climate niosl contluciN'e tn successful cultiu'e; Kori\-;uiia, a small ])lace near the ancient capital cities 

 of Kara and Ivvotu, which also has excellent marketing facilities and a salubrious climate; and 

 Osaka, the \'enice nf japan and the second cit\' of the limpiie. Knri\'ama is the most imp(jrtant 

 center, and has about three hundred and fiftv goldlish breeders whuse annual output is upward 

 of ten million fish. At some estalilishments as man\' as six hundred thousand are produced and 

 sokl annuall)-, while at (ithers the ^■ield mav lie onl\- a few thousands. 



Tok)-(.) and Kori}-ama ma)- be said to be the headf|uarters of two difTerent schools of gold- 

 fish culture, with dit+erent breeding methods, different standijj.ds of excellence, and different 

 fashions in fish. The Tokyo school dominates the northeastern part of the Empire, and the 

 Koriyama school holds swa)' o\'er the western part of the main island of Hondo and the islands 

 of Shikoku and Kvushu. 



