WELCOME!! 　This is Tsuyoshi Kawakami. Most of you may know me. For some of you whom I haven't had a pleasure of meeting you, I am TORAZO, the master breeder of URAKAWA Koi farm. Thank you for visiting our home page. I hope you'll take a little bit of time to learn about us. 　Our farm is located in Uragara, Ojiya, very heart of Nishikigoi mainstreet. We have about 40 mud ponds, in approximately 10 acres of area. We've been in business for 88 years. Our mai production is high quality Go-Sanke varieties. Our Koi 　TORAZO - Urakawa Koi farm is the home of TORAZO Sanke, one of the classic lines of Sanke variety. Now the original TORAZO line is not prominent in our Sanke, we have been introducing new lines into our line and improving it for years. Now our main production is Kohaku - the ratio now is about 50% Kohaku, 30% Showa, and 20% Sanke. 　"Every person who visits TORAZO is impressed by the high standard of TORAZO's koi. If you're looking for quality, this is one of the few farms in Niigata which you must pay a visit." (words of recommendation by Tamikazu Kobayashi) 　 　 Our History 　My great grandfather Chuzo Kawakami, started the farm in early 20th century. We had been established in 1917 (this is the year Russian revolution took place!). Then my father Hiroshi took over just when Nishikigoi was getting to be very popular in Japan. 　Now I have been running the farm for more than 10 years. Every season is a new challenge for me, in order to keep up with the name of TORAZO, and to improve our line of koi. 　 （Left)　An old drawing block used back then, in order to keep track of parent koi and other prominent koi.