Buying Koi in Japan 🇯🇵 | Winter Koi Farm Trip 2026 (Part 2)

We continue our 2026 winter trip to Japan visiting famous Niigata koi breeders and searching for Japanese koi directly at the farms. Many of the koi selected during this trip will eventually be available on our website: https://www.houseofkoi.com Watch Part 1 of the Japan koi buying trip:    • Buying Koi in Japan 🇯🇵 | Winter Koi Farm T...   0:00 Welcome Back to Part 2 | House of Koi Japan Vlog 0:34 Checking out Otsuka koi farm 4:05 Quick visit to Maruhiro Koi farm - Million dollar round pool pond 9:27 Oya Koi farm - Silent koi auction 14:00 Why Japanese snow water is better for koi 16:15 Kanno Koi farm - Selecting Tosai koi 22:04 Interview with Kazuhiro Hirasawa of Kanno Koi Farm - Why his goshiki are the best 26:43 Japanese Bar B Que and Sneak peek to part 3 In this episode we visit Otsuka Koi Farm and Maruhiro Koi Farm while traveling through the snowy mountains of Niigata, one of the most important regions in the world for Nishikigoi. Later we visit Oya Koi Farm where we participate in a silent auction for koi — something that most hobbyists never get to see behind the scenes. The trip finishes with a visit to Kanno Koi Farm, where we select several tosai and sit down with Mr. Kanno to talk about his koi and breeding philosophy. This vlog continues documenting the real process of traveling through Japan, visiting breeders, and selecting koi directly from the source. This series shows the real process of buying Japanese koi, visiting Niigata koi breeders, and selecting koi fish directly at the farms in Japan. Follow us for more koi content: Instagram   / house.of.koi   TikTok   / house.of.koi