Sunday, June 1, 2008

Picture shows getting fries ready for culling by experienced staff of the farm.

It's the busier time for a koi farm when culling starts. Koi from Wuxi farm has been selling very well locally due to its high quality and the huge domestic market. It is not unusual for a customer to travel for 10 over hours by train to pick up Koi from the farm!

We only air freight Wuxi Koi to Malaysia for competition (China domestic demand for Koi is very huge!) and to-date only one Malaysian customer has the privilege of raising Wuxi koi as he ordered them from Wuxi direct via it's website www.wxkoi.com. He is Mr AC Ng of Xin Hwa trading & transport.

Log on to www.wxkoi.com for better understanding of our Wuxi farm.

Friday, May 30, 2008

Got an enquiry from Mr Jacky Chan who asked about an Aka utsuri or Hi utsuri which he spotted in one of our pictures posted on slide.com or this blog site. Unfortunately this piece was sold off together with a Shiro utsuri some 3 weeks ago.

We will soon be sending a picture of another beautiful Hi utsuri via email. He will also be informed on how he could get koi direct from us at a very affordable fee (air freight and import/export permits, etc together with other buyers from Sarawak) as we have regular koi retailers from Sarawak buying koi from us.

Saturday, May 3, 2008

A very well organized and big farm. A farm with huge natural ponds (total 7 nos.) to nurture very good koi for the world market. These natural ponds are scattered about in different locations and about 1 hour's drive away. Before harvest of these koi, 10 days are needed to drain off the pond water!

Inspected easily 4000 koi and selected about 110 pcs of 8 to 14 inches. These will be shipped over on 8 May and we will commence selling them from 13 May after 5 days' quarantine.

You have to visit us to see for yourself the hand-picked Koi from Ogata Farm.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Have been selling Ogata koi for a long time but visiting it for the first time end April! I didn't know Fukuoka is actually on Kyushu island and not on Honshu. I recall the good old days of Yaohan supermarket promoting fruits from Fukuoka city, Japan. It was Renny, my pond and koi customer from Seri Alam who got the location of this place from the internet. Renny will be travelling with me for his very first visit to a Japan koi farm!

Friday, February 8, 2008

Happy Lunar New Year. More Ogata koi waiting for your selection. We reopen for business on Sunday with our advertisement on Sin Chew (Saturday) featuring the latest completed pond. We look forward to welcome you to our retail outlet.

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

We have just received about 300 baby koi from Ogata farm in time for you to add to your koi collection for the coming Chinese New Year. As usual, we will need 3 days to allow for quarantine. These baby koi will be ready for your selection on Saturday, 26 January. The usual in-house discount policy applies. We look forward to welcome you!

Monday, December 10, 2007

For the last few months we have HL and his family visiting us regularly and adding koi to their new koi pond after each visit.

This morning, the son, whose name with initial CK spotted a Sanke with the letters CK across the body and decided to add this koi to their collection. The daughter picked a 14" friendly yellow kawarimono from our newly completed koi ponds. Pictures show Mr HL Ong and family viewing and selecting koi. HL also purchased a salt tester which is useful to ensure salinity level is maintained at between 0.1 - 0.2%.

HL's koi pond has a swing above the pond which makes viewing of koi particularly enjoyable! 

Sunday, November 4, 2007

Above picture shows Mr Chew and his family members, all smile after selecting one Omosako Shiro Utsuri and a Ki-Showa. Mr Chew became the 3rd customer to make booking for our new arrivals. A Mr Shak has booked 2 Izumiya Yamabuki Ogon and Mr Fong has purchased several Platinum. Our strong supporter, Mr David Kee also purchased one Omosako Shiro and 2 Otsuka Hi Asagi.

We thank you for your support and look forward to you picking up your new purchases next week!

Monday, October 8, 2007

We are adding more ponds to the outlet. Two small 1-ton ponds (picture above) and a much bigger 18-ton pond will be added. Construction for the two small ponds started today and is expected to complete within the next 5 days.

The 18-ton pond, with intention to double up as a Show pond for potential customers planning to make ponds; is expected to be ready come 3rd week of November. Will bring you more details as we progress along.

Friday, August 24, 2007

We have just received our new stock from Japan. These koi are available for viewing at our retail outlet. Pictures of them are already posted. Sales will commence next Tuesday but you are able to make your bookings right away. If you are prepared to quarantine them yourself, it is possible for you to buy them right away. We make it simple for you.

Our in-house discount policy applies to new arrivals too! We look forward to welcome you.