Who are we?
Koitrips is owned and run by Tim Waddington. Tim has been travelling to Japan, to buy Koi for over 35 years now with over 130 trips to the Niigata region. He has taken thousands of clients on Koi buying trips from all over the world.
Some of the Koi he has supplied have won Koi Grand Champions at Koi Shows all over the world including: –
- UK
- USA
- South Africa
- Europe
Koi trips are based in the UK but have a network for partners across the world where can send the Koi.
When we are in Japan we are based in Nagaoka City, this is a short drive away from the many Koi breeders in the Niigata area. We stay at a beautiful Hotel in the heart of the City, and only 2 minutes’ walk from the main train station where the famous bullet train arrives at from Tokyo.
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Fully guided trips to Japan
No hidden fee's
Flights arranged
No agents in Japan
Fully guided trips to Japan
Hotel discounts
Your Koi shipped home and quarantined
Harvests with the breeders (Depends on time of year)
Visiting the best breeders in the world
Visiting fantastic Koi shows
Teaching sessions with the breeders
We will arrange you flights through our flight partners who will find the very best prices. We fly from central Europe so we can meet up no matter where you are from. Full instructions can be given to our American clients.
We try our best to have someone with you at the start of your Koi trip, someone who will make it easy getting to Niigata when you land in Japan. We will arrange the train passes for when you get to Japan and you will get to experience the wonderful bullet train. If we cannot join you on the flight we will have someone waiting for you when you arrive in Tokyo.
We base ourselves in a City called Nagaoka. This is the second largest City in Niigata prefecture and is very close to the Koi breeders. A very scenic 15minute drive will take you to the heart of the Yamakoshi mountains.
