Japanese Farmers Plant Specific Strains of Rice to Grow Colorfully Illustrated Fields
Japanese farmers and artists have teamed up to turn rice paddies into art.
Nearly three decades ago, the people of Inakadate – a rural rice-growing village – were brainstorming ways to attract tourism and revitalize their economy.
When town officials saw a large group of elementary school kids planting a field of rice by hand, they had an idea – rice paddy art!
They paired up local artists with farmers, and enlisted thousands of volunteers to help plant seven different colors of rice into pre-plotted designs, like a giant color-by-number project.
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