RINKO 2007 - The International Nishikigoi Sepecialists Magazine.

Contetns of RINKO 2007

#429(2007/01/01)
Born in Niigata, Raised in Hawaii (The latter part) / The 37th Zen Nippon Rinyukai Koi Show -- Mr. Hidenobu Nonogaki's Showa sweeps / The 43rd Hiroshima Nogyosai Koi Show -- Konishi Showa achieved the splendid feat of winning grand championship for the first time in seven years / The 42nd Zen Nippon Airinkai Nishikigoi Show -- Mr. Nobuo Takigawa establishes a new record with his Momotaro Kohaku / The 26th Uonuma City Nishikigoi Show -- Mr. Kyugo Takahashi attains a great achievement by winning three consecutive championships / The 53rd Nagaoka City Nishikigoi Show -- Igarashi Koi Farm wins the grand championship

#430(2007/01/15)
The 1st Zen Nippon Champion Koi Show -- Kenichi Ogata's Ueno Showa wins in a close contest / The 31st Tokai District Koi Show -- Mr. Hideo Kondo's Kohaku wins the grand championship / The 3rd Kyurinkai Kyushu District Koi Show -- Takemasa Mori wins his first title with Ueno Showa / Past & Future in Taisho Sanshoku / My Proud Koi / Koi keeping in aquarium is fun -- Naoyuki Sugiura / Introduction of koi enthusiasts -- Raising koi from fries (Last part) / The 2nd Hakusan Korinkai Young Koi Show

#431(2007/02/01)
ZNA the 42nd All Japan Nishikigoi Show / Dainichi & Narita co-hosted an event in which participants can get hands-on experience in scooping their own koi out of the field pond / A diet called "Karin" attracts public gaze -- This is the secret of this product's popularity / Beauty of Japan / Past & Future in Taisho Sanshoku / Okaya Nishikigoi Center has had second straight wins with its Ginrin Showa -- Ponds are controlled by a Takabayashi-style endless filtration system

#432(2007/02/15)
The 38th All Japan Koi Show / Shanghai Xing Jin Huang Jin Li Yang Zhi You Xian Gong Si makes steady progress -- The farm's homebred koi win at the 2nd contest / Nishikigoi Niigata Direct's new greenhouse has been completed -- This is the place from which the koi of Niigata breed set off for the world / The 26th Uonuma Koi Show / The 43rd Joetsu Koi Show / The 37th Nakauonuma Tokamachi Koi Show / The 36th Minamiuonuma city Shiozawa Koi Show / My Proud Koi / Scoop! -- Tetsuzan's great masterpiece finally founded / Enjoying the growth of young koi -- The 4-ton pond made on the site of only ten tsubos

#433(2007/03/01)
Koi farmer, Kojiro Migita, starts production and sales of koi -- The birth of Migita Koi Farm in Koyama City, Tochigi Prefecture / The 34th Kanto & Koshinetsu District Koi Show -- The grand championship goes to Katsuo Shibayama / An event at Narita Koi Farm -- Tamaura Showa greatly impress koi fanciers / Keeping contest for Dainichi Showa -- Taki Nishikigoi sells out of its yearling for the next year use / The 31st Tokai District Koi Show / The 40th JA Echigo Ojiya Koi Show / A garden pond since Taisho era shows good results in koi growth -- Toshikichi Takeno / Beauty of Japan

#434(2007/03/15)
The 38th All Japan Koi Show -- The grand championship goes to Katsuo Shibayama from Saitama Prefecture / My Proud Koi / Rinko Gallery

#435(2007/04/01)
Feature article on the 38th All Japan Koi Show (First Part) -- Mr. Katsuo Shibayama Wins the Grand Championship with His First Entry / Yearling on sale at Odakan's Oimatsuda store -- The first activities of hunting for good koi in the spring / The 3rd Kyurinkai Koi Show / The 3rd Kumamoto Higorinkai Koi Show / The pleasure of growing Tosai to jumbo koi -- Fujihiko Kano / Beauty of Japan

#436(2007/04/15)
Feature article on the 38th All Japan Koi Show (Last Part) -- Mr. Katsuo Shibayama Wins the Grand Championship with His First Entry / A Record-breaker? / Mr. Takigawa is still ambitious / The Grand Champion, Showa Sanshoku, at the 38th All Japan Koi Show (First Part) -- With accompanying coverage of the Narita Koi Farm's delivery of entry koi to the show / The 53rd Nagaoka City Koi Show / The 3rd Kyurinkai Kumamoto Koi Show / The 15th Shinichi-cho Taagari Koi Show / My Proud Koi / Koi act as supporters to disabled man / Interview with Yukitoshi Uemura and his son Hiroyuki / Rinko Gallery

#437(2007/05/01)
Shinkokai's 17th Kyushu District Koi Show -- Mr. Mitoshi Ogawa wins first title with "Ueno Showa" / The Grand Champion, Showa Sanshoku, at the 38th All Japan Koi Show (Latter Part) -- With accompanying coverage of the Narita Koi Farm's delivery of entry koi to the show / Shinkokai Fukuoka Chapter's 19th Koi Show -- Rishoen wins grand championship with "Takigawa Sanke" / The 7th Hokuriku District Koi Show / The 17th Nagano Young Koi Show / The 2nd Saitama Young Koi Show / Questions& Answers regarding Hikarimono / Beauty of Japan

#438(2007/05/15)
A Standard For Koi -- The standard for koi was made on the basis of its production target / The Taisho Sanshoku raised in a breeding pondat 660 meters above sea level -- "Touch Filter" made of Kitamuraya has taken an active part in the filtration cell / The 41st Fukui Koi Show / The 4th Kyurinkai Oita Koi Show / My Proud Koi / Pleasure of growing Tosai -- Shigeo Momonoi (Fukui Prefecture)

#439(2007/06/01)
The 25th All Japan Young Koi Show -- Mr. Tepsit from Thailand wins the grand championship (The first part) / Kondo bred Kohaku wins the grand championship at the 25th All Japan Young Koi Show -- This is the second victory of the Kondo Koi Farm-born Kohaku / Koi farmers' joint auction held at the Narita Koi Farm / The 1st Hiroshima Young Koi Show -- Chuji Nakanishi breaks through the first round with his Sakai Sanke / Unique Koi / ZNA the 29th Ibaraki Koi Show / Beauty of Japan

#440(2007/06/15)
The 4th Odakan Cup Koi Show -- Mr. Chua Park Hui's Taisho Sanshoku wins / Who tops the other strong breeders? -- The answer will be given in this autumn's koi show / The 17th Kyushu District Koi Show / ZNA the 44th Oita Koi Show / My Proud Koi / A Spring Event at Taki Nishikigoi in Kumamoto -- Four famous koi farms display their koi & sell their koi for contest use / I tried shooting my koi with an underwater camera -- What a surprise it is to see their unexpected behavior! / First Entry for the Yamamoto Koi Farm's Keeping Contest -- "I'm very addicted to the koi." / Rinko Gallery

#441(2007/07/01)
The 25th All Japan Young Koi Show -- The latter part / Kojiro Migita embarks on a new career as an independent koi farmer -- Selection of Kuroko (First Part) / Unique Koi / The 34th Kanto Koshin District Koi Show / ZNA the 22nd Takamatsu-nishi of Sanuki Koi Show / An Annual Event at Narita's -- All fifty-five Kohaku of Hoshikin breed were sold out / The 5th Chiangmai Jumbo Koi Show / Beauty of Japan

#442(2007/07/15)
What has become of the Nishikigoi Niigata Direct Ltd.? (Part 2) -- Their super jumbo will become two years old in the fall of this year / Koi Appreciation (Part 1) -- What is the essence of Sumi marking? / New breeding ponds under development on the Noda Nishikigoi Center (Part 1) / ZNA the 38th Tokushima Koi Show / The 2nd Nishikigoi Shuminokai Koi Show / The 4th Zen Nihon Airikai Ehime Imabari Koi Show / The selection of Showa Sanshoku on the Kondo Koi Farm -- A victory by a Kondo-born Kohaku / A soba (buckwheat-noodle) restaurant in front of the JR Ojiya Station -- A few anecdotes about Japanese paintings of koi / Rinko Gallery

#443(2007/08/01)
Kojiro Migita embarks on a new career as an independent koi farmer (Part 2) -- Selection of Kuroko / Joint project of the Dainichi and the Narita -- Domestic and foreign koi lovers thronged to the Tosai sale spot / The 12th Saitama Young Koi Show / The 4th Aomori Rinyukai Koi Show / What has become of the Nishikigoi Niigata Direct Ltd.? -- "Not being a label is our brand"/ Unique Koi / Mr. Tamaki challenges the hatching of Kohaku / Beauty of Japan

#444(2007/08/15)
Koi Appreciation -- What is the essence of Sumi marking?(Part 2) / Niigata-bred Nishikigoi are displayed in large scale aquariums in the Echigo Kawaguchi Service Area on the Kanetsu-do Expressway / The 16th Kumamoto Koi Show / ZNA the 22nd Hong Kong Koi Show / My Proud Koi / Development of technique against KHV spread / Staff members of the Niigata Prefectural Inland Water Fisheries Experimental Station are facing a challenge / Rinko Gallery

#445(2007/09/01)
Distributors of Nishikigoi from who a pioneering spirit overflows / Kojiro Migita embarks on a new career as an independent koi farmer (Part 3) / The 1st Hiroshima Young Koi Show / The 19th Fukuoka Young Koi Show / The 18th Aokonokai Koi Show / Unique Koi / Kyurinkai -- Examination-training meeting of the Fukuoka branch / Beauty of Japan

#446(2007/09/15)
Kyorin's seminar on what assorted feed is about -- Part 1 / The 4th Higo-Rinkai Young Koi Show / The 4th Nishikigoi Festival / Koi lovers gathering at Yamamoto Fish Farm engage in a hot argument about Koi / My Proud Koi / A large-scale earthquake hits Niigata again -- Koi farmers who kept carrying drinking water to stricken area / Rinko Gallery

#447(2007/10/01)
Dainichi Koi Farm's Toyota Large Scale Indoor Pond House / Kojiro Migita embarks on a new career as an independent koi farmer (Part 4) / An annual summer event at Narita Koi Farms Japan -- Enlivened by a spot sale and an auction / Kumamoto Nishikigoi Breeders Assoc. The 33rd Koi Show / Zen Nihon Airikai Shikoku The 4th Koi Show / The birth of a new species -- Doitsu Goshiki at Koshiji's (Part 1) / Beauty of Japan

#448(2007/10/15)
Oishi Fish Farm wins fame as a leading breeder of Yogyo (infant koi) and Wakagoi (young koi) / The 27th Saitama Koi Show / The 3rd Hakusan Korinkai Young Koi Show / Kyorin's seminar on what assorted feed is about (Part 2) / My Proud Koi / How to take pictures of your koi -- Even a small Strobo camera makes good pictures / Rinko Gallery

#449(2007/11/01)
Ikeage of Tosai -- Nagashima Koi Farm/Nishikigoi Niigata Direct Co./Dainichi Koi Farm / Kojiro Migita embarks on a new career as an independent koi farmer Part 5 / The 3rd Shinkokai All Thailand Koi Show / ZNA the 31st Tokai District Koi Show / The birth of a new species Doitsu Goshiki at Koshiji?s Part 2 / Beauty of Japan

#450(2007/11/15)
Ogata Showa succeeds in first spawning -- -- The children's shape owes much to Ueno's keeping technique / Spot sale of two champions' offspring at the Narita Koi Farm -- Participants' eyes were glued to the yearlings from "Sayuri" and "Sakura" / The 9th Kondo Koi Farm's Auction / ZNA the 34th Kinki District Koi Show / South African Koi Keepers Society -- The 12th Western Cape Koi Show / So many men,so many ponds -- My desire is to be involved in the koi keeping as long as possible / My Proud Koi / Unique Koi

#451(2007/12/01)
The grand championship goes to TORAZO Urakawa Koi Farm / The 47th Niigata Koi Show (Nogyosai) / Sakai Fish Farm's Autumn Auction & Spot Sale / Kojiro Migita embarks on a new career as an independent koi farmer (Part 6) / ZNA the 29th Chugoku District Koi Show / Hoshikin Kohaku Koi Contest -- The record best result in history / Beauty of Japan

#452(2007/12/15)
Koi Show in Echigo Niigata -- The 35th Sanjo Nishikigoi Aikokai's Koi Show -- The 27th Uonuma City Nishikigoi Contest -- The Yomogihira Young Koi Show -- The 38th Naka-Uonuma &Toka-machi Nishikigoi Show -- The 37th Shiozawa District Koi Show -- The 41st JA Echigo Ojiya Nishikigoi Show -- The 54th Nagaoka City Nishikigoi Show / So many men,so many ponds -- A double-prized Taniguchi Kohaku / ZNA Kyushu District the 1st Young Koi Show / ZNA Hokuriku District the 31st Koi Show / The 3rd Toyama Young Koi Show / My Proud Koi / Kyurinkai Kumamoto Chapter's judgement seminar / Rinko Gallery