Koi Village & the mountains where koi come from

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- Who knew koi were farmed in the mountains? The city Ojiya in Niigata gets completely frozen over in winter, but evidently koi are fine with that! These nishikigoi here in Niigata are apparently the original koi that all Japanese koi fish were bred from.
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[@SenjiToons]

I never knew baby koi fish would be that small or adorable

[@RachelandJunAdventures]

haha right I feel stupid but I just never thought about how small baby koi were. You don't ever see them that small!

[@kenadimarshall1939]

Senji Toons baby porcupine puffers are to die for. Honestly, there are so many adorable fish that I want but can't get because they won't get along with each other. So sad.

[@AuraCAP]

THE CUTEST!!

[@BR-jt6ny]

All baby fish are tiny. Think about it, they come from fish eggs.

[@moonstonepearl21]

It was super interesting to see them in all different stages of development. Those tiny ones were super cute. Since Koi are on the bigger side and you don't really see the babies in nature, you just don't really think about how they were once very small since like B R said, they have to come out of those little eggs.

[@kaelynrork9080]

Koi have two modes: baby BIG BOI

[@raskullsshako]

*chonk*

[@knocewwmckskdmdo976]

Big boi koi

[@mio2638]

*BIG CHUNGUS*

[@AbsolutelynotatallpleaseIbeg]

Smol fry and big boi koi

[@samr4840]

Two reasons to go to Japan: 1) the scenery, tradition, food, etc... 2) *to meet Rachel & Jun*

[@hiecenvjvnjrfniejdievnir442]

Meeting Rachel and Jun is the FIRST reason for Japan ;p

[@joanaparecio832]

They are in the *Priority List*

[@Lurck]

Which is almost impossible

[@nataliatheassassin350]

Hentai

[@jrk238]

3) maid cafe at akihabara

[@doombuggy123]

OMG! It’s so weird that Jun said “Aw, I want a garden like this!” because the whole reason I found your channel was because it was recommended to me after watching a whole bunch of videos of people converting their yards into full on forest/ponds/river/self-sustaining plant and wildlife with cool bridges and stuff. Also a lot of videos of people making tiny little aquarium/waterfall/landscapes with real rocks and moss and plants and adding a misting effect and having tiny tiny fish in them. I remember watching Jun’s videos for the first time and thinking he would really like those hobbies too.

[@notinuse298]

Could I possibly point me in the direction of some of those videos? I would love to give them a watch!

[@izzy1221]

Rachel interacting with any animal is the cutest thing. She seems to love them all!

[@XSemperIdem5]

Isagail I love how excited she gets and started talking to the fish. I would totally talk to them too, haha.

[@dollylove4992]

Rachel is literally so precious! She’s like a Disney princess haha!

[@bella95]

Julianne Snyder ~ I could never quite describe her adorable personality but you summed it up perfectly!

[@shadowpeach]

Even wild animals or fish.. Like-- im surprised she loves all of the animals. xD

[@alexsimare]

The way reachel reacted when the Koi sucked her hand in, lovely.

[@barbarakelly1456]

That drone footage was amazing! I felt like I was watching a Ghibli movie in real life.

[@Zanji1234]

:-D and when the Kois jump over the waterfall...they evolve into Gyarados xD

[@Natasha-qg3jq]

Rachel looks so pretty with the wind in her hair, standing in the field ❤️ Amazing scenes

[@hifriends3607]

Excellent words

[@shubh4793]

simp

[@nekohanyougirl]

"I wanna have a garden like this". Same Jun. Same.

[@ThatsEunice]

Rachel matches the Koi...Koi mermaid.😂

[@MegaNightmarewolf]

jayr ...wat

[@Lizzy3D]

KOI MERMAID

[@qwe3z495]

Koimaid

[@eileenisshadow5853]

KOIIIMAIIIID YAS

[@krissaadalia]

I thought so too 🤣🤣🤣

[@eicartestfile]

How much koi fish do you want Rachel: yes

[@atashabirditoldme7940]

The shots at the end with Rachel standing amongst the flowers looking out over the mountain really felt like a scene from the ending of a video game 💞🌸

[@hifriends3607]

Nice comment

[@venus175]

ANALYST KRISHNA Nice comment 😊

[@reallymaydons5650]

imagine accidentally falling down to the water full of kois--- *I SHALL BE ONE OF THE KOIS*

[@RachelandJunAdventures]

omg you wouldn't get hurt but I think I would have severe emotional scarring from all their suction mouths

[@ikaruseijin01]

Not to mention hundreds of little hickeys all over your body.

[@quintrankid8045]

Ok, so you fall into the pond and turn into a koi. What happens next? I mean, are you the protagonist? The koi who can be turned back into a handsome prince if the beautiful and kind princess will feed you koi food while you gleefully suction her fingers? Or are you just a sort of narrator and maybe confidant or goad for the hero who gets the princess? I think as things develop you-qua-koi must learn an important and revealing lesson about yourself and how the world works. If you are the protagonist, good news, you will have to become human again but if you aren't the protagonist, perhaps you will remain a koi and find happiness in the pond. Maybe it would be best to start when you are already a koi, and tell your story in flashback, leaving the possibility of your retransformation for after the flashback ends. Either way, the incredible scenery at the end suggests a happy and even cathartic ending. I think about the old song over the closing credits, "...A fish won't do anything but swim in a brook He can't write his name or read a book..."

[@pluckyfox]

Done it 🤕

[@abigailbeancosme5229]

I have dreams like that too.

[@karenkingrey6142]

Holy moly!! That is a beautiful area! Looks like a postcard!

[@TamanInspirasi]

wow... so wonderful koi fish...

[@josephinegriner2898]

I love watching Jun’s face when Rachel is acting weird or silly, his face just lights up and he smiles ☺️

[@jessicaponce6322]

When I was little we would go to Japanese restaurants and while my family all went in me and my brother would sit outside for like 20 minutes just watching the Koi 😂

[@marielalopez1034]

Jessie Ponce too

[@emdub9679]

Welcome to Koi city, we only accept payment via Koin

[@calebm.5698]

Roman BitKoin

[@NIkki-ox1ej]

Lmao

[@eileenisshadow5853]

Koin you stop with the puns?

[@momoo._]

Koincidently I also happen to be strolling in the comment section as well.

[@FireflyJuu]

Koi City has wares if you have koin

[@sngtwins2836]

Me:*shows to mom* Mom:WERE MOVING TO JAPAN

[@user-lw4vi4oy2d]

You guys move to japan yet?

[@bigmanmark4334]

@@user-lw4vi4oy2d yeah i also wanna know

[@kirstencourtney8792]

Did anyone notice Jun was smiling so well in this video? :) Beautiful scenery and videography! Rachel looked so pretty in the flowers too!

[@hifriends3607]

Good abservation Hatsf

[@nakazora]

Wow the view at the end is breathtaking :O

[@user-mx8sz5jw7b]

Gregory Chew Totally agree! (((o(*ﾟ▽ﾟ*)o)))♡

[@Righteous1ist]

beautiful view

[@CheffBryan]

I could only think of the opening song to Mushishi the whole time.

[@dodger2051]

Anybody knows where exactly that viewpoint is?

[@mistyjewwel5081]

Gregory Chew maybe if ur internet is good and if u have HD

[@BiscuitFever]

God, Japan is breathtakingly beautiful.

[@itsagecko_5229]

Rachel: wow he's HUGE Me: Wow that is one chonky boy

[@devilhunterr9183]

we are doing a report in school on japan like for the whole class all the 7th graders are doing it and we got japan and I told my teacher to watch your're videos and we watched it in class. The teacher said it was educational and very good drone videos anyways I watch your videos every time you upload if you didn't realize.

[@Shanshan12988]

koi r like really aggressive fish dogs when they see food. but afterwards they are graceful lol

[@starsshinebright4528]

Angel Sparkles basically me 😂😂😂😂

[@sammich6116]

Angel Sparkles that’s footage of me

[@triplehearts914]

*aggressive fish dogs*

[@MakoTheFrog]

sat here with a giant dumbass grin on my face the whole video. thanks for making me smile today :) also, beautiful drone footage once again!

[@fishwithcarl]

Hello, I'm currently making a documentary about koi carp and I was wondering if I could use the drone shot from near the end of this video. The shot where you can see all the ponds in the valley. I will happily give you a credit and link to your channel. Thanks.

[@longaquitstephenjohn4048]

I just subscribe to your channel.... woah and i find you here

[@pheniox6934]

Ay 69 likes

[@irenewilliams5993]

Wow! The ending scenery is just absolutely jaw dropping. I would love to visit there one day, it looks so calm. Loved the video by the way! You two are definitely some of my favourite youtubers. ☺️

[@hifriends3607]

Excellent words

[@kannabby]

The view from the mountains looks like something straight out of a fantasy movie

[@aliatk]

7:48 Rachel and her beautiful hair! That drone shot is amazing!! You two made me love japan so much❤️ thank you for making these videos!

[@solamadoo]

You two both laugh and say "they're so cute!" in the exact same delighted way :3

[@avistakeshita88]

My grandmother was from Niigata, beautiful camera work thank you , i have never been there maybe some day i'll visit in person, but for now, love to watch videos like yours

[@kushinaminami5355]

Just looking at the thumbnail, Rachel looks like a Koi Mermaid Princess with her glowing hair

[@reivenne]

Wow, I could watch hours of drone footage of the Japanese countryside. It's absolutely stunning.

[@RachelandJunAdventures]

Yeah, I didn't realize how much more footage I wanted until after we got home. I'm planning to go back (and to other beautiful rural spots) to get more beautiful drone shots!

[@reivenne]

Can I ask, what season was this all shot in?

[@missladyhawke]

The scenery at the end was gorgeous, thank you so much for sharing that with us.

[@csawmcgraw]

I live in Nebraska, and in Omaha the zoo has giant koi ponds and food exactly like that in quarter machines that people stand on the bridge and feed them from. So beautiful!!!

[@sorryimjustsayin]

This place is breathtaking wow I can only imagine how gorgeous it was in real life. I hope to visit someday ♡

[@SarahPeircey]

Just had surgery and this is just what I needed

[@RachelandJunAdventures]

I hope you feel better soon!! :D

[@aSyMbolden]

Sarah Peircey I hope your recovery is going well!! 💜 I'm glad we have awesome videos in the meantime!

[@karlac.5836]

This was so refreshing, light & summery... really brightening my freezing cold Alaskan winter day! Thank you so much for posting! I hope to see the beauty in everything as you two do!

[@awakenedbaphomet3019]

All of y'all's videos just make a stressful day stress-free whenever I get sad or stressed I watch Rachel and Jun. Thank you all for the hard work you put in too these.

[@lydiawilsey6056]

The koi look like water puppies when they are coming up to you looking for food.

[@ladiesdays]

Those mountains are so beautiful. It looks like somewhere in Italy!

[@dandylaion]

I've been to many places surrounded by Mountains in Italy and I agree with you !!! Except for the ponds of course XD

[@kimchi8022]

The ending of the video was breath taking. Truly a feast for the eyes. My soul felt full of just..peace. Thank you Rachel and Jun for the amazing video!

[@smexyanimebabe]

I feel like half their videos is just Jun appreciating how adorable Rachel is

[@Daniel-br4nc]

Koi'd you make more content like fish?

[@RachelandJunAdventures]

I hope your pun isn't a rhetorical question because yes I really want to lol

[@FakeBritishGirl]

I love the drone footage at the end! Fish are awesome!

[@RachelandJunAdventures]

Let's go to the mountains!!

[@mooneater7072]

Rachel & Jun's Adventures! What was the music playing during that scene, it made me tear up it fit so perfectly

[@FakeBritishGirl]

Haha anytime~~~

[@dodger2051]

Where was that viewpoint exactly? Amazing! Perhaps add it to the video description?

[@moonstonepearl21]

Another beautiful location you guys stopped in afterwards. What a breathtaking view of nature in all of its wonder.

[@iamaz04]

i love when you guys go on these little adventures, i feel as if i am there as well. thank you 💙

[@id104335409]

When I saw the thumbnail I was like : What game is this from? Is this Zelda BOTW? Is this some JRPG? Oh wait, that's Rachel.

[@DBT1007]

id104335409 yeah.. japanese know how to treat hair into smooth and silky hair. and rachel is lucky to be there

[@3000wouter]

Please keep travelling, we love the video's :D

[@f0rgg13]

wouter bos Yes! Remember that video they did and they played a lovely calming song in the background? I loved that video.

[@phyllissteging6423]

I thoroughly enjoyed your outing today. The koi are great. Looks like you had a nice time. Keep going on adventures!!!

[@dollylove4992]

This video literally calmed my anxiety, like the fish and the waterfall, the wildflower farm at the end. The cuteness of it all. Thank you so much for this amazing content. This made my day, absolutely stunning.❤️💙💚

[@Museguitar1]

Always a treat when you two post a video.

[@voopu]

Wow, i've never seen baby kois before. They are so cute.

[@davidnuckols8151]

What Jun did at the end of this video is beutifal. I need this for 30 minuets to relax and meditate. Rachel feeding koi with her hand under water, love it.

[@kagiwadoko]

Wow the timing of this video is perfect! I've been researching types of Koi, Koi care, and Koi breeding and ponds for the last week. I fell in love with them when I followed your advice and went to Gujo Hatchiman! Now I need to go here!

[@kayAc92]

Rachel looks gorgeous in the flowers! Also the koi were beautiful hope you guys can have some of your own someday.

[@hannahsnothome]

The end of that video was beautiful! I thought the wild flowers were much smaller than that, then when Rachel went in them she looked tiny!

[@aditya.tanniru]

SUCH AN AWESOME VIDEO RACHEL AND JUN

[@nataliexbreakdown]

i love forgetting about my favorite channels and then binge watching everything i missed. this place looks beautiful!!

[@AllyZieMage]

I just woke up for an 8am class and I got the notification for this. Amazing start to the day :D

[@jacobore3821]

AllyZieMage I know!!! I’m waiting for a flight, just got here. Best start to my Trip. 😄😄😄😄

[@sakurapixey3043]

Watching this in my car before class x3

[@sammich6116]

AllyZieMage early classes r the worst depending on the class lol

[@AllyZieMage]

It was a bio lab for cell culturing, so interesting, but still 8am xD

[@Plantfayrie]

I was at the aquarium in Long Beach and saw some amazing types of fish. I touched them and it felt so weird. I freaked out like you did!

[@RachelandJunAdventures]

GIRL WHEN YOU GONNA COME VISIT ME

[@ftmmk7039]

7:56 That's really beautiful it looks like a fantasy valley.

[@TheQuoteandQuill]

This was so beautiful! I love the wildflowers on that mountain.

[@aoarashi3025]

I recognized some of these pattern names from an app called Zen Koi.

[@seaborgium919]

That game is so weirdly satisfying.

[@just_k4ri]

Ye

[@tammi6771]

Those views from the mountain are breathtaking! Absolutely love it.

[@mariseladelagarza7103]

The top of the mountain is just so unbelievably beautiful! Japan's landscape of nature is just amazing.

[@ScrewFearMe]

the view at 7:35, i could get lost in that for hours, so beautiful. i really love japan, and its nature

[@xjiseonxyux76]

Rachel, your back pose looks so nice in the field of flowers.

[@Shamina87]

Wow,it almost feels like you have stepped into a magic land!Amazing scenery!Jaw-dropping!

[@jasminehernandez2555]

I recently discovered your channel and I absolutely LOVE your videos. Japan is so beautiful, I hope I can visit someday.

[@pandapoof8798]

I'm always amazed with you're video quality. I always feel like I'm right there with you guys. Beautiful koi and mountains.

[@ohgrell2176]

Awesome video as always! And Congrats Jun's kitchen got 1m subscribers! Yay! 😀

[@valen-qm5se]

HELLO THANKS FOR UPLOADING I REALLY WANT TO VISIT JAPAN BECAUSE OF YOU GUYS MUCH LOVE FROM MALAYSIA

[@SomehowCreative]

I almost cried at the end of the video because the scenery is so beautiful q.q and the music fits so well...

[@AngelavengerL]

wow the scenery is breathtaking. the fish are so cute, that's so cool you can feed them. They have such gorgeous markings.

[@Devasterium]

Wow guys, great quality video that scenery at the end was breath-taking

[@annikasell5195]

Okay i knew koi fish can get really big but seeing how big they can get is just really amazing 😍

[@piropiro1882]

I love the music and scenery at the end ! You guys are getting better and better at editing videos. It's becoming more beautiful each times ^^

[@JJoy-bk8yr]

Wow, so beautiful. I wish I could show my mother. She loved fish hatcheries, let alone this! Thanks for the drone footage too. Rachel looked so tiny in the wildflowers - so the flowers are huge.

[@azureame]

Wow, the drone footage reminded me of Nausicaa Valley of the Wind! So beautiful and peaceful :)

[@LovelyCrazyHead]

what a view at the end! Really beautiful!

[@raymondj8768]

Wow what an amazing place Japan is . my dad went there as a young Marine and loved it so much , it really is a beautiful place . imagine having that as a back yard !

[@jennifercollins5201]

Japan is the second country I want to visit and the videos of some of the places I've seen you two visit make me want to plan my trip around those places! 😊

[@lvl1japan991]

Wow - looks like a really beautiful place to visit!

[@emccaul]

I would be in heaven! I love koi fish. They're so cute and beautiful.

[@rayreineu]

Those koi are HUGE! So cool! I love all the videos you do, whether I'm learning something about you guys or about Japan it's always interesting!

[@mike_ANDREA]

Just discovered your channel like yesterday when I'm lost in youtube (too much internet), like the content you made, it's chill and have lot of knowledge, even trivia like meme in your other video about japan, u made my day

[@Mat_R.]

7:00 Beautiful scenery! 🗻

[@miukamirunes1234]

thank you for taking me with you to see wonderful places ö.ö the last part felt like flying. japan is such a amazing country but i will never have enough money nor courage to go there alone ;w; iam struggeling with aggarophobia and everyday is kinda hard bc i really wanna see more of the world. but my mind just wants to stay inside. so your videos are helping me a lot. thank you for beeing wonderful and giving me a reason to smile a lot

[@kathrinwende6672]

The end with the wildflowers looks right out of a Ghibli movie. Thank you for this video, it made me fall in love with Japan, now i definitely wanna visit!

[@danielteixeira2583]

Nice view at the end and Rachel look like had lot fun .

[@wingsofshadow]

omg the scenery on that mountain is beautiful!

[@miyu-miyu9771]

I'm baffled by the sight of three dislikes.

[@mooneater7072]

Carol Ackerman some people are beyond hope and just want to see the world burn

[@starsshinebright4528]

Carol Ackerman 41 now. Some people just want yo see the world burn....... 😑

[@imnotlikeyou8138]

It's not just 3 now, its 335!

[@saikogrrl]

Koi are so beautiful! I loved seeing them in the rivers and ponds when I visited Japan, especially their bloopy mouths! 😁

[@thatgrrlca]

We have lots of those pink and white flowers (cosmos) here in Ontario. I've never seen them growing wild that way, really made a beautiful display on the hillside. Enjoying your videos today. Wandered in to see more after watching Jun cooking with his cats. I used to walk my cat on a leash too.

[@mihi.mp4]

When she read the name for the japan flag koi, who else thought of their cat kohaku?

[@raskullsshako]

I don’t know if this is exact, but I believe they named Haku after that fish because of his orange and white patterned fur!

[@jjba_pika]

Nope

[@Kairos_Akuma]

@@raskullsshako Is Kohaku not just Ember or something like that?

[@emilypowell1605]

that is one breath taking view

[@lailafranklin9044]

Rachel is going around Japan becoming a Disney princess that can feed and pet any animal

[@williamkazak]

Such greenery and lucious landscapes. Very interesting with the koi fish. Rachael loves Japan and Jun. So lovely to see.