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Dec 10 2012 14 Comments

Fish in a bag, Japanese style

Not some unidentifiable sea dweller dished up as a quick meal. No sickly goldfish destined to be dead by morning either. But rather some beautifully coloured and surprisingly blue-eyed koi.

Japanese koi in bags

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  1. Marc says

    12/10/2012 at 11:14 am

    I have a pond off my back patio. They could easily join the others there! Beautiful.

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    • Lee says

      12/10/2012 at 6:31 pm

      Yes, they really are. Never knew they had blue eyes either.

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  2. Willy says

    12/10/2012 at 5:26 pm

    I’m glad I’m not a fish… or a bag…

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    • Lee says

      12/10/2012 at 6:33 pm

      Yes. Surprisingly though most of them seemed pretty content. Only a couple appeared to be struggling with their new, confined space.

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  3. peter says

    12/10/2012 at 11:49 pm

    hmm packed lunch sushi style! Just add rice and wasabi 😉

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    • Lee says

      12/11/2012 at 10:04 am

      Very true! From what I’ve been told though, they don’t make for a tasty meal.

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  4. kidd says

    12/11/2012 at 12:50 am

    Oh no, this is not right.. But then, they’re so cute too, awww…

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    • Lee says

      12/11/2012 at 10:06 am

      It was only for a short while, as they were for sale. I took the photo at a large koi fare. Some of them were huge beasts.

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  5. john says

    12/11/2012 at 3:38 am

    Puzzled why they are seemingly homeless, but they seem to be getting theirs heads about it ?
    Not the sort of thing you can easily mislay or forget. I hope they are not coy being in the open like that :o>

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    • Lee says

      12/11/2012 at 10:08 am

      That’s a shocker!

      I probably should have explained, but it was a koi fare. A huge number of them were for sale. All different colours and sizes. The bigger (and quite possibly more expensive ones) were in temporary tanks. An interesting find for sure.

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  6. WP says

    12/11/2012 at 10:26 pm

    Pretty!

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    • Lee says

      12/12/2012 at 9:10 am

      Yes. Lovely colours.

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  7. Susan Rogers says

    12/12/2012 at 12:11 am

    They look like they are conversing.

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    • Lee says

      12/12/2012 at 9:11 am

      Haha, I hadn’t picked up on that, but yes, they do, don’t they? A doomed escape plot perhaps.

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