History of the Ogata Koi Farm - by Mr Ogata

The farm started with 40 acres of land in 1972. The next year, one "Kohaku" and one "Taisho Sanshoku" spawned. We have exerted ourselves to expand the farming area, and increase production and qualities.

The number of farming areas is now eight with a total of 13 hectares. Every year, 30,000 selected yearlings out of 3,000,000 young fish, are produced. We are proud of the quality and splendid yield of "Nishikigoi".

In the meantime, we have established annual prize winning at the "All Japan Combined Nishikigoi Show". One of our best Koi is the Grand Champion, "Beni Makio" of the 21st Show.

We have been providing one of the traditional Japanese beauties, the "Nishikigoi", to the world.

Ogata Koi are world renowned

We engaged in exporting Nishikigoi in 1980. At that time, the main countries we exported our Koi to were Taiwan, Thailand, Hong Kong and South East Asia in general. Since 1985, the amount of exporting Koi has been increasing. Now, we export our Koi not only to South East Asia but also to the U.K., Europe, America, and many other Countries.

The Koi from Ogata are always attracting people's eyes.

Below are a few pictures taken by koi Logic on the many trips we have made to the Ogata Koi Farm and the surrounding area.

Autumn Harvest time at the Ogata Koi Farm is a really busy time, the pictures below show the work in progress.