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Yamakoshi, working on a daily basis with the breeders
there. For nearly forty years he has promoted and
written numerous articles in all the world’s leading Koi
magazines. During these years his close friendship with
the breeders and cultural knowledge of Japan has
become unique. KoiVision seemed the next logical step
for him to create but he wanted someone on board who
also had the experience and in-depth knowledge of
working on Koi videos, and who better than to ask
Nik Read who had worked on Koi videos 25 years
previously.
THE CONCEPT Nik Read of New Vision Productions is part of
KoiVision. He runs an award-winning production
OF KOIVISION company and has had years of experience filming Koi,
WAS ONE Koi ponds and Koi companies around the world. He has
made many of the very first Koi videos and later DVD’s
THING, that hobbyists around the world watched. These
EXPLAINING included Nishikigoi The Movie, The Living Jewels series,
Niigata Secrets, The Koi Keepers series, Koi Varieties
THIS TO THE and the Yamakoshi Trilogy, which he and Martin
Symonds together worked on back in the 1990’s.
BREEDERS AND
The concept of KoiVision was one thing, explaining this
PEOPLE IN to the breeders and people in Japan was quite another.
From in-depth interviews with Japanese Koi breeders JAPAN WAS The support from all the breeders and everyone who
(in their own words), informative features and cultural has taken part, in Japan and around the world, has
films, KoiVision will be able to be viewed by streaming QUITE been overwhelming. This has made the making of the
NOTHING LIKE directly to your phone, tablet, computer or TV, either as ANOTHER programme so much easier.
a one-off purchase or on a subscription basis, nothing
THIS HAS like this has ever been done before. Each programme contains individual films covering a
range of informative subjects, which include:
EVER BEEN It’s been three years in the making. The idea seemed
Breeders’ Profile
DONE BEFORE simple enough to bring people a high quality television
programme about Nishikigoi and Japan but the Japan is famous for so many things but in and around
planning, travelling, filming and organisation proved the mountains of Yamakoshi and the village of
more than easy, however, this December 2019 sees the Mushigame, any Koi hobbyist will know that this will be
launch of programme one. known as the birthplace of Nishikigoi. KoiVision
interview breeders across Japan learning about the
The team behind KoiVision have a wealth of experience
history of their farms, aspirations and of course their Koi.
of living, working and filming Koi in Japan and around
the world. Koi Varieties
Martin Symonds has been visiting Japan since 1981 Discussing Koi varieties can be a very subjective
promoting and suppling Koi around the world. In 1999 subject. In each programme KoiVision select a breeder
he began living in the village of Mushigame in to explain what they look for in some of their quality
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