Every year in December, this year at December 13th and 14th 2008, the "Nishikigoi Keepers Society of China" is holding the "Taiwan Koi Show". The koi breeders and enthusiasts of Taiwan work together to make this Koi show an event worth memorizing.
More than 30 koi farms will exhibit hundreds of koi and participate in the competition of this years champion kois. As always international judges from Japan, Hongkong, Holland and Taiwan will choose the winners.
Koi and pond related products will also be exhibited. Read on for show program, koi farm visits and travel preparations.
As members of the NKSC we, from Taiwankoi.com are welcoming you to
follow an open invitation from the NKSC chairman. We
are more than happy to assist with airport pickup and hotel booking and
koi farm and koi shop visits after the show.
Koishow location:
TAICHUNG FISH MARKET CO., LTD. No.2, Sec. 4, Huanzhong Rd., Nantun District, Taichung City 408, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Note: Yilan county is located in the north east of Taiwan, a very sceneric and beautiful part of the island.
A photo of the park where the show will take place can be found with these links. You will also find some data about the hotel used by the NKSC during the show.
Web link to the fish market company: http://www.tcfish.com.tw/index.htm
Web link to location photos and a map: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/6545569
The annual Taiwan Koishow represents a unique opportunity to get a
quick overview of all NKSC breeders of which there are more than 40 and
the quality and beauty of Koi from Taiwan. As always there will also be
though competition between Japanese Koi from most renowned Koifarms in
Japan and Koi from Taiwan, allowing for direct comparison and breeder
feedback.
International visitors are free to join the current program, where only marginal
transport charges apply:
More information about the Koi show can be found at the website http://www.taiwankoi.com
THE PROGRAM (updated Dec. 12th)
ATTENTION: There are not many banks that exchange money to
good rates and a fast pace. We advise to exchange currency at the
airport (before the passport check, and at the luggage pick-up) you
will find good exchange booths. Visitors usually spend about EURO
200-300 on presents, drinks, etc.
ATTENTION: Visitors please provide flight number, date/time of
arrival, date/time of departure, name and number of rooms needed ASAP.
Program details will be made available soon.
The program above may be subject to change, due to weather conditions and interest groups.
Should you be looking for special Koi or breeders or koi shops, please
let us know beforehand.
Koishow program
::: DAY ::: 12/12 (Friday)
14:00~18:00 Koi benching
::: DAY ::: 13/12 (Saturday)
08:00~17:00 Koi judging
10:00~17:00 Koishow open to the public
18:30 NKSC Koi club dinner
::: DAY ::: 02/12 (Sunday)
08:00~15:00 Koishow open to the public
13:30 Koishow trophy awards
15:00 Koi de-benching
FLIGHT INFORMATION:
The airport of destination is Taipei International Airport (TPE). China
Airlines (not to be confused with "Air China") and Eva Air are flying directly to Taiwan. Their websites are www.china-airlines.com and www.evaair.com. Some visitors are going to, or coming from Japan. China Airlines and
Eva Air allow for free stop-overs in Taiwan when booking flights to
Japan. E.g. The flight Amsterdam-Japan has a free stop-over opportunity
in Taipei.
Furthermore KLM and North-West are having good connections. For
visitors flying in via Hongkong we recommend Cathay Pacific. Almost the
whole Dutch contingent booked their flights via Frankfurt (FRA) or
Duesseldorf (DUS) with KLM or China Airlines, as the ticket prices seem
to be cheaper in Germany. Ticket prices are about EURO 850,- but are
rising fast as we are getting closer to December.
The airlines will also inform you for the necessity of visas. We can
confirm that visitors from Germany, Japan, Holland, Belgium, the USA,
Canada and the UK do not need a visa for Taiwan, as long as they have a
valid return ticket with them.
DRY GOODS:
Taiwan is one of the most active dry goods inventors and manufacturers
in Asia. Due to heavy competition with mainland China, product
innovation is quick, productions are lean and scale-able based upon
excellent transport infrastructure and logistics. Some of the companies
manufacturing in Taiwan are Alita, Matala, Haifeng and many others.
Many of our customers are most interested to gain access direct access
to dry-goods as resellers, distributors, wholesalers or participate in
re-branding or OEM productions. Upon request we will forward updated
price lists for air pumps, water pumps, koi food, plastics tanks, fish
nets and other pond supplies. Thus our customers can diversify their
sources for dry-goods and koi.
CONTACT:
Please contact Mr. Christian STAMPF with questions:
email:
phone: +886 9521 90728 (turned off at night)
fax: +886-5-6960728
