In Japan there are no park does not have koi pond, the domestic variety of common carp. Koi also means "affection" as the Japanese believe that the tent is lucky.
The cultivation of these ornamental carp began in China during the Qing Dynasty and came to Japan during the Yayoi Era.



It was during the nineteenth century when it starts to catch on significantly in Niigata Prefecture in Japan. Japanese Farmers and food raised common tents, which favored the expansion of the new variety coming from China and korea. It was they who got the most intense colors and pure, and they made a very careful breeding.


In the early twentieth century ornamental carp farming became popular worldwide, thanks to growing trade between Japan and the rest of the world. Currently it is common to find them in pet shops and breeding has specialized lot, even some specimens have been valued at 100,000 euros.

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