Today, the area in Niigata which was known as Yamakoshi is almost ‘easy’ to explore even for the first-time ‘Koi visitor’ to the area. Nowadays road signs are nearly all signed in both Kanji and English and most of the Koi farms do this also. (Two years ago the area which was known as Yamakoshi to us Koi freaks, was re-christened to either Ojiya or Nagaoka depending on the actual village one is exploring.) It seems a great pity to me that the name of Yamakoshi will soon be deleted from our vocabulary and, in a personal protest, I will always continue to use it - Long live Yamakoshi! No matter what the local government have decided, I will always refer to Mushigame village as being in Yamakoshi and NEVER as Nagaoka!
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Koi & Pond Tip of the Day May 9th, 2008
For many of us, our ponds are beginning to warm (or will soon be). Water temperature, not the ambient air temperature, is the gauge for what to do and when to do it in regards to your pond. Water temperature should be checked at approximately 1 foot of depth. Avoid feeding your fish until the water temperature is consistently above 50 degrees Fahrenheit. This will also be the time to start adding spring maintenance bacteria and enzyme treatments.
