Hey guys, we're at Nishikoi village,
It's like supposedly a little
Koi fish village where you can look at a bunch of different koi fish.
It seems like this city is famous for
farming koi fish, because the train station
We drove past the.. you know the part where it goes underground,
the stairs to where you go down, that was like a giant koi fish
and you walked into its mouth, and on a whole bunch of different houses
they have all these big koi fish, and koi fish stickers on their walls..
Koi fish everywhere!!
There's just basically an outdoor kind of Japanese garden with a lot of koi fish
and then there's the indoor...
That.. indoor big pond
where they've got like 100-200 koi, or something.
Which is probably that building.
Woo!
Whoaa he's hu-uge!
Duude!
Look at that guy!
J: Color..
Yeah, he's pretty too.
Aw, you guys are litle babies..
Sorry you guys, I don't got no food..
Oh this is cool.
You can sponsor a koi fish.. for a year and then take it home if you want, or leave it here.
And let it just enjoy being in here.
So apparently "Nishikigoi" is just the term for these types of koi fish
That are kept for appreciation.
It does seem like Niigata is a specific koi farming place.
Each different pattern has a different name!
So this one with the red circle on his head, like the Japanese flag,
this is called "Tancho Kohaku"
J: This is my favorite.
Yeah, the gold? "Yamabuki Ogon"
I didn't know they all had like, their own specific name..
like I didn't know there were specific patterns, I really thought it was just random.
Huh
Oh, dude.
It's just like the Japanese flag
Yeah, the "Tanchou Kohaku"
This guy's cool, he's just like white and orange, and his scales are black
"Kujaku"... Metallic body.
These are our koi food.
Doesn't it look like something that you'd just want to casually eat?
Yeah, our koi food comes in ice cream cones, like real ice cream cones!
And apparently we can feed these to the koi too.
R: Aww.. omg omg so tiny.. J: They're babies..
R: Are these really koi? J: Yes, they're koi fish!
R: This small? J: Yes!
R: Awww.. J: They're so cute ^^
Look at this one..
omg so tiny!
Awww!
R: Some of these guys are tiny! J: (in background) They have a small little alligator
Oh, I thought it was a real alligator.. no, not real
Hi guys, hi guys!
So this is the indoor pond.
R: OMG they're huuge J: They're beautiful
Jun, they're gia.. Look at that orange one, he's gigantic!!
R: Dude, some of these are like a meter long! J: Yeah, super big!
Duude!
Ah, it's the Japan flag one!
That's crazy..
I didn't know it was a suction, it suctioned my hand!
I wasn't expecting it to like.. get a full grasp on my hand.
Oh that felt weird!
Look, there's a waterfall!
R: I know, isn't it beautiful! J: It is pretty.
J: Aaah, I want to have a garden like this! R: Dragonfly!
Apparently dragonflies eat a lot of mosquitoes,
So when you see dragonflies, it's really really good.
Alright they're gonna go crazy.. OMG the baby
Did you see that?
J: No, sorry R: The baby swam in there real quick and stole it J: Ah, but I found the baby
The baby came in and stole the food real quick.
look..
The babies are crazy.
J: Oh, look, the babies came! R: Awww
You should feed babies, they should grow
The babies have been eating most of it, look
They don't look like koi fish, they look like tiny.. different kinds of fish
Look at how beautiful that looks, and the sunlight..
Yeah..
I'm gonna feed these here in the sunlight.
Aaah, I'm wet!
R: Aww, I touched his fin! J: Yeah?
How do koi fish feel like?
R: Umm... Slippery? J: Yeah?
Yeah.. I really.. AH!
AGH!
They suck in your fingers, with their mouth!
J: Yeah they do. R: It's really freaky!
There's no teeth though, they have no teeth.
So Jun, what did you think?
Actually, I'm pretty impressed, especially the ones over there.. the super big one.
R: They're huge! J: They're gigantic!
And it's actually... You kinda get used to touching them after a while
They're a little bit slimy, but.. they don't bite.
R: They just have really strong suction power! J: Yeah.
So every now and then, they suck in a finger unexpectedly, and its really freaky!
R: But yeah, this is cool! It was only about $5 to get in J: Yeah!
And it's near the alpaca farm.. So if you come to Niigata, this is a neat place, I think.
I really actually enjoyed it!
Yeah yeah, I've never got to touch koi fish before, I didn't know it was okay.
R: But, they watch you here and make sure it's nice J: Yeah.
I liked it. Anyways, thank you guys for watching! See you later!
R: Bye! J: Bye!
We are on top of a mountain, in Niigata. On a road, with wild flowers
And all these ponds.. This is beautiful. Look at this!
I walked up to the top, and they've got a viewing area.
All these trees, and beautiful scenery!