Choose your koi
without leaving your house.
Sometimes pictures aren't enough. We bring our facility to you — live video tours where you point at the fish you want, or curated walkthrough videos sent on your schedule. Buy the koi you've actually seen.
Two ways to see the fish.
Same access to the same koi. The only difference is whether you want the conversation in real time or on your own schedule.
Real-time video call.
Book a time slot, hop on a video call, and we walk the tanks together. Ask questions, request closer angles, get our honest take on bloodlines and growth potential as you go.
Curated video walkthroughs.
Prefer to watch when it's convenient? We'll send personalized video walkthroughs based on what you're looking for — bloodline, variety, size, budget — for you to review at your own pace.
From your first koi to your show stopper.
Three booking tiers based on the age and grade of koi you're after. Each tier opens different parts of our inventory and different breeder relationships.
High-quality first-year selections from top Japanese breeders. Perfect entry point or builder for a collection — many varieties available across multiple bloodlines.
- 30-minute viewing session
- Wide selection across varieties
- Top Japanese breeder lineage
Show-quality second-year koi from elite Japanese breeders. Rare varieties, refined patterns, the koi that turn a pond into a collection worth talking about.
- 30-45 minute viewing session
- Show-grade selections
- Rare patterns & bloodlines
Jumbo koi with the best genetics — show stoppers and centerpiece fish. The koi serious collectors and competitive hobbyists travel to Japan to find.
- 30-45 minute viewing session
- Jumbo size & competition-grade
- Centerpiece & show koi
The koi most US sellers simply can't get.
Cots Koi is one of the few US dealers accredited by the Shinkokai — the Japanese koi breeders' association that controls direct access to Japan's top farms.
That accreditation isn't a trophy on the wall. It's a working relationship that puts our hands on koi most of the US market never even sees.
We work with Dainichi, Hiroi, Marusei, and other top farms directly — not through middlemen or import brokers.
Our buyers travel to Japan multiple times a year to pick koi in person. What arrives at the facility was chosen by someone who actually knows what to look for.
Every koi spends weeks in our quarantine system before being offered. Healthy fish, settled to North American water, ready to ship.
We'll tell you which Tosai have growth potential, which Nisai are show candidates, and which fish to skip even if you love the pattern. The conversation is worth as much as the koi.
Nationwide shipping,
handled end to end.
Distance isn't a factor. Once you've selected your koi, we package, ship, and track every fish through the same overnight delivery systems used by Japan's top exporters.
You're not figuring out a logistics problem — you're getting an email when your koi lands.
How shipping works →We confirm your picks, the koi go on hold in our holding tanks. Nothing else gets shipped or sold until you decide.
We coordinate pickup window, overnight carrier, and arrival timing for your location. You confirm before anything ships.
Each koi ships double-bagged with oxygen in insulated boxes. You get tracking from departure to your front door.
If anything's wrong on arrival, we make it right. Decades of shipping experience means it almost never happens.
Your booking fee is credited to your koi purchase.
If you find a koi you love, the fee you paid to book the call comes right off the price. Look as long as you need — the only cost of looking is the time we get to spend together.
The koi you want is probably already in our tanks.
Let's go find it. Pick a tier above and book your viewing — or call first if you're not sure where to start.