Hi there,

I'm new to this forum, for reasons beyond understanding I never thought about searching out fish hobbyist forums on the web before. This, despite the fact that I visit automotive related ones constantly. Oh well. I'm attaching some photos from a business trip overseas I had about a month ago.

These are from the Koi pond (closer to a lake) at the New Otani Hotel in Tokyo, Japan. A great hotel if you're ever in Tokyo for business or vacation.

In any case, the Koi are large and varied. Some of the largest ones were over 20lbs I'm sure as they stretched more than 24 inches. All were use to being hand fed because if you hover your hand over them, they surface with mouths stretched! Some fish were excellent examples, however a few did exhibit signs of injury (as you would find in such a large group) such as scars, missing eye or some scale/fin damage.

Thanks,
Peter

those are some awesome pics! i love the one where the fish has his mouth out the water and that white fish in the second to last pic

Those are beautiful pictures! The fish at the bottom of the third picture has the most precious face, what a great picture!

Great pics of those Koi.Thanks for sharing them with us.
And by the way,Welcome to Koko's.

I agree.. that face is adorable.

Welcome to KOKO's and thanks for sharing your pictures

Welcome to Koko's, those are great pictures! Thanks for sharing them with us!

thanks-what a sweet thing to do,posting the photos here for us to see,Japan is my number 1 holiday destination...one day maybe♥

I wish I had taken photos which would show scale. These fish were all enormous. Having seen Koi state side, I didn't know they could grow to this size. What Petco stores call "Big Bubba" and sell for $69.99 would be about half the size of these things.

It was actually a bit nerve wracking to see them thrash about in front of you thinking food was on the way. I'll see if I can dig up other photos of the Koi pond. By the way, there are two restaurants smack in the middle of the garden. I decided to have steak that night to avoid the irony of eating sushi while surrounded by a huge Koi pond.

Thanks,
Peter

Beautiful Photos! Thank you very much for Posting. And welcome to KGW

Few more photos. Not so much a Koi pond as it is a "lake". I was told by the hotel staff that some of the Koi are over 20 years old. I don't doubt it based on how large they are.



The white flecks are from Cherry blossoms. It happened to be Cherry blossom season.

Nice!

Thanks for sharing...

...and welcome.

Now that's what I call a koi pond!!

Cherry Blossom season as well, you struck the jackpot on this trip it seems.

My fav fish is in the top 2 pics, the all yellow one.