By AYUMI SUGIYAMA/ Staff Writer
November 10, 2020 at 09:30 JST
Nishikigoi are shipped Sept. 7 from Nagaoka in special heat-resistant containers so they survive the season’s high temperatures, after spring exports were suspended due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. (Ayumi Sugiyama)
Normally at this time of year, wealthy foreigners descend on Niigata Prefecture to inspect and purchase brightly colored, prized specialty koi in transactions that sometimes see tens of millions of yen changing hands for a single specimen. [Read More]
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