Nishikigoi is colored carp, which is usually called 'KOI' in Japanese. Nishikigoi was first produced in the local mountain area in Niigata, Japan about 200 hundred years ago. By many years' crossbreedings nishikigoi has had many varieties, and now loved over the world, worthy to be called the Queen of Pet Fish.

WHAT IS ZEN NIPPON AIRINKAI?
ZEN NIPPON AIRINKAI CHAPTERS
ZNA ACTIVITIES
BECOME A ZNA MEMBER (subscribe koi magazine)



WHAT IS ZEN NIPPON AIRINKAI?
The Koi keepers, who love Nishikigoi, have got together to found the Nishikigoi keepers society - which is ZEN NIPPON AIRINKAI. Through NIPPON AIRINKAI the members can make the Koi Friendship and giving the Koi information to each other all over the world.

ZEN NIPPON AIRINKAI offers various activities and events to inform how enjoyable Nishikigoi keeping is, and also how to appreciate the largest garden fish in the world. ZEN NIPPON AIRINKAI is an association for amateur Koi keepers, which contribute the social welfare by donating Nishikigoi to the public ponds in the rivers, parks, schools and other public spaces.

ZEN NIPPON AIRINKAI CHAPTERS

The ZNA activities are performed by the unit of the chapters or branches as follows.


ZNA ORGANIZATION CHART
ZNA Districts and Chapters <JAPAN>

ZNA Headquarters
Chairman: Masao Kato Vice-Chairman: Kenichi Kizawa, Akira Hiroe, Keiichi Iwahashi Managing Director: Naosuke Hirai Executive Director: Hiroshi Masuda, Nobuo Takigawa Directors:Shigeru Kato, Mitsuo Nakamura, Hideo Hirooka, Masayuki Suzuki, Atsushi Yokoyama, Yoshio Takano, Hiroyuki Miyamoto, Takazo Fukuoka, Yaroku Mikami, Yoshito Saijo, Hitoshi Hamao
Auditors: Kazuo Akimori, Eiichiro Konomoto
Advisors: Susumu Saku, Koremichi Ito

ZNA Japan Districts and Chapters
Tohoku District and Hokkaido Chapter
Hokkaido, Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima

Kanto District
Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Sakura, Kanagawa, Yamanashi

Hokuriku District
Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui

Tokai District
Nagano, Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie

Kinki District
Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama

Chugoku District
Tottori, Shimane West, Shimane East, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi

Shikoku District
Tokushima, Kagawa, Sanuki, Ehime, Kochi

Kyushu District
Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa

ZNA ORGANIZATION CHART
ZNA Districts and Chapters <OVERSEAS>
USA
US District : US District Chairman Ron Goforth dodell@sbcglobal.net
Southern California Chapter : donkobash@aol.com
Orange County Chapter : riley@surfside.net
Lone Star Chapter : www.lonestarkoi.com
Northwest Chapter : www.nwkg.org
Potomac Chapter : smckenzie1960@msn.com
MAKC Chapter : www.makc.com
Motokara Koi Kai Chapter : dodell@sbcglobal.net
Northern Midwest Chapter : R.Brudd@comcast.net
Southern Koi Chapter : www.znaska.com
Northern California Chapter : joelan@sbcglobal.net
Atlanta Koi Friendship Club : www.atlantakoiclub.org
CANADA
Canada Koi Friendship Club : www.canadakoiclub.ca
THAILAND
Thailand Chapter
HONG KONG
CHINA
Hong Kong Chapter : hk_koiclub@yahoo.com.hk
CHINA Guangdong Chapter : maize_0421@yahoo.com.hk
Shanghai Friendship Club : raymondsun@gereralorientltd.com
SINGAPORE
Singapore Chapter : www.singaporekoiclub.com
MALAYSIA
Malaysia Chapter : www.koi.com.my
Penang Koi Friendship Club : leesy@sem.my.sony.com.sg
INDONESIA Surabaya Chapter : sbykoi@hotmail.com
Bandung Chapter : sbk@bdg.centrin.net.com
Jakarta Chapter : jkt_koi_club@cbn.net.id
PHILIPPINES Nishikigoi Philippines Friendship Club : abls@i-next.net
KOREA
Closed
TAIWAN
TAIWAN District, Nishikigoi Keepers Society of China
Taiwan District Chairman Kuo Chung-Yang nksc.tw@msa.hinet.net
Taipei Chapter :
Taichung Chapter : cindyhs@ms66.hinet.net
Taoyuan Chapter :
I-lan Chapter :
Southern Chapter : koi.liu@msa.hinet.net

ROC KOI ASSOCIATION : phone (06) 280-5342 fax (06) 280-5350
Northern Taiwan Chapter :
Middle Taiwan Chapter :
Southern Taiwan Chapter :
Eastern Taiwan Chapter :
AUSTRALIA
KSA Australia Chapter : www.ksakoi.com
AKA Bankstown Chapter : www.akakoi.com
Western Australia Chapter : www.koiclubwa.com
BRAZIL
Brazil Chapter : www.nishikigoi.org.br
SOUTH AFRICA
South African Chapter : www.sakks.co.za
GERMANY
KLAN German Chapter : www.koiklan.de
BELGIUM
Belgium Chapter : info@koihome.info
NEDERLAND
Dutch Chapter : www.nvn-koi.nl
BRITAIN
South of England Chapter : sekc.org.uk
North of England Chapter : geoff.kitson1@ntlworld.com
West Midland Chapter (U.K.) : athornhill@koi-imports.co.uk
Nothern Koi Friendship Club (U.K.) :
NORWAY
Norway East Friendship Club : stein.dag.jensen@nrk.no

ZNA ACTIVITIES
1) Organizing Nishikigoi Shows
2) Research and study of Nishikigoi
3) Service to the community
4) Spreading the Nishikigoi culture
5) Promoting the International Koi friendship
6) Publishing monthly Koi Magazine, NICHIRIN (Japanese and English)


BECOME A ZNA MEMBER

If you want to join a ZNA chapter in your area, please contact the chapter above.
Or you can subscribe our Nishikigoi magazine, NICHIRIN by the order form on our web.
Please print the order form and send it by post, fax or e-mail if you want higher security.

ZEN NIPPON AIRINKAI
9-1-47 Ishigaki-nishi, Beppu, Oita, 874-0910 Japan
PHONE +81 977 214151 FAX +81 977 214529
E-mail zna@ctb.ne.jp


NICHIRIN


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