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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That’s pretty cool. At first, by the picture, I thought that they were painting the rice, potentially ruining the harvest, but using different colors of rice makes more sense.
The rice art is incredible. Thanks for the link, and the video was great. Looks like their desire to increase the tourism paid off.
Very cool. Will have to send this to my mother, she’ll love this