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Korea, Japan, China

Travel Kit

Travel Kit East Asia, Korea, Japan, Korea. When you are in Korea, Japan or China it would be nice when you are up to date. On this page, we give you some easy to use links. Let's call it an "information travel kit".          

March 15, 2021March 16, 2021TravelingLeave a comment
Koi, Korea

Korean Koi in the year of the Ox

written by: Hugo J. Smal Seollal 설날 2021 has passed, Korean Lunar new year. The year of the Ox sets in. In normal times family members come together on Seollal. In the morning people bow to the ancestors and look ahead and hope for a year full of prosperity. But this is not a normal … Continue reading Korean Koi in the year of the Ox

February 17, 2021February 22, 2021Leave a comment
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Mickey Paulssen love portraits.

Yes, Mickey Paulssen loves to make portraits. Since she graduated from the Academy for Visual Arts Genk she painted, etched, and drawn many people. She did this on assignment or just because she liked it. We show you some examples. A great gift for friends and family! Do you want to give someone a portrait … Continue reading Mickey Paulssen love portraits.

October 16, 2020October 20, 2020Leave a comment
Koi, Korea

Become friends with koi

Become friends with koi. written by Hugo J. Smal How do you become best friends with your koi? That is the ideal of every koi hobbyist: to build a close relationship with your ornamental carp, a relationship that provides mutual pleasure. Many koi keepers are happy and proud to say that their fish are 'tame'. … Continue reading Become friends with koi

September 29, 2020December 30, 2020Garden, foodLeave a comment
Koi, Korea

Goyang Koi farm: Tosai 19 September 2020

Corona months are hunger times written by Hugo J. Smal – Chief editor Kim Young Soo, breeder at the Goyang Koi farm sends me movies about the Tosai on a regular basis. It's nice to see but also frustrating. I rather was at the Baedagol theme park. I am in the Netherlands and going back … Continue reading Goyang Koi farm: Tosai 19 September 2020

September 19, 2020December 30, 2020Leave a comment
Koi, Korea

Goyang Koi farm Tosai 2 months old.

Tosai are growing well! Kim Young Soo is very happy. The Goyang Koi are 2 months old now and doing great. They are growing very well and are promising stunning fishes in the future. Of course, they will be selected again and again. Hopefully, they find next year their way to the ponds of Nishikigoi … Continue reading Goyang Koi farm Tosai 2 months old.

September 10, 2020September 10, 2020Leave a comment
Koi, Korea

Goyang Koifarm early selecting Koi

Goyang Koi farm: First early Koi selection. Last weeks some 2 million Koi eggs have hatched at the Goyang Koi farm. All the little fishes are swimming in the mud pounds. Now It's time to make a fist, very early selection.  I am very happy to look at how Kim Young Soo is doing this. … Continue reading Goyang Koifarm early selecting Koi

June 15, 2020December 30, 2020
Koi, Korea

Breeding Goyang Koi farm 2020

Koibreeding at the Goyang Koifarm 2020 writer Hugo J. Smal To get the whole story The breeding season has started! Ad the Goyang Koifarm the spawning is done. Kim Young Soo did put a lot of dedication, time and energy in it. It's not that difficult to let the Koi spawn. Simply put a woman with … Continue reading Breeding Goyang Koi farm 2020

June 7, 2020December 30, 2020
art, Korea

The drawning of potrait Kim Young Soo

Mickey Paulssen drawing portrait step by step Although Mickey did not learn to draw portraits at the academy she loves to do that. And that's how she did get the feeling of it: just to do. On this page, you find the making of the portrait of Kim Young Soo (C.E.O of the Baedagol theme … Continue reading The drawning of potrait Kim Young Soo

May 30, 2020May 30, 2020Leave a comment
Koi, Korea

Koi varieties, an introduction

Go Sanke, most important written by Hugo J. Smal During the Japanese Edo period (1603 - 1867), the successive Shoguns (rulers of military castes) always came from three closely related families: Mito, Kishu and Owan. They are known as Tokugawa Go-Sanke, which are considered the most important genera of the period. As a tribute to … Continue reading Koi varieties, an introduction

May 23, 2020April 13, 2021Garden, Goyang Koi Farm, PondLeave a comment

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