About Us
Hello and welcome to our website…Japan Guiding.
We are farther and son Stephen and Anthony Grey and have
been visiting Japan since 2006.
We are passionate about Nishikigoi ‘Koi’ and have been keeping koi since 2003. We have been showing our koi at the highest level and have won many major awards. Anthony is also a fully qualified Koi judge having trained with the British Koi Keepers Judging Standards Committee (JSC) being part of the programme since 2015 and was one of the youngest member to achieve full status Judge with many accolades.
As mentioned, we have been visiting Japan’s famous Koi
breeders since 2006 and have been visited Japan ever since. Our other love of Japan is visiting Japan’s famous
world heritage sites, we extensively explore the many heritages cultural and
natural sites ranging from Japan’s castles, temples, shrines, Its famous gardens,
and bonsai farms!
Keeping koi is why we initially visited Japan to visit the many famous Koi breeders and their farms traveling all around the Niigata prefecture and the Southern Japan breeders.
We just love the Japanese culture and cuisine, but its our
love for their famous gardens and the landscape of their Japanese Pine Trees,
which we have turned into a successful business ‘Wakai Trees’ germinating and
growing Japanese Pines here in the UK.
Please check out our other website www.wakaitrees.co.uk
We also travel to the many Bonsai areas such as Takamatsu visiting
the many bonsai farmers.
We have a dream of guiding in the future. So, whether you are interested in Koi, bonsai, Japan’s
heritage sites and famous gardens and you are thinking about traveling to
Japan, but unsure where to go or apprehensive about traveling around then why
not ask us to guide you!
We hope you enjoy our site,
Kind Regards
Stephen & Anthony Grey
Some of our koi photo's above are courtesy of World of Nishikigoi Magazine.