / 41st ZNA Oita Nishikigoi Show / 33rd Yamagata Nishikigoi Show / My Proud Koi / Kyurinkai Club's Judging Koi Seminar in Nagasaki -- A koi club seeking for "Beautiful Koi in A Beautiful Country of Japan" / This is the point. <11> -- COD Stability is Important -- If you'd like to make a large-sized koi, you should increase feed amounts particularly when the water temperature is high. / Beauty of Japan / Rinko Gallery

#373(2004/09/01)
Rapid progress in improvement of Shiro Utsuri -- A follow-up survey of the gigantism and improvement of Omosako Shiro Utsuri Last part / What Is A Ranchu? -- A manual for those who learn from the very beginning (No. 27) / 3rd Fukui Korinkai Infant Nishikigoi Show / 31st ZNA Suo District Nishikigoi Show / 29th Yasugorinkai Nishikigoi Show / Visit of koi farms in Fukuoka and Kumamoto prefectures / Shoichi Suda Photo Gallery / Unique Koi

#374(2004/09/15)
The 1st All Thailand Koi Show -- Part 1 / My Proud Koi / Tom's regular koi examination meeting -- The third meeting proves to be a perfect fixation of the meeting / Unforgettable Koi -- The champions in the first to 21st All Japan Young Nishikigoi Show -- Part 1 from its 1st through 5th shows / Beauty of Japan / 29th BKKS National Koi Show / Rinko Gallery

#375(2004/10/01)
The first All Thailand Koi Show -- Part 2 / New challenge of the Koshiji koi farm and the A.O.Aokiya -- The first part / ZNA 32nd Shiga Nishikigoi Show / ZNA 29th Fukui Nishikigoi Show / Mr. Noriyuki Tsubamoto's new pond / Shoichi Suda Photo Gallery

#376(2004/10/15)
Koi Viewing Course -- An increasing demand for larger Showa Sanshoku / Rinko Gallery / ZNA 30th Mie Nishikigoi Show / ZNA 53rd Aichi Nishikigoi Show / My Proud Koi / Unforgettable Koi -- The champions in the first to 21st All Japan Young Nishikigoi Show Part 2 from its 6th through 13th shows / Beauty of Japan

#377(2004/10/15)
Two koi farmers' joint koi contest, a great success -- People attempt crossings of fine Kohaku (First Part) / Shoichi Suda Photo Gallery / An Autumn Auction at Momotaro-Koi -- The best result that the Momotaro-Koi farm ever had drew the heart out of the audience / Ojiya, Yamakoshi 12th Ta-agari Nishikigoi Show / Hiroshima Shinichicho 12th Taagari Nishikigoi Show / 19th Hong Kong Nishikigoi Show / New challenge of the Koshiji koi farm and the A.O. Aokiya

#378(2004/11/15)
The selection of the second generation of Kohaku -- People attempt crossings of fine Kohaku -- Last Part / 27th ZNA Iwate Nishikigoi Show / 37th ZNA Tottori Nishikigoi Show / My Proud Koi / Beauty of Japan / Unforgettable Koi -- The champions in the first to 21st All Japan Young Nishikigoi Show -- Part 3 -- from its 14th through 17th shows / Rinko Gallery

#379(2004/12/01)
The ABC's of Nishikigoi Appreciation -- By All Japan Nishikigoi Airikai Association (First Part) / Shoichi Suda Photo Gallery / The 41st Hiroshima Nishikigoi Show -- New special plastic bags appeared / Scars left by the quake in the Chuetsu district of Niigata Prefecture -- Urgent restoration required / What Is A Ranchu? -- A manual for those who learn from the very beginning (No. 28) / A Reader's Column -- Right dealer for the right koi / The fall 's first auction and spot sale at the Sakai fish farm -- The successful auction ends with ceremonial Sanbonjime handclapping / A koi festival called Festival of Celebrated Blood and Tradition ended up in success -- The interior of the tent was filled with a heated atmosphere / The 35th Naka-Uonuma &Tokamachi City Nishikigoi Show -- Katsuzo Murakoshi wins two consecutive championships

#380(2004/12/15)
Ranked high in a post-harvest koi contest / Koi harvesting at Takachio Koi Farm / A field trip to Oomo Koi Farm and Nogami Koi Farm / 24th Kitauonuma Nishikigoi Show -- The grand championship goes to Mr. Kyugo Takahashi / Zen Nihon Airikai 1st Tokushima Young Nishikigoi Show / Unforgettable Koi -- The champions in the first to 21st -- All Japan Young Nishikigoi Show -- Part 4 from its 18th through 21st shows / My Proud Koi / Rinko Gallery / Beauty of Japan